Maltby Cafe

We went to the Maltby Cafe for breakfast on Saturday morning. As usual there was a thirty minute wait but once we were seated and placed our order we were eating within ten minutes. The portion sizes are extra large and there is more food than one person can eat on each plate. Their lunch is good too! Maltby Cafe is located in the middle of nowhere but considered the center of Maltby, sandwiched between Everett, Snohomish, Woodinville, and Bothell, Washington. The cafe occupies the old school cafeteria, which was built in 1911, underneath the old school gymnasium which now is a rental hall. I'm not sure if this is original, but once you enter the cafe you immediately notice the walls. The top half of the walls are plastered over straw and the lower half are wainscotting painted white with a dark green chair rail separating the two. Looking up at the exposed ceiling, all the pipes are painted reds and greens. What has to be the original dark stained hardwood floors lay beneath ordinary dining room tables. Each table is set with a small bouquet of fresh flowers enhancing that cafe feeling. And artwork, both original and prints adorn the walls. On the weekends, the Maltby Cafe serves their breakfast menu all day, as well as their regular lunch menu. Ron ordered the Godfather Omelet and I ordered the Roughneck Potatoes and Eggs. The Godfather omelet consists of Cascioppo Brothers Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black olives, and mozzarella cheese topped with marinara sauce. And if that's not enough it is also served with country fried red potatoes and your choice of Maltby bread toast or a buttermilk biscuit. The Roughneck Potatoes and Eggs dish consisted of country fried red potatoes, bacon, mushrooms, and onions, cooked together and topped with Jarlsberg Swiss cheese. It is also served with two extra large eggs any style and Maltby bread toast or a biscuit. Ron had the toast and I had the biscuit. Each breakfast plate also comes with a small container of berry jelly, which has to be freshly made because it tastes like the berries were just picked that morning. The eggs are fluffy and the potatoes are tender. We also ordered a cinnamon roll to go for breakfast on Sunday and Monday. Yep, they are that big! Now if you are looking for a fancy plated breakfast Maltby Cafe is not for you. But if you like good old fashioned cooking then visit the Maltby Cafe and leave with a very FULL belly! The schoolhouse, which is now shops is on the left and the cafe is on the right. And here's just the old school house with the windmill and espresso stand, which is in the shape of a coffee cup.