Potato Shack Cafe

120 W I St #4436, Encinitas
(760) 436-1282

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Customers' Favorites

Best Darn Hot Dog Ever with Pickles and Onions Served with French Fries or Breakfast Potatoes
Half Order of Biscuits and Gravy with American Fries with Cheese
Tuna Melt Sandwich with Curly Fries
Two Eggs with Two Sausage Patties
2 Eggs with 4 Strips of Bacon
Two Eggs with a Ham Steak
Eggs Bacon and Home Fries
Single Blueberry Pancake
Bacon and Eggs Sandwich
Bacon and Eggs and Toast

Menu

Breakfast
Breakfast A
Top Sirloin Steak or Chicken Fried Steak & Two Eggs served with a plain manhole cover pancake or Toast and breakfast potatoes
Breakfast B
Two Strips of Bacon, One Sausage Patty served with Two Eggs, breakfast potatoes and Toast.
Breakfast C
One plain manhole cover pancake or Two Slices of French Toast served with Two Eggs and Two Strips of Bacon or One Sausage Patty.

Eggs
1 Egg
Egg served with American fries and toast.
2 Egg
Eggs served with American fries and toast.
2 Egg Scrambled with Diced Ham
Eggs scrambled with diced ham served with American fries and toast.
2 Eggs with 4 Strips of Bacon
Eggs with 4 strips of bacon served with American fries and toast.
2 Eggs with 2 Sausage Patties
Eggs with 2 sausage patties served with American fries and toast.
2 Eggs with a Ham Steak
Eggs with a ham steak served with American fries and toast.
Breakfast Sandwich
2 eggs, bacon or ham, tomatoes, and cheese. choice of wheat, white, sourdough, rye, english muffin. Served with American Fries
Eggs Benedict
Two basted eggs, smoked ham on English Muffin, topped with Hollandaise sauce. Served with American Fries

3 Egg Omelets
Western Omelet
Ham, onions, bell peppers and cheese served with breakfast potatoes toast or English muffin.
Veggie Omelet
Mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and cheese served with breakfast potatoes and toast or English muffin.
bacon and cheddar omelet
bacon and cheddar omelet served with breakfast potatoes and toast or english muffin
sausage and pepper jack omelet
sausage and pepper jack omelet served with breakfast potatoes and toast or english muffin
turkey, jack cheese, mushroom, broccoli omelet
turkey, jack cheese, mushroom, broccoli omelet served with breakfast potatoes and toast or english muffin

Man Hole Cover Size Pancakes
Plain Pancake
Plain manhole cover size pancake.
Cinnamon Pancake
Cinnamon manhole cover size pancake.
Blueberry Pancake
Blueberry manhole cover size pancake.
Banana Pancake
Banana manhole cover size pancake.
Chocolate Chip Pancake
Chocolate chip manhole cover size pancake.
Granola Pancake
Granola manhole cover size pancake.

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Biscuits and Gravy
full order is 2 biscuits = 4 halves
Half Order of Biscuits & Gravy
Half Order of Biscuits & Gravy served with Two Eggs & breakfast potatoes
Chicken Fried Steak & Half Order of Biscuits & Gravy

French Toast
One Slice of French Toast
Two Slices of French Toast

Spuds
Breakfast potatoes
We dice red potatoes fresh daily, boil, and cool. Then saute until golden brown in canola oil that's cholesterol-free. Also available deep-fried.
French Fries
Each day we take russets and hand-cut them into thick fries and then deep fry them 'til golden.
Ranch Fries
White potatoes wedges lightly seasoned then deep-fried.
Curly Fries
Curly french fries lightly seasoned and deep-fried.
Onion Rings
Sweet Potato Fries
Baked potato with the Works
baked potato with All the Toppings!

From South of The Border
Huevos Rancheros
2 eggs on a corn tortilla topped with Spanish sauce and cheese. Served with breakfast potatoes, avocado, sour cream.
Breakfast Burrito
3 eggs scrambled with your choice of cheese, diced green chiles rolled in a flour tortilla and topped with Spanish sauce, sour cream, black olives, and served with breakfast potatoes
Quesadillas
Quesadilla with your choice of cheese: cheddar, jack, swiss, American, pepper jack, feta.
Take home our signature salsa!
Potato Shack homemade salsa

Chili Con Carne
Bowl of Chili with Cheddar & Onions
Chili Fries with cheddar and onions

From the Broiler
Steak sandwich
Charbroiled sirloin steak served with red onions, lettuce, and tomato on a bun. served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Californian
Chicken breast topped with Jack cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and onion on a bun. served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Best Darn Hot Dog Ever
with pickles, and onions. Served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Cheeseburger
Served with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and red onion on a bun. Served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Chicken Sandwich
Chicken breast cooked either plain, Teriyaki, or Cajun style with lettuce, tomato, and onion on a bun. served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Patty Melt
Charbroiled burger on rye with Swiss cheese and grilled onions. Served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Mahi Sandwich
Grilled Mahi Mahi with lettuce, tomato, onion & tartar sauce on a bun served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Tuna Melt
Tuna melt (cheddar, jack, swiss, american, pepper jack) on grilled sourdough served with French fries or breakfast potatoes

Sandwiches
Turkado
Roasted turkey with jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, and avocado. Served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Clubhouse
Roasted turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
Grilled Cheese
Your choice of cheese (cheddar, jack, swiss, american, pepper jack) served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
The Diplomat
Roasted turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and Swiss on grilled sourdough. served with French fries or breakfast potatoes
BLTA
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado on your choice of bread. served with French fries or breakfast potatoes

Side Dishes
English Muffin
Whole Grain Gluten-Free Toast
Bagel and Cream Cheese
2 Sausage Patties
4 Strips of Bacon
Ham Steak
Avocado

Beverages
Coffee
Soft Drinks
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer or Dr. Pepper
Tomato Juice
Apple Juice
Cranberry Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Orange Juice
Iced Tea
Lemonade
Beachtime Cooler
1/3 Lemonade, 1/3 Raspberry Tea
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream

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Recent Reviews

I used to go here all the time back before Covid when I used to live in Encinitas. Recently went back and was surprised to see they don’t have “endless potatoes” anymore and the scrambled eggs were nasty and tasted like microwaved cafeteria eggs from a box and not fresh eggs.

It’s a shame because the staff is nice, but the food has really fallen off since I used to live here.
May 2025
Good food but the portions are huge and the price for teo eggs, two sausages, toast, and potatoes was $20. Add an orange juice and the total with tax comes to $27. Inflation is terrible for small businesses. It would have been nice to have small plates for half the price and half the portion. Good quality food though and nice place. I will not be lazy and cook my breakfast at home next time. Yikes.
May 2025
Used to go here 20 years plus ago. I feel like it was better then. The service was just horrible. Literally had to go find the lazy waiter to order. There were 4 tables eating. The food is still pretty good depending on what you get. Pancakes are great, sausage and bacon on point. The patty melt was about dennys quality. For $20+ dollars a plate (late bfast $125 for 5 of us) I would maybe expect a made to order patty, not a frozen one. Lots of frozen and canned products.
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October 2024

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Potato Shack Cafe

120 W I St #4436, Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 436-1282