Rockridge Cafe

5492 College Ave, Oakland
(510) 653-1567

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Two Eggs & Home Fries Breakfast
Baby Cheeseburger with Cheddar
Eggs Benedict with Proscuitto
Eggs Benedict with Prosciutto
Marionberry Ricotta Special
Short Rockridge Breakfast
Bacon Lettuce and Tomato
Carnitas Quesadilla
Two Eggs Breakfast
Ricotta Pancakes

Menu

Take-out ware
Utensils, condiments, napkins, etc
Do you need any of these for your take-out order? If not, we're happy to keep it and save the waste :)

Rockridge Caps
50th Anniversary Rockridge Cap
Join us in celebrating the Cafe's 50th year serving our Rockridge community! This cap is black, 100% cotton, unstructured, and embroidered with "50th Rockridge Cafe ::" This cap is exactly right! So cool...

Rock Recommendations
Eggs Benedict with Fresh Dungeness Crab and Avocado
50th Anniversary Special: Serving the Rockridge community since 1973! Poached eggs, fresh Dungeness crabcakes, and avocado, all topped with our Hollandaise sauce on English muffin. Served with home fries
Salsa Verde Eggs Hemingway
We vary our popular Eggs Hemingway with Avocado - 2 poached eggs on smoked salmon with avocado on challah toast - by swapping out Hollandaise sauce for our own Salsa Verde! with home fries
Rhubarb Waffle
Buttermilk or gluten-free cornmeal waffle with delicious home made rhubarb compote. Served with real maple syrup.
Onion Rings
By your request! Onion rings are back! Onion rings dipped in a beer batter and fried to perfection!
Marionberry Ricotta Special
Our marionberry special is back! A combination plate of 1 egg, 2 strips of bacon or 2 pork links, and 2 ricotta cakes with our fabulous house-made marionberry sauce. Served with real maple syrup.
Pumpkin Waffle
It is back, by request! Our pumpkin-batter waffle, topped with cinnamon cream cheese, with real maple syrup
Corned Beef Hash w/Honey Dijon
We blend our Honey Dijon Mustard Sauce with a tinge of horseradish!
Corned Beef Hash w/Hollandaise
Avocado Breakfast Tacos
2 corn tortillas, a filling of egg scrambled with pepperjack & homefries, with avocado. Salsa fresca & ranchero sauce on the side
Carnitas Breakfast Tacos
with our carnitas substituted for avocado
Avocado-Carnitas Breakfast Tacos
'fabuloso!'
Avocado Cubano Sandwich
'Add avo to our Cubano: mmmmm!!'
Beyond Burrito
Meatless Beyond Burrito! Egg white, fresh salsa, swiss cheese, with Beyond Sausage Links in a Rockridge burrito. Home fries on the side.
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Our Classic Waldorf Chicken salad, with lettuce and tomato on brioche roll
Cubano Sandwich
'We make the Cubano Rockridge style: grilled not pressed' Our slow roast marinated pork loin, ham, swiss, mustard, dill pickle on ciabatta roll
Avocado Toasted Bagel
Sliced avocado fanned on toasted bagel, topped with 1 egg over easy & a dollop of fresh kale pesto, & dusted with parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Breakfast Burritos
Classic Breakfast Burrito
Bacon or pork links together with eggs, cheddar cheese, and sales fresca all wrapped together in a flour tortilla. Served with Ranchero sauce and home fries.
Carnitas Breakfast Burrito
Carnitas! Plus egg scrambled together with pepperjack and Salsa Fresca in a flour tortilla. Served with Ranchero sauce and home fries.
Avocado Breakfast Burrito
A filling of egg scrambled together with pepperjack, avocado and Salsa Fresca in a flour tortilla. Served with Ranchero sauce and home fries.
Vegan Tofu Breakfast Burrito
Our fried tofu scrambled with onions, bell peppers and avocado. Served with Ranchero sauce and home fries.

Featured
Rockridge Breakfast
Home fries, two eggs, cheese, green & red peppers, and onion scrambled together w/ choice of toast.
Short Rockridge Breakfast
A smaller, but still sizeable, portion of the Rockridge Breakfast
Breakfast Sandwich
A delicious fried egg topped with melted cheddar cheese on a brioche bun.
Corned Beef Hash
Our hand-made hash, from corned beef, potato, onion, green & red bell pepper. Topped with 2 eggs over easy and served with toast.
The College Avenue
1 1/2 slice challah french toast, one egg, and your choice of two bacon strips or pork links. Served with real maple syrup.
Ricotta Special
Two ricotta cakes, one egg, and your choice of two bacon strips or pork links. Served with real maple syrup.
Citrus Zest Ricotta Special
A zesty combination of 1 egg, two pieces of bacon or sausage, two ricotta cakes & our hand-zested citrus sauce of orange & lemon. Served with real maple syrup.

Benedicts
Eggs Benedict
Two poached eggs over English muffin and ham. Served home fries and hollandaise sauce.
Eggs Blackstone
Two poached eggs over English muffin with bacon and tomatoes. Served home fries and hollandaise sauce.
Eggs Florentine
Two poached eggs over English muffin with spinach. Served home fries and hollandaise sauce.
Eggs Hemingway with Avocado
Two poached eggs on smoked salmon and avocado with our fresh hollandaise and home fries. Served on one challah toast.

Griddle
Ricotta Cakes
Three fluffy, sweet and homemade pancakes that's like biting into a cloud.
Challah French Toast
Thick challah toast dipped in our special french toast batter.
Croissant French Toast
Croissant dipped in our homemade french toast batter.
Buttermilk Cakes
Three homemade buttermilk pancakes that tastes a little sweet and savory
Buttermilk Waffle
Our buttermilk waffle is wildly popular among all ages!
Gluten-Free Cornmeal Waffle

Eggs
Migas
Scrambled with two eggs, green onions, tomatoes, serrano chilies and asiago mixed together. If you eat meat, add chorizo - you won't regret it. Served with home fries, tortilla chips and sour cream.
Two Eggs & Home Fries Breakfast
Two eggs prepared your way with home fries and choice of toast
Chorizo & Cheddar Chz Scramble
Southwest Tofu Scramble
Tofu, onion, bells and spinach sauteed in our Ranchero sauce. Served with home fries and toast.
Veggie Omelette
Spinach, avocado, green onion, mushroom, tomato in a folded three egg omelette. Served with home fries and your choice of toast.
California Omelette
Three egg omelette with green onion, mushroom, tomato, avocado, jack cheese. Served with home fries and your choice of toast.
Spanish Omelette
Three egg omelette with avocado, salsa, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. Served with home fries and your choice of toast.
Western Omelette
Three egg omelette with ham, onions, green peppers and cheddar cheese. Served with home fries and your choice of toast.
Spinach, Bacon and Goat Cheese Omelette
Served with home fries and toast.
Alaskan Omelette
Smoked salmon, avocado, tomatoes, green onions, cream cheese. Served with home fries and your choice of toast.
Omelette
Three egg omelette served with home fries and your choice of toast.

Burgers and Sandwiches
Hamburger
Classic hamburger prepared how you want it and served on a brioche bun.
Blue Cheese and Bacon Burger
Turkey Melt Sandwich
Turkey, Swiss Cheese, Tomato on Grilled Rye
Carnitas Suprema Sandwich
Our home-made carnitas stuffed in a ciabatta roll, along with avocado and our own Salsa Fresca.
Reuben Sandwich
Corned beef, swiss, 1000 island, & fresh sauerkraut on grilled rye
Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich w/ Cheese
Melted pepperjack cheese and bacon over grilled chicken breast, on a ciabatta roll. Slathered with our honey mustard & horseradish sauce and served with lettuce, tomato, onion.
Beyond Burger®
The Beyond Burger is a plant-based burger that looks, cooks, and satisfies like beef. It has all the juicy, meaty deliciousness of a traditional burger, but comes with the upsides of a plant-based meal. The Beyond Burger has 20g of plant-based protein and has no GMOs, soy, or gluten.
Avocado Club
A vegetarian version of the classic club sandwich. Swiss, lettuce, tomato and avocado on your choice of toast.
Turkey Club
Classic club sandwich with turkey, bacon, lettuce and tomato on rye.
BLT
Bacon, lettuce and tomato served with your choice of toast.
BLT w/Avo
Avocado, bacon, lettuce and tomato served with your choice of toast.
Grilled Cheddar Cheese
Simple and delicious. A toasted cheddar cheese sandwich. Classic!

Soups & Salads
Green Salad
With carrots and red cabbage
Spinach Salad
Soup of the day

For Seniors
The Weekday
One egg, one slice of toast, and 2 bacon strips.
1/2 BLT w/Cup
1/2 portion of our Famous BLT, served with a cup of our Soup of the Day! Choice of toast.
1/2 Chipotle BLT on Challah w/Cup
1/2 of our BLT, made from Challah Toast, with our Chipotle Mayonnaise! With a cup of our Soup of the Day.
1/2 Chicken Salad Sandwich w/Cup
1/2 Grilled Cheddar Cheese w/Cup
1/2 of our simple and delicious grilled cheddar cheese sandwich, served here with a cup of our Soup of the Day.
50th Combo - 1 egg, chick-apple, spin
One egg, chicken-apple sausage, side sauteed spinach.

Kids
Dollar size pancakes
Mini pancakes for the kids! Choose between ricotta or buttermilk batter.
The Weekday
One egg, one slice of toast, and 2 bacon strips.
Challah Jr.
One half slice challah french toast dipped in our homemade batter and served with two strips of bacon.
Buttermilk Waffle
Our buttermilk waffle is wildly popular among all ages!
1/2 Grilled cheddar cheese and fries
Small grilled cheddar cheese served with fries.
Kid's Hot Chocolate
Small Milk
Small Orange Juice
Small Apple Juice

Sides
Side of Eggs
French fries
Choice of regular "skinny" fries or curly fries.
Home fries
Homemade breakfast potatoes that are lightly seasoned and crispy
Meats
Choice of bacon, ham, pork links, chorizo sausage or chicken-apple sausage
Toast
Choice of wheat, rye, sourdough, english muffin or challah.
Sd Muffin
Muffin for today: Blueberry Crumb
Sd Scone
Scone for today: Glazed Lemon
Sd Croissant
Bagel with cream cheese
Avocado
Sautéed Spinach

Coffee, Espressos & Teas
Coffee
Cup of joe brewed from locally owned Peerless Coffee
Espresso
Cappuccino
Caffe Au Lait
Caffe Latte
Caffe Mocha
Hot Chocolate
Kid's Hot Chocolate

Drinks
Fresh Orange Juice
Fresh Apple Juice
Lemonade
Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Soda
Sparkling Water, Crystal Geyser
Milk

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Recent Reviews

This place makes me feel like I'm at home on a Saturday morning. My go to breakfast? Ricotta Special:
Two ricotta cakes, one egg, and your choice of two bacon strips or pork links. Served with real maple syrup. All for about $19.00.

And don't forget some of the best coffee served in the East Bay.

Never rushed, always friendly, reasonably priced and consistent.
If you find yourself walking casually up College Ave...
November 2025
They have what they call the “ultimate burrito” for ~$18 bucks and it’s like a grab and go you’d get at the airport. Should come with a box of crayons if they’re gonna serve baby boi burritos
August 2025
I came here twice .

First time I order their breakfast sandwich ; which is just a croissant with eggs and cheese. I added avocado which was a $5 up charge. Their coffee is nothing special and was also about $5 . My whole meal was $25. Waaaaaay overpriced!

I came back today because I wanted to try their ricotta pancakes they're known for. I got their special , 2 pancakes, 1 egg and 2 pcs of sausage. I don't understand why we only...
June 2025

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Rockridge Cafe

5492 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 653-1567