A diner's oversized booths and oversized pies have long been a beacon of hope for teens dumped after prom and frowny clowns looking for new novelty-sized props. Take refuge in the crispy crust of an old-fashioned eatery with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $25 worth of omelets, waffles, sandwiches, and more at Pappy's Coffee Shop. This Groupon is valid for redemption at Pappy's Coffee Shop locations in Bakersfield and in Shafter. Both locations are open seven days a week from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Winner of the Bakersfield Californian award for Favorite Breakfast in a 2010 reader's choice poll, Pappy's Coffee Shop features a menu brimming with hearty ways to start the day or end the night. Fuel up an egg-laden dish such as the four-egg Monterery omelet, packed with Ortega chilies, ham, and jack cheese and served with your choice of hash browns, ranch potatoes, grits, pancakes, or fried okra, as well as your choice of toast, biscuits and gravy, or tortillas ($9.65). A fresh-baked blueberry muffin ($1.35) is also available for fluffy accompaniment. For a bigger bevy of blueberries, guests can order a tri-tower of Pappy’s seven-grain blueberry pancakes ($7.95). Come lunchtime, impress your future father-in-law by engulfing the half-pound chili-bean hot dog without using your hands or mouth, or stick to a classic such as the B.L.T. ($9.25 with avocado, $8.75 without avocado). By dessert, diners can messily envelope the foamy, 32 oz. root-beer float containing two scoops of milky ice cream.

Pappy’s Coffee Shop has been locally owned and operated since 1999, and the Rosedale Highway location reflects that charm with a museum’s worth of antiques such as a walk-in telephone booth free of wardrobe-changing superheroes. Rise with the crow of the lion and mosey over to Pappy’s warm, welcoming shop for a meal to power you through a day of drilling for California’s natural deposits of Legos.

Reviews

The Bakersfield Voice likes the backwoods charm of Pappy's Coffee Shop. iDiners give it an average of 4.4 stars, and Bakersfield.com gives it 3.5 stars.

• Besides photos, hundreds of business cards underneath the glass tables make it easy to network over lunch. And rumor has it the food isn't bad, either. – Lauren Ward, Bakersfield Voice
• This place can not be beat in Bakersfield for a hearty breakfast and unique atmosphere. – K F, iDine