Short Reviews: Dottie's True Blue Café

Is Dottie’s famous or infamous? Why the Zagat entry? What is it about this place? Is it the Tenderloin location (Jones between Geary and O'Farrell)? The jalapeno jelly? The very long wait if you get here at the wrong time? The life-size poster of an almost au natural Josephine Baker? Or the CDs of female jazz vocalists that always seem to be playing in the background? This is a place that you are certain that Dashiel Hammet would have eaten at. Dotties has great mystique and atmosphere, but it also has really good food. This is a GREAT breakfast place. The portions are huge. Don't bother with the menu; the specials on the blackboard are where the action is. Don't miss the jalapeno cornbread or the bean cakes, or some of the special pancakes. Good place. Recommended