The Morning Fork is a Busy Place!

The Morning Fork is a diner located in midtown Sacramento. It has a retro vibe that is really inviting. On a Saturday morning expect to wait around 30-minutes before being able to get a seat. It's quite popular with customers just waiting around outside on the sidewalk to get in. There are plenty of breakfast items to select from on the menu with good-sized portions that should fill you up!

Food -
The menu at the Morning Fork is quite tantalizing. I think most people would be able to find something on there that they would want to try. There's everything from omelettes to burgers. I heard the pancake at Morning Fork is very good. Sadly, I wasn't in the mood for one... but maybe I should have gotten one anyway because I saw someone at another table get it and I immediately wanted to reach my fork over and give it a taste.

The breakfast that I did have was of the savory variety. I ordered the breakfast sandwich and I've got to say that I was a bit underwhelmed. Looking at it is impressive. It comes open-faced with a perfectly cooked sunny side up egg on top of the burger patty. Once put together though... the taste is a bit one-note. The texture has that same quality as well. What should be a mountain of flavor ends up being a bit muddled. It's probably because everything in the burger has a similar texture. For example, the bacon they use is nice and thick, but it doesn't have any crunch. It sort of just mixes in with all the other ingredients. There also isn't any sort of veg on the burger (besides cooked onions) so that freshness that it needs is lacking.

I actually found the other dishes to be this way too. While they all looked amazing, the taste lacked complexity. I was just left wanting a bit more from the food.

To wash it all down I tried the almond seltzer water. It sounded very interesting as I've never had or even seen a drink like that before. It turned out to be very sweet with a heavy almond extract taste. Again, it had one-note to it when I wanted something a bit more refined.

Bottom line for the food is that it looked and sounded better than it was. I won't say the food is bad - because it isn't - but I was expecting more from it.

Service/Atmosphere - 
I'm a big fan of the atmosphere here. It just has a really cool retro vibe. The service was also pretty friendly. Never were the servers pushy or had a bad attitude even though the restaurant was bursting to the seams with guests.

The biggest issue is with the wait times to get in and to get food. I'd say from the time we got seated to the food arriving was a little over 30-minutes. And that doesn't include the wait time when we got there. We actually tried to reserve a table via the Yelp app, but the restaurant was saying that it wasn't working. Bummer.

Price -
The portions here are generous and large, but the price is also a bit on the higher side. I'd say that if you'd like a full meal it'd be about $18 or so per person.

Special Tips and Recommendations -
If you're coming here on a Saturday, you can sign in and then head on over to the Sac Farmers Market just a couple blocks away to kill the time!

Bottom Line - 
The Morning Fork has such an awesome feel to it, I just wished that the food experience was on par with the vibe. It's a nice place for breakfast or brunch, but there are certainly other options around Sac that might trump it.

Letter Grade

B -

Morning sausage.

The menu is highlighted for your convenience.

If you like really sweet drinks, this almond seltzer water is for you.

Doesn't the egg look absolutely perfect on the top of the burger?

The omelette creates a nice blanket for the main ingredients.