There’s not much to take in while you settle on an order—a cafeteria-style setup with alternating walls of brick red and banana yellow—but Gaffey Street Diner doesn’t break any breakfast conventions, so it shouldn’t be too hard to decide. The menu is a down-home one, offering everything from chorizo to biscuits cooked up from scratch. But the ultimate meal here is the John Wayne, a dish borrowed from Eat At Joe’s in Redondo Beach and served now as a holdover for anyone with a desire to gain a few pounds in a single sitting. Size doesn’t always equal quality, but the John Wayne is pleasing for what it is: a tortilla topped with home fries, two eggs and cheese all bathed in a peppered red sauce and surrounded by slices of sausage.

GAFFEY STREET DINER 247 N GAFFEY ST | SAN PEDRO 90731 | 310.548.6964 | OPEN AT 5AM DAILY | FOOD FOR TWO, $10-20

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