Popular Bakersfield cafe opens new location in SLO County. Take a look inside
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- Honey I'm Home Pismo Cafe launched July 4 at 620-B Cypress St. in Pismo Beach.
- The diner-style cafe offers full-day breakfast menu and locally sourced coffee.
- Owners plan SLO County expansion, with potential renovations and added features.
A Bakersfield diner staple has expanded its breakfast and lunch options to the Central Coast.
Honey I’m Home Pismo Cafe opened its doors on the Fourth of July at 620 Cypress St. in Pismo Beach, and its name serves its exact purpose — beyond breakfast and lunch dishes, the cafe is meant to provide a home-away-from-home atmosphere much like its original location in Bakersfield.
“The whole idea here is we’re all family, and we never get a chance to see each other,” co-owner Edward Smith told The Tribune. “What we’ve done is developed a home base. We’re carrying that on here with a whole new group of folks, new location, same idea, same method of customer experience.”
Co-owners Smith, Todd Schreiber and Eric Watt signed the spot’s lease several months ago, according to Smith, taking over At The Pier Mediterranean Fresh Food’s spot.
While the blue awning of the previous business is still there, Smith has since put up Honey I’m Home’s banner with its classic cutlery logo.
He also has big plans for future renovations, indoor and outdoor, for the blooming business.
“This whole front section would be an ice cream parlor with the soda fountain and all that kind of stuff,” he said. “Similar to our location in Bakersfield, we have a full ice cream parlor there and patio setting. If we can pull that off, that’d be great.”
What’s on the menu at new breakfast spot in Pismo Beach?
A small ice cream shop known as Scherb’s Ice Cream owned by Schreiber is nestled at the front of the business, with enormous tubs of flavors like cappuccino chocolate crunch, peanut butter and jelly and mango tangerine.
The full menu for Honey I’m Home Pismo Cafe includes chicken fried steak, catfish and eggs, a crab cake benedict, omelets, biscuits and gravy, sandwiches, salads and burgers. The business also serves coffee from Covenant Coffee, a local Bakersfield brewery that supports foster youth.
“Every breakfast place has biscuits and gravy,” Smith said. “Not every breakfast place has a full menu all day. Our gravy is beyond anything that I’ve had anywhere else. It took us a little over five months to develop the flavor profile with that, and we stick with it.”
Smith said Honey I’m Home Pismo Cafe plans to expand its hours as it grows in the community, and hopes to be a nostalgic staple for old-school diners.
Two televisions are anchored to the walls of the cafe, playing “Our Gang” and cartoons.
“When people are hungry and they want something nice and comfort food, and people that they remember from way back in a location that they remember from way back, they would come and eat,” he said. “The most important thing is to have a home base, some place to be able to go and remember old times and old memories.”
The new cafe is not the last stop for its owners. Another spot is planned in San Luis Obispo and they are scouting more places in Bakersfield, according to Smith.
For more information
Honey I’m Home Pismo Cafe at 620 Cypress St. is open every day except Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information about the cafe, visit its Facebook or Instagram page.
This story was originally published July 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Popular Bakersfield cafe opens new location in SLO County. Take a look inside."