Gigi's Cafe

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"One of the best sandwiches I’ve had recently was from a Burlingame office park. Gigi’s Cafe, set on the ground floor of an office building, right across the street from Embassy Suites, is a daytime cafe and sandwich shop hidden on the first floor of an office building. The mostly takeout operation (there are a few seats at the edge of the parking lot) serves a handful of breakfast items like croissants and egg-filled burritos, alongside a comprehensive sandwich menu. As a tuna melt devotee, the Fishin’ 4 Heat immediately caught my eye, with tuna salad, pepper jack cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and jalapenos on a craggly Dutch crunch roll. I almost missed the turnoff for Gigi’s — a tight driveway at what looks like a dead end — on my visit. Towards the end of the day, the cafe was quiet, with one other diner in the parking lot hunched over a table, caught in a sandwich trance. Unwrapping the Fishin’ 4 Heat, it was the size of a small animal — almost too large to hold, but I found a way. The tuna was the right texture, and the cheese did lend a welcome kick. The Dutch crunch fared better than most bread would, doing its best to hang on to the oversized creation. I’m already looking for my next excuse to take to Burlingame and head back to Gigi’s." - Dianne de Guzman