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    3000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95816
    Sunday - Thursday
    07:00 AM - 11:00 PM
    Friday - Saturday
    07:00 AM - 03:00 AM

    The Original Mels (3000 J St, Sacramento)

    4.8 (100+ ratings) • Diner • $$
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    3000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95816
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    $$ • Diner • Breakfast and Brunch • Traditional American • Burgers • Family Friendly
    • Picked for you
      • Milk Shake or Malt
      • Chicken Tenderloin Strips
      • New Recipe Mels Sampler
      • Bacon, Egg & Avocado Burrito
      • Chocolate Chip Hotcakes
    • Mels Famous Choice Angus Burgers
      • Classic Melburger
      • Mushroom & Swiss Melburger
      • Bacon & Cheddar Melburger
      • Big Bopper
      • San Francisco Melburger
        Grilled sourdough bread, a melburger patty, cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, grilled onion with Thousand island dressing.
      • Patty Melt
        Grilled hamburger patty on rye bread with cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, and tomato slices.
      • Bleu Melburger- Make it HOT or Not
        Beef patty topped with bleu cheese crumbles, deep-fried onion straws, lettuce, and tomato.
      • Jalapeño Melburger
        Topped with sliced tomato, jalapeños, lettuce, grilled onions, Thousand island dressing and pepper jack cheese.
      • Chili Melburger
        With chopped onions and melted cheese.
      • Deuce Coupe
    • Breakfast Favorites
      • Breakfast Burrito
      • Bacon, Egg & Avocado Burrito
      • Sunrise Sandwich
        Breakfast sandwich with two scrambled eggs and your choice of bacon, ham or country sausage, and American cheese, served on grilled, thick sourdough bread.
      • Mels San Francisco Scramble
        Three fresh eggs, ground beef, Mels seasoning salt, fresh mushrooms, and spinach scrambled with green onions and topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with toast.
      • Ribeye Steak & 2 Eggs
      • Wolfman Jack
      • Corned Beef Hash & Eggs
    • Mels Three-Egg Omelettes
        • California Omelette
          Our big, three-egg omelette stuffed with tomato, bacon, cheese, and sliced avocado, topped with a dollop of sour cream.
        • Denver Omelette
          Three-egg omelette stuffed with ham, grilled peppers, onions, and cheese mix. Served with hash browns or Mels potatoes and toast.
        • Meat & Cheese
          Choose from country ham, sausage or bacon with jack and Cheddar cheeses.
        • Vegetarian
          A blend of jack and Cheddar cheese, green onions, sliced avocado, sautéed mushrooms, tomato, and sour cream.
        • Egg-White Omelette
          Egg whites with Swiss cheese, fresh sautéed mushrooms, diced tomato, avocado, and fresh spinach. Served with fresh fruit instead of potatoes.
      • Starters & Shareables
        • New Recipe Mels Sampler
        • Beer Battered Onion Rings
        • Mozzarella Sticks
          Battered, fried.
        • Mels Zesty Chicken Wings
          Mels original or try them with buffalo sauce. Served with your choice of sauce. 8 pcs
        • Cheese Quesadilla
          Jack and cheddar cheese with green onion, tomato, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream on a flour tortilla.
      • Mels Shakes & Malts
        • Milk Shake or Malt
      • Salads
        • Mels Crispy Chicken Salad
        • Mels Cobb Salad
      • Mels Baskets
        • Chicken Tenderloin Strips
        • Jumbo Shrimp Basket (5 Pieces)
        • Mels Chicken Wings
          Zesty and breaded. Have them tossed in sauce or on the side for dipping. 8 pcs
        • Beer Battered Cod (3 Pieces)
          Alaskan Cod served with tarter sauce , coleslaw and Mels fries.
        • The Combo
          With three pieces of jumbo shrimp and two pieces of beer battered Alaskan cod. Served with cocktail and tarter sauce, coleslaw and Mels fries
      • Blue Plate Dinners
        • Chicken-Fried Steak
        • Fresh Carved Turkey Platter
        • Jumbo Shrimp Dinner
          Six jumbo shrimp with a light oriental panko breading with a side of cocktail sauce.
        • Ribeye Steak Dinner
        • Steak & Jumbo Shrimp
          We pair a delicious 6 oz. New York strip steak and 4 pieces of our jumbo fried shrimp.
        • Fisherman’s Platter
          Three pieces of beer-battered Alaskan cod battered in a light, crispy batter. Served with tarter sauce.
      • Mels Steaks with Eggs
          • Chicken-Fried Steak & 2 Eggs
          • 6 oz. New York Steak & 2 Eggs
          • Ribeye steak & eggs
        • Mels Fries
          • Gourmet Melfries
          • Chili Melfries
          • Classic Melfries
          • Garlic Melfries
          • Curly Melfries
          • Cheese Melfries
            With mixed jack and cheddar.
        • Mels Specialty Sandwiches
          • Club Sandwich
          • BLT-BLTA-BLTE
          • Chicken Club
          • Reuben
          • Grilled Ham & Cheese
            With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses with sliced ham.
          • French Dip
            Sliced USDA choice oven roasted beef simmered in au jus on a French roll.
          • Mels “Original Cheese Steak” Sandwich
            This one has it all! Served on our hoagie-style bun with tender-sliced, grilled sirloin steak topped with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions, and layered with cheese sauce, topped off with jalapeño and pepperoncini.
          • Grilled Cheese
            With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses.
          • Tuna Melt
          • Mels Chili-Cheese Dog
            Mels hot dog with chopped onions and melted cheese.
          • Meldog
            A full quarter pound, 100% all-beef hot dog, sliced, and grilled. Served on a steak roll with lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado, and sliced onions.
          • Fresh Roasted Turkey
            With lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise served on a hamburger bun.
          • Tuna Sand
        • Chicken, Turkey and Veggie Burgers
            • Classic Crispy Chicken Melburger- Make it Hot or Not
              Served on our signature bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion with a side of mayo.
            • BBQ Crispy Chicken Melburger
              Chicken breast with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with BBQ sauce and served on our signature bun.
            • Veggie Melburger
              Served on our signature whole wheat bun with honey mustard dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.
            • Chicken Bacon Melburger
              Served on our signature bun with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and onion straws.
            • Cheddar Turkey Melburger
              Mels turkey burger with mayo, topped with cheddar cheese on our signature whole wheat bun.
            • Gourmet Chicken Melburger
              Our grilled chicken breast dressed up with cheddar cheese, strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a creamy mustard sauce, served on our signature whole wheat bun.
            • Santa Fe Chicken Melburger
              Chicken breast with jack cheese, green chiles, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and salsa served on a wheat bun.
          • Specialty Hotcakes & Waffles
            • 2+2
            • Chocolate Chip Hotcakes
            • Blueberry Hotcakes
              Full stack, bursting with blueberries and topped with whipped cream
            • Chicken & Waffle- w/strips
            • Buttermilk Hotcakes
              Served with whipped butter and syrup
            • Belgian Waffle
              Made with fresh eggs and sweet cream butter!
            • Strawberry Hotcakes
              Full stack, with whipped cream.
            • Strawberry Belgian Waffle
              With whipped cream.
            • Bacon Hotcakes
              Full stack with crispy bacon pieces cooked inside. A sweet and savory delight!
            • Banana Hotcakes
              Full Stack, fresh bananas cooked inside our buttermilk hotcakes, topped with whipped cream.
          • Eggs Benedicts
            • Eggs Benedict
            • California Benedict
            • Eggs Florentine
          • Mels Skillets
              • Santa Fe Skillet
                Bacon and green chiles scrambled with eggs and topped with avocado and melted cheese. Served with salsa and sour cream on the side.
              • Country Skillet
                A combination of scrambled eggs, diced country sausage, link sausage, and bacon, all covered with melted mixed cheese and our country gravy.
              • Hangover II
                Choice of potatoes, two biscuits, two sausage links, two pieces of bacon, and ham steak. Smothered in country gravy and topped with three eggs any style.
              • The Hangover
                We cover your choice of potatoes with two biscuits, two country sausages and country gravy and top it with two eggs any style.
            • Breakfast Eggs by the #
                • 2. 2 Eggs, 3 Sausages or 3 Strips of Bacon
                • 4. Eggs (3)
                  With choice of four pieces of bacon or four sausage links.
                • 5. Eggs (2)
                  With choice of country sausage, hamburger patty or ham steak.
              • Hot Open-Faced Sandwiches
                • Fresh Oven Roasted Turkey
              • Sweet Treats
                • Mels Fresh-Baked Pie
                • Lemon Meringue Pie
                • Pie Berry
                • Pie Apple
                • Pie Lemon
                • Pie Pumpkin
              • Soups & Chili
                  • Mels Chili Bowl
                    With buttermilk biscuit, melted cheddar cheese, and onion.
                • Beverages & Soda Fountain
                    • Fountain Soft Drinks
                    • Juice (22 oz)
                    • Root Beer Float
                      Root beer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
                    • Root Beer Freeze
                      Root beer blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
                    • Fresh Brewed Coffee
                    • Coke Freeze
                      Coke blended with premium vanilla ice cream.
                    • Milk (22 oz)
                  • Breakfast Side Orders
                      • Buttermilk Biscuit & Gravy
                      • Side of Sausage
                      • Side of Bacon
                      • Hash Browns
                      • Mels Potatoes
                      • Side of Country Sausage
                      • Egg (1)
                      • Toast with Jelly
                      • Oatmeal
                      • Toasted Bagel
                        Served with creamed cheese
                      • Side of Ham
                      • English Muffin with Jelly
                    • Alcohol
                        • Mimosa
                          Sold out •
                          Individual OJ with Chilled 187ml Bottle of Sparkling Wine to make your own in-home Mimosa!
                      • Extras
                          • Ranch
                          • Avocado
                          • Sour Cream
                          • Guacamole
                        • Utensils and Condiments
                            • Ketchup Pkts
                            • Hot sauce Pkts
                            • Extra Npkns
                            • Salt Pkts
                            • Pepper Pkts
                            • Fork
                            • Knife
                            • Spoon
                            • Straw
                            • Sugar
                            • Sugar Sub
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                          The Original Mels (3000 J St, Sacramento) is located at: 3000 J St , Sacramento

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                          The most ordered items from The Original Mels (3000 J St, Sacramento) are: Milk Shake or Malt, 6 oz. New York Steak & 2 Eggs, Chicken Tenderloin Strips.

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