Rudford’s Restaurant is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Serving San Diego since 1949 we offer an extensive breakfast, lunch and dinner menu that satisfies every craving.
John Thomas “Tommy” Rudford purchased the restaurant in 1949 and did everything right in attracting patrons from all walks of life and age groups, as well as retaining the same staff and cooks for many years. Rudford’s prosperity was due to old fashioned home-cooked food prepared from scratch. They served breakfast all day and all night. The waitresses knew their customers and cared about them enough to visit them when they were ill. They even took them flowers in the hospital. Customer birthdays were celebrated with a lighted candle in a donut on their special day. Many patrons of the restaurant met there, married and continued to be a major part of the restaurant’s home spun flavor.
The early morning crowd included utility crews, blue and white-collar workers, newspaper route managers and people who worked in the area. The lunch crowd was very similar, but the dinner groups included families with children. More interesting people came about 2:00 AM after a night out. The waitresses made quick work of those who disrupted their tranquility by chasing off offenders. They also chased after those who tried to get away without paying their bill.
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