Tip Top Meats & European Deli   

6118 Paseo Del Norte
Carlsbad, CA 92011
760-438-2620
www.tiptopmeats.com/

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A full service deli and restaurant, Tip Top is famous in North County for the huge variety of meats and the massive plate portions served. A German influence permeates the menu, with sauerkraut and red cabbage being popular side dishes with the patrons who patiently wait in line for tables -- breakfast, lunch and dinner are served here along with the brisk business in deli-market sales. Tidy inside with a small but pleasant Teutonic-tinged dining room, Tip Top offers two standout meals from its very traditional, very good menu. Breakfast's Big John is three eggs with all the breakfast meat (bacon, sausage, bratwurst and ham) you can eat in one sitting. Dinnertime diners can choose a steak from the butchery case and have it cooked up as part of a full meal. Note that top grade whole turkeys, hams and prime ribs can be purchased at Tip-Top -- and cooked to order at no extra charge. -- Lisa Galloway