Chef John Ash

There are many riffs on this dish, but Saveur Magazine’s James Oseland describes it best:

“Joe’s Special is one of the most odd and divine scrambles known to man. Consisting of egg, garlic, spinach, and ground beef, the dish originated in San Francisco in the 1920s, at a long-gone Italian American restaurant, New Joe’s. Later, it was the signature dish of a Bay Area chain called Original Joe’s—and a standby for countless home cooks in Northern California, including my mom. At least once a month, we ate it for dinner, and I still make it, as there are few dishes so appealing and comforting to eat.”

When I was a young man in San Francisco it was a go-to dish after a night of maybe too much “socializing”!