With some time to spare before the wedding, we drove our rental car up to Port Costa to walk around for a little while and have some lunch. It was a treat. We looked out across the Carquinez strait and then meandered through the tiny town.
We were greeted by chickens driving a pickup truck, some sweet old cars, and this old theater sign:
![ATE - Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6335m.jpg)
We first walked into the Burlington Hotel cafe to and got a plate of bacon (Thanks Rob!) and some coffee. The cafe, like the exterior of the hotel is bright and inviting.
![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6340m.jpg)
The bacon was predictably delicious:![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6341m.jpg)
But it was also a treat to walk around the hotel. Port Costa was a former port for wheat-shipping and the hotel was built in 1883, soon after the Port Costa was founded.
The lobby:![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6342m.jpg)
Antiques sign, across the stairwell:![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6353m.jpg)
![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6354m.jpg)
We even got to peek into a few of the rooms.![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6355m.jpg)
The entrance to the Bertha room:
Caffeinated and baconated, we checked out Wendy Addison’s Theater of Dreams studio:
![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6365m.jpg)
![The Burlington Hotel Cafe, Port Costa, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6367m.jpg)
and then elected to grab lunch at Crockett rather than eat at the Warehouse Cafe. Another time.
We ended up at the Valona Deli and I took this photo in the bathroom:![Baseball at the Valona Deli, Crockett, CA](http://www.clubantietam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_6376m.jpg)