Gambles - Queensbury

Went for breakfast the other day and I gotta say, it's definitely been my favorite place for breakfast in this area. (Silo is good but outrageously busy always) Got an omelette with red skinned potatoes seasoned to perfection. The bakery is on site so the seeded rye was stunning. Check it out for breakfast and pastries! I'll definitely be back!

This is an unpretentious, locally owned bakery and small restaurant with very friendly service. The pastries looked delicious but I ended up going with the Texas Style French Toast as a short stack, which was plenty for one person, and a scrambled egg (I ordered one but it was the size of two). The french toast was light and tasty and the eggs were nice, fluffy scrambled eggs, not overdone. My friend loved the toasted cinnamon bun. Although it was a week day, business was brisk with plenty of regulars. For an affordable, basic breakfast joint with a little bit of flair (and heavenly looking baked goods), this is a great spot.

The people that work there look like they are miserable, some are rude. They don't take credit cards, probably so they don't have to pay proper taxes! And the baked goods are a hit or miss but mostly a miss! I have tried them 3 times...never again! I was so hoping it would work out because it is so close to my home.

This was a great spot for breakfast this morning. We had the coffee, fresh fried eggs, home fries, fresh baked toast, and French apple cinnamon toast. Everything was spectacular. The food was so fresh and tasted great. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I believe the waitress said she worked there for 34 years. She was great. The pastries looked so delicious in the display case. We took home a half dozen donuts. Anyway, if your in the area give this spot a try for breakfast or desert. I'm sure you won't be disappointed and I bet the lunch is just as good. Enjoy

That Gambles doesn 't even have its own name on its sign speaks to its complete lack of pretension. One might even read the simple green sign advertising Bakery Eatery as a subtle rebuke to the brightly lit chain restaurants and garish tourist traps that dot this stretch of Route 9 in Queensbury. There are even fewer frills inside, which features a small breakfast and lunch counter and tables for perhaps 40 50 guests. The menu is cash only, and as best I can tell no single dish costs more than $8 (they do have an ATM). The long bakery display cases filled with donuts, pastries, and other treats should tip you off on how to order. I had the Paska, one of five types of French Toast made with their own bread baked in house. The three slices were a bit heavy on the egg and light on the cream (nothing syrup and butter can 't solve), but the challah underneath was fresh and fluffy. The coffee is vintage diner, which is to say watery, but I kind of enjoy it that way and the refills successfully raised my caffeine levels. I also ordered four fresh baked cookies to go for $3, which boggled my downstate mind. It 's a traditional American bakery with down the middle choices from bread to cake, cookies, and donuts and limiting my order required considerable willpower. Gambles is the kind of breakfast counter my grandfather would have loved where you could shoot the breeze over coffee with your friends and pay the tab with the change in your pocket. And while there is no shortage of good breakfast spots in Queensbury, Gambles ' old school simplicity is worth appreciating.