McDuff's Restaurant, 253 E. State St., Redlands, CA 92373 (909) 798-4066

McDuff's is an institution. Read the Daily Fact's review. I liked it on my first visit, I'd say that their burger with ortega chilis is in the top five in Redlands.
I like the drink dispenser at McDuff's, it's a throwback (except that it's not, it looks original). I like sitting at the counter. The staff is attentive. To avoid this from being a second-grade composition, I'll get to what I had.
I had a Coca-Cola that came out with a good mix of sugar to water (I use sugar generically, I know it's not sugar). It was slightly, but delightfully, carbonated. I ordered the biscuits and gravy breakfast. It came in a style to which I had not become accustomed. To my detriment.
This was my fault. I had decided that I was going to have biscuits and gravy before I left to go to McDuff's. I didn't bother reading the menu, which no doubt described the biscuits and gravy. All I saw was biscuits and gravy and "home fries."
The home fries were excellent. The potatoes were sliced in one inch by a quarter inch slices and cooked with green onions, probably on a griddle. They were not at all oily. The waitress offered me ketchup or salsa; I chose the Heinz ketchup, I probably should have chosen the salsa.
The biscuits and gravy were topped with shredded cheddar cheese. I'm not sure why. Then, there was a layer of white gravy. Then, the surprise.
Each biscuit was covered with an egg-over-easy. The horror.
To put it mildly, I'm not an egg fan. I tolerate scrambled eggs if afforded enough pepper. Seasonally, I eat hard boiled eggs.
According to Wikipedia, biscuits and gravy is served with fried eggs, but there is no word whether they are on the biscuits. I am an adult-adherent to biscuits and gravy, and I have never had them in their native land. I ate them first in the late 90s, probably 1999, on a magical day at the Pico and La Cienega restaurant Nicks. I'm not sure if they were "authentic" in any way, but my frame of reference are large biscuits you can taste (that taste good on their own), salty, white gravy with pieces of breakfast-size sausage links cut up in them, and NOTHING ELSE.
Other than the cheese, which added nothing, and the gooey surprise, the biscuits were chewy and I could not discern their taste. The home fries were as advertised, and I liked the Coke.
I'll go back, but I'm not ordering the biscuits. I enjoy eating at the counter, I liked the size of the glasses (about 8 ounces). My meal was $10.15 including tax, excluding tip. If you're going, it's cash only.