Category Archives: Breakfast

Mr. Holmes’ Bakehouse, Los Angeles CA

Mr. Holmes’ Bakehouse Strawberry Jalapeno Bearclaw Churro Croissant Peanutbutter and Jelly Donut Cornflake Cookie Espresso Cruffin Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding Chocolate Chunk Cookie Puppychow Monkey Bread A hip and trendy import from San Francisco whose Croissant-Muffin mash-up “Cruffin” has continued … Continue reading →

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Jacks n’ Joe, Los Angeles CA

Jacks n’ Joe Coffee WTF – 6 crazy-shaped pancakes with sweetened cream cheese and seasonal berries, sprinkled with powdered sugar — crazy n’ good 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN – 3 slices of Hawaiian French toast topped with Nutella, bananas and … Continue reading →

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Zombee Donuts & Bakeshop, Fullerton CA

Zombee Donuts & Bakeshop Sour Cream Old Fashioned Black Widow – Glazed Donut and a Chocolate Covered Donut Hole Bleeding Heart – Chocolate Frosting, Raspberry Filling Zombee – Glazed Body, Raspberry Jelly Brains, Chocolate Face Eyeball – Red Velvet Donut, … Continue reading →

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La Brea Bakery, Disneyland CA

La Brea Bakery Bread Pudding with Whipped Cream and Berries Raspberry Thumbprint Carrot Muffin Sticky Bun Chocolate Chip Cookie, Snickerdoodle Shut out for more than one Disneyland dinner, seating bluntly refused at casual Café Orleans despite arriving seven minutes before … Continue reading →

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Jolly Holiday Bakery Café, Disneyland CA

Jolly Holiday Bakery Café Breakfast Sandwich – Butter Croissant, Bacon, Cheddar, Scrambled Eggs with Fruit Matterhorn Coconut Macaroon Black Forest Bundt Cake Gingerbread Éclair Blueberry Sourcream Muffin Mickey Sugar Cookie Raspberry Mickey Macaron Spending Thanksgiving at Disneyland, my first visit … Continue reading →

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Birdies, Los Angeles CA

Birdies Samples: French Toast, Pistachio Lemon Thyme Birdie’s Original – Fried Chicken Breast Sandwich, Cole Slaw, Buttermilk Ranch Mayo, Tilamook Cheddar & Cured Pickles Birdie’s Breakfast Sandwich – Over Easy Egg, Bacon, Fried Chicken Tenders, Apple Wood Smoked Bacon, Tillamook … Continue reading →

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Freedom Beat, Las Vegas NV

Freedom Beat Bathtub Gin Daisy – Old Grove Gin, Orange Liquor & Lemon Oreo Milkshake Chicken Fried Bacon – Pork Belly & Chili Honey Vinaigrette Flame Grilled Oysters – Garlic, Butter, Parmesan & Garlic Bread House Made Tots – Cheddar, … Continue reading →

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Mimosas Gourmet, Las Vegas NV

Mimosas Gourmet Guava Mimosa Churro Waffle – Cinnamon, Powdered Sugar, Cajeta Caramel, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Nutella S’mores French Toast – Graham Cracker Crusted French Toast, Marshmallows, Nutella, Whipped Cream and Powdered Sugar Bacon Chicken Waffle – Bacon Bits in … Continue reading →

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Willa Jean, New Orleans LA

Willa Jean Intelligentsia Coffee Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Biscuit + Butter + Jam Biscuit + Fried Chicken + Tobasco Honey Griddled Pumpkin Bread + Whipped Cranberry Spread Willa Jean Cornbread + Poirier’s Can Syrup Butterscotch Apple Poptart Praline Brownie Willa … Continue reading →

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Wink’s Bakery & Bistro, New Orleans LA

Wink’s Bakery & Bistro Buttermilk Drops Cream Cheese King Cake Cream Filled Apple Fritter Not entirely clear on when Wink’s “World Famous Buttermilk Drop” was rebranded as Wink’s “Bakery & Bistro,” nor really as to how or why the French … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery, New Orleans LA

New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery Chicory Coffee Butter Pecan Cupcake, Red Velvet Cupcake Cinnamon Roll Chocolate Almond Croissant Blueberry Coffee Cake Biscuits with Raspberry Preserves French Toast with Steen’s Pure Cane Syrup A quaint corner store at the crossing … Continue reading →

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Atchafalaya, New Orleans LA

  Atchafalaya   Jalapeno Cornbread Bites Corn and Crab Chowder Alligator Sausage Baguette French Toast with Bananas Foster Rum Sauce Duck Hash with Poached Eggs, Duck Confit, Blackberry, Mango, Hollandaise, Bacon Vinaigrette Chicken-n’-Biscuits – Fried Chicken Breasts, Housemade Biscuits, Sausage … Continue reading →

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Biscuits & Buns on Banks, New Orleans LA

Biscuits & Buns on Banks House Biscuits with Orange Marmalade and Strawberry Preserves French Toast Sticks with Steen’s Cane Syrup and Powdered Sugar Grilled Brie on Waffles with Blueberry Compote and Powdered Sugar, Cheese Grits Pimento Cheese and Bacon Biscuit … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Company, New Orleans LA

New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Co. Cinnamon Roll Chocolate Chip Banana Muffin Original Beignets Chocolate Beignets Now sporting four locations stretching from Metairie to East New Orleans, New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Co. was founded on “the philosophy of producing … Continue reading →

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District Donuts + Coffee Bar, New Orleans LA

District Donuts + Coffee Bar Tiramisu Chocolate Milk Brownie Batter Sweet Root – Beet Glaze, Candied Carrots Apparently unable to capture lightning in a bottle twice, a Hand Pie concept from the team behind District Donuts + Sliders + Brew … Continue reading →

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Toast, New Orleans LA

Toast Cinnamon Roll – Raisins, Pecans, Cream Cheese Frosting Caramel Apple Muffin King Cake Crepe – Sweet Cream and Praline Syrup Monte Cristo Sandwich –Battered and Fried French Toast with Ham, Swiss, Raspberry Puree Aebleskivers with Nutella and Lemon Curd … Continue reading →

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The Ruby Slipper Cafe, New Orleans LA

The Ruby Slipper Café Coffee Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes – Applewood Smoked Bacon The Peacemaker Benedict – Half Shrimp Boogaloo with Taso, Fried Green Tomatoes and Coubon Sauce / Half Cochon with slow-cooked Apple-Cider Braised Pork Debris with Hollandaise over Buttermilk … Continue reading →

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Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar, New Orleans LA

Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar Housemade Boudin Biscuit with Eggs and Grits Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Pancake Bananas Foster Stuffed French Toast A longtime Garden District favorite – certainly not the sort of place one will find teaming with European Tourists … Continue reading →

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District Donuts + Sliders + Brew, New Orleans LA

District Donuts + Sliders + Brew Cold Brew Buttermilk Biscuit Buttermilk Drop Pistachio Cherry Pumpkin Cheesecake Toasted Coconut Red Rum Brûléed Cinnamon Roll Taking “scratch-made” to a different level, dough mixed by hand from eggs, flour and butter in plain … Continue reading →

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Josephine Estelle, New Orleans LA

Josephine Estelle Stumptown Coffee Pecan Croissant Chicken Biscuit – Calabrian Honey, Buttermilk Biscuit, Fried Breast Scarpinocc – Roasted Pumpkin, Walnuts, Brown Butter, Sage, Orange Rigatoni – Pork Shoulder, Collards, Pancetta, Garlic Peanut Butter Pie Budino – Caramel Ganache, Graham, Pretzel, … Continue reading →

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