Winsome, Los Angeles CA

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Winsome

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Banana Bread

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Olive Oil Cake – Mascarpone Cream Cheese Frosting, Cava Cava Oranges

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Duck Egg Toast – rustic toast, nduja, raclette, oregano

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Buckwheat and Semolina Pancake – yeast risen pancake, quince preserves, chestnut honey

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Brown butter chocolate chip cookie

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Buckwheat ginger oat cookie

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Bruleed caramel rye brownie

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Blondie

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Continuing the evolution of Echo Park as a hip sister community to Silverlake it was with high expectations based on a menu that seemed to be thinking outside the box that the twenty-five minute drive was made from Hollywood down Sunset, and although 75-seat Winsome is a pleasant place to sit, chat or linger over pastries the breakfast plates are – in a word – underwhelming, and at the same time exorbitantly priced.

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Located in the basement of what appears to be an apartment complex with business suites previously within, Winsome is demarcated only by small signage to those coming from the East and although free parking is generally plentiful on nearby hillsides special attention should be paid to Street Signs as rules about Street Cleaning and ‘Zones’ abound.

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Not particularly familiar with the restaurateurs involved, though Pastry Chef Leslie Mialma’s skills honed at Republique paired with Coffee from La Colombe should be enough to generate a local’s sort of crowd, it is those baked goods that greet patrons entering front doors adjacent an outdoor dining space and if one were to stop at the counter, place a to-go order and simply exit the experience would be excellent, those dining in likely leaving far poorer and still with room for something more.

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Seated by a young woman who was pleasant though largely absent as I dined, water glass frequently falling dry, it was after lengthy perusal of the pastry case that two options were requested prior to officially ordering, the Banana Bread well spiced with plenty of natural sweetness while the Olive Oil cake was toothsome and compelling with light citrus notes juxtaposing mellow cream cheese.

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Waiting perhaps twenty minutes for plates from the kitchen, beverage issues addressed by a back server while the first young lady seemed perplexed by computer issues, it was almost comical when the air-pocketed pancake arrived with a modicum of pastel fruit compote that did little to add much sweetness while the $16 “Duck Egg Toast” was no bigger than a deck of playing cards, the markup past cost easily 300% even if Winsome was using the very best imported products from Calabria and France while also incorporating in-house bread baking.

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Admittedly impressed by the spiciness of the open-faced sandwich, but still shaking my head at the portion despite many Michelin Starred meals that cost several-times as much, it was almost begrudgingly that the decision was made to invest another $15 on exiting, bringing my total breakfast cost just shy of $60, yet in all reality it was this choice that proved the meal’s saving grace as Mialma once again showed her talents with two delicious cookies plus a Peanut Butter square that was as elegant as it was rich, the same to be said of the glistening Rye brownie.

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