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LA is replete with cafés and diners, many of which claiming that breakfast is their specialty. We here at LAist love the morning meal and have begun a quest for the best breakfast in our fair city. The first stop on our journey? Santa Monica's favorite little neighborhood nook, Bread and Porridge.
When you enter Bread and Porridge, your nose is met with an aromatic mixture of coffee, cinnamon and syrup and, immediately, you are ready to drink down a large cup of the french pressed java and stick a fork into a stack of fruit-filled pancakes.
The decor is lovely. The booths are painted a deep red. A country window allows hungry diners to peek into the pristine kitchen where the staff is whipping up magic. The wait staff wear black aprons and matching bowties. The pancakes are the finest we've had in a LA restaurant, and having our pick of gourmet sausages to accompany them is nothing we will complain about. On this day, we had the spicy chicken andouille and ate every last bit of it.
Our only complaint is the time it takes to get a seat. There is only so long that we can sit in their new lounge and watch westside locals in their neighborhood uniforms — Louis Vuitton bags and sweatsuit couture for the ladies, wrinkled jeans, cheap tees and flip flops for the gents — chatter on cell phones and natter at each other without needing to stuff our faces. As a group of five, we waited for over an hour and by the time we sat and received our excellent meal, it simply wasn't enough.
LAist recommends Bread and Porridge as the perfect place to bring a date or meet with an old friend on a weekend morning. Just get there early and leave the kids and the cranky out-of-state in-laws at home.
Bread and Porridge is located at 2315 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403. For reservations: (310) 453-4941.
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My vote for best breakfast goes to Russell's in Pasadena. Awesome food, great coffee, reasonable prices—the only drawback is the long wait.
I guess that's just the price you pay for excellent omelettes.
My second favorite place to get breakfast is the East Coast Bagel shop in Marina del Rey. They make awesome bagel sandwiches, and there is a Coffee Bean within strolling distance.
If this is an on-going pursuit of best breakfasts, you really have to drive down here to Long Beach to the Bake & Broil. I grew up going there, and I never really got all the fuss about John O'Groats (not that it's bad, far from it)--Bake & Broil is great (and I have no relationship to the owners).
I'm actually very excited to hear suggestions. I never make it out to the LBC so Bake & Broil sounds like as good a reason as any.
Marleigh, next time I'm running in the Marina, I'll be sure to check out East Coast Bagel Shop!