Toast Bakery Cafe

Taking a break from the SF eats, I thought I'd talk about my little excursion over to Toast this morning for brunch with my buddies Ryan and Joy. A little pre-game before our hike up to Griffith Observatory. Sunday is Funday after all.

If you've ever heard anything about Toast, you know this place is THE place for celebs/LA to eat breakfast. You always see someone "famous" here. At least I do. I mean shit, the guys from Entourage eat here all the time. Gotta be poppin'. I think it's one of the few places that has a valet service on a Sunday morning as busy as a club from the night before.

With all the hype this place gets, don't expect to eat here without paying your dues. Normally the wait is at least 30-45 minutes long, which is why you'll always see a horde of people hanging on the corner. We lucked out this time and only had to wait 15 minutes. Definitely a first here.

Yet along with all the hype, this place is, I believe, worth the wait. We did breakfast this time around, and this is what we had:

The Open Face - An opened face croissant is topped wth smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, scallions and hollandaise sauce

Eggs Benedict - Poached eggs and Ham served on a toasted English muffin covered in hollandaise sauce

Eggwich - Eggs over-hard with lettuce, tomato, avocado, turkey bacon and mozzarella on toast

So if you're around Beverly Center or Third Street Promenade, you definitely have to do breakfast at Toast if you haven't already. However, if it's already lunch or you're not feeling like breakfast food, cruise a block down to Doughboy's (read past review) for a much better lunch menu in my opinion.

Btw, I saw Katherine McPhee this time around. Slammin'.

Toast Bakery Cafe
8221 W. 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA
www.toastbakerycafe.net

Cheers,
Opie