Liz L.
Yelp
What a find! We drove to Toluca Lake on a whim, thinking this was a cool bakery with a few sit-down spots for a simple breakfast. Nope! This is a full on restaurant, with lots of places to sit inside and out and a stupefying menu filled with vegetarian-friendly gourmet items.
I just show one side of the menu -- there is a lunch side and a breakfast side, and you can select from either/both. There are a lot of things that list Niman bacon, but you can just opt to take that out.
It would take me many visits to try everything I thought would be good. We all chose omelets and one person chose pancakes. The portions are large and every single ingredient was fresh, right from garden to table, it seemed.
We opted for lattes, caramel, regular, brown sugar, and one that was choclatey. Nothing was cloyingly sweet, just smooth.
Our server Ritch was perfect: professional, funny, friendly, and efficient. We should have had a reservation, as it turns out, but we only waited a few minutes to get a great table for four inside.
Didn't see much in the way of bakery goods to take home -- just some croissants, so may you have to order things in advance from the kitchen.
The atmosphere was bright, upbeat -- sunny day helped -- and spotlessly clean, floor, walls, ceilings (check out the clever sound attenuating squares), and windows.
Lovely neighborhood too, with parking on the side streets.
Absolutely love this place. Can't wait to come back.