Alfalfa
Salad shop · Ocean Park
2309 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Highlights
Healthy cafe serving breakfast burritos, wraps, salads & donuts
Healthy cafe serving breakfast burritos, wraps, salads & donuts
"As expected, there are a ton of bright, leafy salads and CBD drinks to be found at this pastel explosion of a lunch spot on Main Street. But the main stars are their breakfast burritos. There are two on the menu, both of which are behemoths to cherish (seriously, these things weigh as much as an old brick phone, circa 1975), but we prefer the Ancho Hash. It’s the vegetarian burrito, stuffed with eggs, manchego, and Oaxaca cheeses, plus a crispy-crusty caramelized mix of shredded potatoes and peppers, and it’s taken up permanent residency in our groggy morning rotation." - sylvio martins, jess basser sanders
"A transplant from Jersey with a millennial-pink facade that initially felt pandering, this Santa Monica spot has nonetheless become a vital neighborhood hang thanks to a menu of salads, wraps, and approachable breakfast items. Early draws included two Angeleno-friendly breakfast burritos (one chorizo and one ancho-potato), a kaleidoscopic array of gluten-free doughnuts, and a harder-to-find chicken Caesar wrap. In four years it expanded to a second Los Angeles location in Larchmont and now does brisk business; people like the salads, salad wraps, and burritos. The potato breakfast burrito, available on a regular flour or pliable gluten-free tortilla, is crisped on the flat-top and served with red and green salsas, and the Nutella doughnut holes are noted as hitting toddler palates just right. The reviewer reports frequent visits for easy breakfasts and not-so-sad desk lunches, and chose it for a recent Mother’s Day meal to share with her husband and toddler. — Nicole Adlman, cities manager" - Eater Staff
"A reliable Santa Monica desk-lunch option — 'don't sleep on the Calabrian chicken Caesar wrap,' one contributor advised." - Eater Staff
"After a day at the beach with your old, admittedly picky roommates, you’re starving and need a casual place where everyone will be happy. On Main Street in Santa Monica, this colorful all-day cafe has a menu filled with everything from build-your-own salads and housemade donuts to one of our favorite breakfast burritos in the city. There’s also a sunny back patio where you can mentally detach while Trisha explains to the server that she doesn’t eat anything that crunches." - brant cox
"There are two breakfast burritos on the menu at this sunny, pastel explosion of a brunch-lunch spot on Main St. in Santa Monica. Both the “Ancho Hash” and the “Homemade Chorizo” are behemoths to cherish, but having tried both, the vegetarian option with eggs, manchego and oaxaca cheeses, plus a crispy-crusty caramelized mix of shredded potatoes and peppers is what has taken up permanent residency in our groggy morning rotation. Where the Chorizo tends to be the loudest and saltiest in the room, the pepper and shredded potato medley in the Ancho seeps subtly into the fluffy eggs and cheese. All wrapped up in a griddled La Fortaleza flour tortilla, it’s nearly impossible not to give this thing a hug before dousing it in salsa, and devouring it." - the infatuation los angeles crew
