The Gold Standard Cafe

Long-Running Baltimore Avenue Brunch Spot Lands on South Street With Second Location | Eater Philly

"I found that The Gold Standard Cafe, a long-running West Philly breakfast, lunch, and brunch spot, has expanded into Center City with a second location at 1318 South Street (the corner spot on South at Clarion Alley). The new restaurant opened Thursday, July 11, serves 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and offers a menu of bagels, eggs, pancakes, salads, and sandwiches with several vegan options — breakfast staples like omelets, croissants, waffles, tofu scrambles, vegan eggs and cheese, and vegan pancakes, and lunch items including parmesan chicken wings, spicy buffalo seitan wings, beef, turkey, and black bean burgers, pulled pork sandwiches, BLTs and vegan clubs, falafel wraps, and several salads. I learned that Gold Standard first opened at 47th and Chester Streets in 1979, moved around and closed for a while before Vince Whittacre and Roger Harman reopened it at the Victorian house at 4800 Baltimore Avenue in 2009, and that the owners sold to Alice Park and Joseph Oh in 2015. The South Street space previously housed Cafe V and briefly Vincent Anthony Ristorante, and the Ohs say they weren’t looking to expand but liked the neighborhood atmosphere around 13th Street and the regulars they have on Baltimore Avenue." - Rachel Vigoda