Church Street Cafe: Egg and Cheese Bagel

I was really tempted to try Church Street Cafe’s Egg, Cheese, and Turkey Bagel because I don’t usually think of the turkey as a breakfast meat. Not to mention poultry combined with its own eggs seems like a very un-kosher thing to eat between bagel slices. Even more so than bacon. In the end, though, [...]

Mission Beach Cafe: Egg sandwich with bacon

I really wanted to like Mission Beach Cafe since it’s just around the block from my apartment, so even though I’d been burned a couple times with so-so meals and bad service, I decided to give it another shot. I wasn’t disappointed by this egg sandwich with bacon, served on an English muffin: Sorry about [...]

One egg vs. two eggs

Last weekend Heidi made me a delicious breakfast bagel plated with some blueberries: Meanwhile we talked about a breakfast sandwich dilemma: one egg or two eggs? With a nice thick bagel, you naturally want two eggs to achieve the right bread-to-filling ratio. On the other hand, it can be a bit awkward to fit two [...]

Maxfield’s House of Caffeine: Breakfast Bagel with Bacon and Cheddar

OK so I know I already covered Maxfield’s in an earlier post but I had a need for some extra-curricular breakfast sandwich today so I went back hoping they wouldn’t be out of bagels this time. To be honest, I still haven’t found a breakfast sandwich better than their breakfast bagel on sesame with bacon [...]

Momi Toby’s Revolution Cafe: Toby’s Ham and Egg on Focaccia

I had totally forgotten about this place on a sleepy stretch of Laguna St. Who knew they had such an excellent breakfast sandwich? Here is their Ham and Egg on Focaccia: The firm, dry, and slightly crispy focaccia was a perfect counterpoint to the juicy eggs and ham. And the seasoning on the focaccia made [...]

La Boulange: Egg and Cheese Sandwich

I got the Egg and Cheese sandwich on plain country bread with bacon. I’ve gotten this sandwich once before and it was pretty good but I had forgotten one thing: this bread isn’t quite sturdy enough for an egg and cheese sandwich. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my parents would [...]

Friendly’s ups the ante in the sandwich wars

OK gang, let’s take a little break from breakfast sandwiches to look at the overall sandwich landscape. As you probably know, a few months ago KFC introduced their Double Down Sandwich which is a bacon sandwich with chicken instead of bread. Bold move. But Friendly’s has just done them one better. Behold the Grilled Cheese [...]

Aria Las Vegas: Breakfast Sandwich

OK so maybe I should have seen this one coming but this Vegas breakfast sandwich, which I enjoyed from room service at the Aria, is all about excess. Look at this thick chunk of ham: Let’s take a closer look at that ham: Ham!!! Also look at this Vegas-sized cup of coffee: Also I know [...]

Maxfield’s House of Caffeine: Breakfast Bagel Croissant

Maxfield’s is my go-to coffee shop in the neighborhood, and recently I was feeling like something familiar and predictable so I figured I’d go there and get my usual Breakfast Bagel on a poppyseed bagel with bacon and cheddar. This bagel might be the closest thing I have to a transitional object. I figured it’d [...]

Alexis Baking Company: Mexican Breakfast Sandwich

When my dad made scrambled eggs for me, we’d always enjoy them alongside some crispy buttered toast and Pace picante sauce. So the combo of bread + scrambled eggs + salsa has a special place in my heart. Maybe that’s why I had high expectations of the Mexican Breakfast Sandwich at Alexis Baking Company in [...]