First time at Mike and Anne’s in South Pas. yesterday. Garden omelet w spinach, roasted tomato, mushrooms and goat cheese…excellent and enormous…brought home half an omelet. Served with “morning” potatoes new potatoes with red bell peppers and onions and really really good wheat toast chockfull of nuts and raisins. S.O. had the challah bread French toast dipped in orange vanilla butter #cleanplateclub . Weekday at 10:30 a.m.- maybe a dozen people there. I know weekends are a zoo with long waits…which is what kept us away til yesterday.
We also had Green Street in our rotation, though their menu has changed recently, they removed my favorite greens&egg scramble, and they’re getting really stingy with the potatoes…they just did a remodel, so now it’s even noisier than before. Kitchen seems to be making only minimal effort on taste or presentation. It’s okay, just not what it was ages ago…c’est la vie.
Nicci C’s on Rosemead serves reasonably priced good omelets w potatoes, toast, etc…you can create your own combinations too…large portions., we haven’t tried pancakes, etc. Their bonus is inexpensive Bloody Mary’s that are doctored with horseradish, tabasco etc. to your specifications…pretty good. It’s dark inside, old-school décor throughout, and if you don’t like football or sports, you might prefer elsewhere as the noise from the sports fans and regulars at the bar travels…
I hear Angeles National Golf Course has a good brunch…I 've had drinks there, nice view from their second floor patio towards Big Tujunga. Also good experiences at both Little Flower Candy and Market on Holly Street…not expansive breakfast menus at either, but they do a solid job on what they serve.
ps. strong disagree on Marstons…three times the eggs were undercooked (omelets with runny egg-white and uncooked yolk grossness) which didn’t get fixed without rolled eyes from the kitchen and waitstaff, and even though the eggs were returned done, the result was a sloppy mess. I tried to like them but truly, the memory of those disgusting eggs still lingers…their popularity just bewilders me…to each their own.