Walking in LA: Part 2

So what do you do after a late night out of fine food, wine and conversation??  Why you wake up early and go to breakfast!

My favorite restaurant in all of LA is The Rose Cafe in Venice.  This place has the perfect combination of all things that please me.

1. Huge outside patio in the back with umbrellas for shade when it's hot and heat lamps for when it's cold, and overflowing with lush plants.
2. Great breakfast special in the front cafe, $4.00 for a plain croissant with brie and marmalade and a great cup of coffee.  Any place that understand that brie should come with breakfast pastry is the kind of place for me.
3. Deli case full of fresh, seasonal, unique and healthy salads and entrees.
4. Interesting and local art and artists.
5. Cool little store that sells the kinds of things that I want but don't need.  Still, I love to look and touch.
6. Parking lot in the back.

The front cafe is where one can order a snack or a coffee and sit at high tables and chat or read or people watch.  The back cafe is a sit down restaurant, with some inside seating and the huge, wonderful patio I spoke of in #1.  This is where I go for breakfast if I go for breakfast.  I always order one of two things...

1. Salmon Florentine - Salmon, Spinach & Roasted Tomatoes in a Puff Pastry with a Dill Hollandaise Sauce
2. Ham & Cheese Omelet - Prosciutto-Ham, Swiss, Cheddar & Goat Cheese with Chives, with potatoes au gratin and wheat toast
3. Chris ALWAYS gets the Eggs Scandia - Poached Eggs served on Croissant with Lox and Dill Hollandaise

Just writing about it makes me dream of the food, that's the kind of place it is.  And once I saw Luke Wilson there, that was cool.  Check it out.   

Rose Cafe
220 Rose Ave.
Venice, CA
310.399.0711

Comments

[Nic]

Thanks for the tip, Molly. My cousin is coming to town and wanted to get out and see Venice. I'm not too familiar with that area, so I think we'll try this place for breakfast!

[Chris]

I always get the Eggs Scandia because the Eggs Scandia is the best thing for breakfast in the world.

'nuf said.

[per]

So when'z the last time you dined at the HouseOFnanKING?