Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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By Olivia Ware
on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:00 PM
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A breakfast sandwich at Mission Beach Cafe
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Mission Beach Cafe198 Guerrero St. (at 14th)
Sun-soaked and modern, Mission Beach Cafe is a little bit of everything. Come up to the counter and order a Blue Bottle coffee and artisanal pastry, or sit down (expect a wait) to a farmers' market-inspired brunch, complete with generous flavored mimosas. The menu features your usual scrambles, Benedicts and breakfast sandwiches, but they're filled with wild mushrooms and caramelized onions instead of ham and cheese and served alongside a butternut squash hash. It's "local, seasonal and organic" at its most delicious.
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Brenda's French Soul Food652 Polk St. (at Eddy)
Some restaurants are worth a two-hour wait, and Brenda's is one of them. The menu features a host of rich, practically hedonistic New Orleans-inspired favorites like Grillades & Grits and a Creole Veggie Omelette, including four different types of sweet and savory beignets (Can't decide? Try a flight of all four.) Keep walking if you're on a diet, but otherwise, you may have a new Last Meal.
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The most epic French toast, at NOPA
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NOPA560 Divisadero St. (at Hayes)
Simple and seasonal with a flair for the decadent, NOPA brunch is worth the scramble to land a reservation or wait for a table. Flavors are rich, but always inventive and well balanced; butter-basted farm eggs pair with sweet-tart caponata, and chicken-sweetbread sausage comes on a base of nutty farro. Whatever you do, don't skip the Custard French Toast -- you'll die happy and never order sad, sandwich bread French toast again.
Rustic and inviting, NOPA is a rare spot that's both worthy of a special occasion and friendly enough for a stop in on a sleepy weekend morning.
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