Best Breakfast-heading down the 5 Fwy-LA to San Diego?

[Hypnotic23]

This weekend we're leaving early to beat the Sat. morning traffic to San Diego from the Valley. Can anybody make a great breakfast stop suggestion thats not to far off the 5 Fwy to enjoy?

Thanks in advance,

Stuart

[Hypnotic23]

Thank you board for all the great suggestions.

Have a great weekend,

Stuart

[jbierich]

One of the cutest places the SoCal is the Ramos House Cafe in San Juan Capistrano. Outdoors, rustic, garden scene. And the food is good too.

[Kris P Pata]

Breakfast is what they do 24-7 @ HARBOR HOUSE, an institution amongst surfers and cruisers along PCH for decades. I've only been to the Dana Point location once -- on the way to San Diego -- but, it's a carbon copy of my local Sunset Beach branch.

HARBOR HOUSE CAFE
34157 Pacific Coast Highway
Dana Point 92629
[phone]

[kjs]

i've been to this place several times for lunch but i believe they are open for breakfast - maybe too close to your destination - but milton's deli - via de la valle exit ( sd fair/racetrack exit ) might ber worthwhile - i believe this is the same milton's that makes breads that are sold at local supermarkets/costco.

[dragonfly]

Our favorite stop is the Americana Restaurant in Del Mar, 1454 Camino Del Mar. 858.794.6838. Great breakfasts - standard breakfast fare and more interesting breakfast combos, really, really good coffee drinks and wonderful baked goods. We leave LA in time for breakfast before 9am --- wanting to beat the crowd.

Take 1-5 South to Del Mar Heights Rd. Make a right onto Del Mar Heights Rd. Continue for 1.10 miles. Make a right onto Camino Del Mar. Continue for 0.8 miles. Restaurant is on the corner of Camino Del Mar and 15th Street.

[Itslikeimsayin]

Never been there myself, but I've always heard good things about the Original Pancake House, for which you would exit at Oso in Mission Viejo, turn right and go about 2 miles. It would then be on the left at the corner of Pacific Park (Oso) and Moulton.

This is almost exactly halfway between LA and San Diego.

[Diana]

Just a warning on the Original Pancake House: They cook their food in peanut oil-anything fired or cooked on a griddle, I guess. Those of us who have peanut allergies, unfortunately, can never dine there.

Shame really. I hate it whe a place insists on using peanut oil. Sure, it cooks at a higher temperature and adds some flavor (what, I'll never know), but there are other oils that do the same thing nd won't put a good percentage of the nation into anaphalactic shock!

Really, I'm just jealous that lots of other people get to go to the OPH and I don't. Sour grapes.

[David Kahn]

Off topic, I know, but my wife has a pretty strong peanut allergy, yet has eaten there often without a problem. (Someone told me that peanut oil generally lacks the proteins that trigger the allergic response, but check with your doctor, of course.)

[Briggs]

I also have strong peanut allergies and didn't have a problem the one time I was at the Anaheim branch (which I also enjoyed).