Good breakfast or brunch in Silverlake?

[spicygal]

Any suggestions for a good place for breakfast or brunch in Silverlake? THANKS.

[maxzook]

Square One is imho the best breakfast/.brunch spot in Los Angeles, on Fountain two blocks west of Vermont (arguably "Silver Lake adjacent", but it's very close.) I highly recommend the baked eggs and pancakes, but honestly I've never had anythin g there that wasn't first-rate.

LA Mill is closer to "real" Silver Lake. I never thought a cup of coffee could possibly be worth what they charge for a cup made with their Clover machine. I was wrong ;) Not a huge breakfast menu, but all good:

http://www.lamillcoffee.com/pdf/lamil...

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Square One Dining
4854 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

LA MILL Coffee
1636 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

[cls]

Local, LA Mill, Cliff's Edge, Millie's, Cafe Stella on weekends, Ricks on Riverside.

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Cliff's Edge
3626 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

Cafe Stella
3932 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029

[cls]

forgot The Alcove just up the street on Hillhurst.

[Servorg]

I like Millie's a lot. Have you tried Madame Matisse? I have heard good things about it but haven't been yet.

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Millie's Restaurant
3524 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Madame Matisse
3536 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

[cls]

I haven't tried Madame Matisse.
Millie's is good for what it is: fresh diner food. Like Rick's is good for what it is: greasy trucker food. Local can be good, but IMO overreaches a bit and some things are sloppy. LA Mill suffers from slow to ridiculously slow service as well as a limited menu, but their coffee is good, the espresso needs work, but for that, go to the Fix in Echo Park.

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Madame Matisse
3536 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

[estone888]

I'm very fond of Local. Good variety, good portions, good to excellent food, nice people.

[pb201]

I agree with a lot of the suggestions. My wife and I are totally hooked on LaMill. The coffee, of course (and I strongly disagree that the espresso needs work), but also their polenta w/ brown sugar and mascarpone (ie, fancy grits) and a great selection of soft scrambled eggs. We also like Mme. Matisse. for more casual -- great pancakes! Square One is really great but not exactly silverlake. Alcove is kinda feh.

Also wanted to add Canele, just across the 5 in Atwater -- they have one of the best brunches in town. And Reservoir, two doors up from La Mill, does a really great brunch as well, but I think only on Sundays.

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Canele
3219 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

[cls]

I did a little more "research" the past couple weeks on this.

First, although on April 2nd, I had just been served two bad espressos at LA Mill, I have since been back twice and had very good (although pretentiously described: do we have to know exactly how many ounces and the exact bars of pressure?) espressos. So I can agree that LA Mill knows how to pull a good espresso.

Secondly, this week I went to The Fix and there was a hand written sign on the counter that The Fix now features Intelligentsia coffee. Uh,oh. It's not the quality of coffee I was worried about, but the departure from the small batch, serious hipster barrista, attention to detail, local feel. My fears were confirmed when I received my espresso in a paper cup, and was served a weak, light crema, too tall shot. I haven't had the heart to go back to The Fix since. Hope they work it out...

[spicygal]

Thanks for the suggestions. We ended up at LA Mill. We had the butternut squash polenta (YUM, I could've licked the bowl) and eggs in cucotte with Dungeness Crab. They were a little stingy with the crab but overall a good meal. Good coffee, good service. Only wish the portions would've been a bit bigger ;)

[maxzook]

Glad you liked it, and thanks for getting back to us with your results.

[kproq323]

Butternut Squash Polenta?! That sounds so good. Nice to know. Going there next weekend to catch up with friends. Do they take reservations?