The Original Broken Yolk Cafe Moves North

Looking for a new breakfast spot this weekend in Carlsbadistan? The Original Broken Yolk is becoming a fast favorite for suburbanites on the Eastern Front.

Normally we don’t go much east of the 5 for breakfast, but when we heard that Pacific Beach’s world famous The Original Broken Yolk Cafe had opened a new restaurant in Carlsbad we had to check it out.

When we arrived there was a line out the door and a 15 minute wait for a table. Having opened on September 2, 2008 it seems word of this new breakfast spot is traveling quickly.

The menu is loaded with breakfast and lunch goodness, and the space is perfect for restaurant. When they say “We’ve got Huevos” they’re not fronting. With more than twenty omelets, it’s a difficult selection process but we opted for The Mom (one of only a handful of vegetarian options): a four-egg omelet featured avocado, mushrooms, bell peppers, onion, and alfalfa sprouts served with a choice of homefries, hash browns, fresh fruit, rice pilaf, or beans and either a biscuit, blueberry muffin, flour tortillas, or toast.

The biscuits were large and dense but still flakey, while the homefries compared well to standard diner fare. Topped with real sour cream and salsa, the Mom was a tasty traditional-style omelette with the sauteed veggies and cheese folded into the center. It was good, but next time we’ll go with the Cisco Kid (Ortega chile and jack cheese) because in our opinion less is more if you’re folding the eggs around the filling rather than cooking them in the eggs.

We also tried the California Breakfast Burrito (pictured left) with two eggs scrambled with bacon, cheddar cheese, home fries, beans and avocado. Served with rice and beans the burrito was a nice alternative to the grease-laden ones at drive-through joints around the county.

In the weeks since opening day, however, The Broken Yolk still had a few things to work out. After waiting more than 25 minutes for our food to arrive, it showed up pretty cool. The side of beans on our breakfast burrito was cold to the touch. From others we spoke to, ours was not the only cool meal to be delivered that morning.

The service personnel were friendly and helpful. Our waiter was quick to get General Manager Cathy Morse when we mentioned our food was cold and she offered to send it back to be re-heated. When we told her that unfortunately we did not have the time to wait she took care of us graciously and politely.

With 29 years in the San Diego breakfast business we’re betting that in the weeks since we visited The Broken Yolk Cafe they’ve sorted out some of their food service issues and are running much more smoothly and if not, we wouldn’t mind, because the food is that good.

The Original Broken Yolk Cafe
www.wevegothuevos.com
7670 El Camino Real (click for map),
Carlsbad, CA
92009
760-943-8182

Price: $$ (Entrees $12-$14)
Breakfast & Lunch: Daily 6am – 3pm