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LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts
Jon & Vinny's is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

1. Jon & Vinny's

9.2
412 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mid-City West · 104 tips and reviews

EaterEater: While things like breakfast pizza show up on the menu, find their version of avocado toast, granola, and other various Italian-American-slanted sweets on the morning bill of fare. Read more.

2. République

9.3
624 S La Brea Ave (at W 6th St), Los Angeles, CA
French Restaurant · Hancock Park · 267 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Possibly the most pleasant place to have breakfast in LA, the glorious light in the mornings is hard to beat. Throw in pitch perfect pastries and favorites like croque madame and wild mushroom toast. Read more.

Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

3. Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery

8.8
1014 Wilshire Blvd (at 10th Ct), Santa Monica, CA
Café · 266 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This instant classic of a bakery and cafe in Santa Monica has daily breakfast favorites including the fried egg sandwich, green eggs and ham, brisket hash, and a house-cured salmon platter. Read more.

Sqirl Kitchen is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

4. Sqirl Kitchen

8.9
720 N Virgil Ave (at Marathon St), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · East Hollywood · 203 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Opens every morning at 6:30 a.m. with just coffee and pastries, then ventures on to classics like ricotta toast and sorrel pesto rice at 8 a.m. Don't miss that crispy rice salad, either. Read more.

Cora's Coffee Shoppe is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

5. Cora's Coffee Shoppe

8.3
1802 Ocean Ave (at Pico Blvd), Santa Monica, CA
Breakfast Spot · Downtown Santa Monica · 103 tips and reviews

EaterEater: The lovely wrap-around patio suits the plates coming out of the kitchen, like a Wagyu steak and eggs plate, artichoke tarragon omelette, vegetable frittata, and blueberry buckwheat pancakes. Read more.

Trois Familia is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

6. Trois Familia

3510 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast Spot · Silver Lake · 38 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Though breakfast hours commence at 9 a.m., the offerings are fantastic from the get go. Try the blueberry pancakes or chicken milanese slathered with maggi ranch. Read more.

BLD is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

7. BLD

7450 Beverly Blvd (at Vista St), Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast Spot · Mid-City West · 192 tips and reviews

EaterEater: There's a number of benedicts, like the Ode to Butterfield's, which is a flat-iron steak with poached eggs and a cabernet hollandaise. The house-made turkey sausage works well in the frittata. Read more.

Farmshop is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

8. Farmshop

9.0
225 26th St, Santa Monica, CA
American Restaurant · Brentwood · 70 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Farm Shop serves near-perfect versions of dishes like French toast with blueberry marmalade, rolled omelets with soft herbs and fried potatoes, and pastrami and eggs served with green tomato ketchup. Read more.

The Rose Venice is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

9. The Rose Venice

8.9
220 Rose Ave, Venice, CA
American Restaurant · Los Angeles · 183 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Bustling every morning for breakfast, which could include Verve coffee with house-baked pastries, or something more substantial like the epic breakfast sandwich with thick slabs of pork belly. Read more.

Clementine is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

10. Clementine

8.8
1751 Ensley Ave (between Beverly Glenn and Ave of the Stars), Los Angeles, CA
Café · Westwood · 86 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This beloved Century City cafe does great pastries and other quick bites. The house-cured gravlax, poached eggs, breakfast scrambles with smoked ham & leeks; and homemade granola are good picks. Read more.

Milo and Olive is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

11. Milo and Olive

8.8
2723 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Bakery · 131 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This bright, airy spot does a fantastic breakfast with wood-fired asparagus with sunny-side up eggs, breakfast pizza with house sausage and potatoes, or a baked eggs skillet with pepperonata. Read more.

Square One Dining is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

12. Square One Dining

8.4
4854 Fountain Ave (at Vermont Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast Spot · Little Armenia · 114 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Expert eggs benedict (smoked salmon is an option), terrific omelets, steel-cut oatmeal, and grits. There's also Intelligentsia coffee to boot. Read more.

Millie's is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

13. Millie's

8.7
3524 W Sunset Blvd (at Maltman Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast Spot · Silver Lake · 97 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This classic Silver Lake breakfast spot serves the essentials, like the Hangtown fry, corned beef hash, chilaquiles, and chicken-fried steak, to go along with all the usual egg and scramble dishes. Read more.

John O'Groats is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

14. John O'Groats

8.0
10516 W Pico Blvd (at Beverly Glen), Los Angeles, CA
Diner · Westside · 48 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This old-time Westside diner does massive portions of pancakes, ham & eggs, huevos o'Groats using a biscuit-dough tortilla, a variety of egg scrambles, and of course signature Irish oatmeal. Read more.

Nickel Diner is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

15. Nickel Diner

524 S Main St (btwn 5th & 6th St), Los Angeles, CA
Diner · Central City East · 180 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This new-school diner in Downtown is known for their bacon doughnut, but they also make blueberry pancakes, ham & leek egg scrambles, huevos rancheros, and a hangover helper. Read more.

Tavern Restaurant is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

16. Tavern Restaurant

11648 San Vicente Blvd (at Darlington Ave), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Brentwood · 85 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This elegant Brentwood restaurant has a few egg dishes like butter-crumbled eggs with parmesan and polenta, pancakes, French toast, as well as anything from the Larder, like croissants and muffins. Read more.

Little Dom's is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

17. Little Dom's

8.9
2128 Hillhurst Ave (at Avocado St), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Los Feliz · 176 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This Eastside Italian restaurant does a great daily breakfast, like the Nutella panino, oven-roasted French toast souffle, smoked salmon pizza, and black kale frittata with onions and goat cheese. Read more.

The OP Cafe is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

18. The OP Cafe

3117 Ocean Park Blvd (32nd & Ocean Park), Santa Monica, CA
Café · West Los Angeles · 47 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Hearty breakfast dishes like buttermilk pancakes, the affordable 2+2+2 with eggs, bacon or sausage, and two pancakes, and a Diablo burrito with a spicy sauce. Read more.

Ledlow is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

19. Ledlow

400 S Main St (4th Street), Los Angeles, CA
American Restaurant · Downtown Los Angeles · 24 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Josef Centeno has a tight breakfast menu at his newest Downtown restaurant inside the former Pete's. Try the granola or avocado and cream cheese toast. Read more.

Kings Road Cafe is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

20. Kings Road Cafe

8.4
8361 Beverly Blvd (at N Kings Road), Los Angeles, CA
Café · Mid-City West · 112 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This classic Beverly Blvd. destination roasts their coffee in house. Find excellent french toast, eggs florentine, and benedict, among other popular dishes. Read more.

The Griddle Cafe is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

21. The Griddle Cafe

8.6
7916 W Sunset Blvd (at Fairfax Ave.), Los Angeles, CA
Breakfast Spot · 448 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This uber-popular Hollywood breakfast specializes in pancakes, with varieties like red velvet and Oreo cookie. The place is jammed packed all the time, so get there early. Read more.

Grub is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

22. Grub

911 Seward St (at Barton Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Comfort Food Restaurant · Central Hollywood · 111 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Placed in a 1920's bungalow, dive into a hearty breakfast burrito or croissant French toast for the ideal weekday morning. Read more.

Viviane is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

23. Viviane

6.9
9400 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA
Restaurant · 5 tips and reviews

EaterEater: An elegant daily breakfast that's stylish enough for locals and familiar enough for tourists. Have a plate of poached eggs with warm farro and avocado to fuel your day. Read more.

Lodge Bread Co is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

24. Lodge Bread Co

9.0
11918 W Washington Blvd (at Atlantic Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Bakery · Marina del Rey · 33 tips and reviews

EaterEater: The offerings aren't very wide here, but what they do have will be both substantial and nutritious. Have a thick house-baked slice of toast slathered with nut butter and date-molasses syrup. Read more.

Paramount Coffee Project is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

25. Paramount Coffee Project

456 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Café · Mid-City West · 32 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This Australian coffee outfit uses a rotating set of roasters. Their creative breakfast menu, full of trendy tartines and bowls, will satisfy anyone with a morning appetite. Read more.

Dudley Market is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

26. Dudley Market

8.2
9 Dudley Ave (Speedway), Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 20 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Whether it's a market breakfast with toast and seasonal fruit or eggplant pate baguette, everything is likely to have an extra degree of finesse. Read more.

The Daily Dose is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

27. The Daily Dose

1820 Industrial St (btwn Mill & Mateo St), Los Angeles, CA
Café · Arts District · 46 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Tucked away into an alley in Arts District, the breakfasts here are both hearty and nutritious. The margot sandwich is a classic, mixing scrambled eggs with feta, avocado, and jalapeno on a baguette. Read more.

Wexler's Deli is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

28. Wexler's Deli

8.4
317 S Broadway (at 3rd St), Los Angeles, CA
Deli · 40 tips and reviews

EaterEater: With an East Coast vibe that reminds one of Russ & Daughters, the menu spans classics like pastrami, corned beef, matzoh ball soup, and lox on bagels. Read more.

Claudine Kitchen and Bakeshop is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

29. Claudine Kitchen and Bakeshop

7.8
16350 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA
American Restaurant · 12 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This expansive bakeshop brings great daily breakfast like malted milk pancakes, fried egg sandwich with Old Bay remoulade, and chilaquiles. Don't forget to try some of the baked goods along the way. Read more.

Winsome is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

30. Winsome

1115 W Sunset Blvd (at N Beaudry Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Restaurant · Historic Cultural · 33 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This gorgeous restaurant in Echo Park serves tidied up American classics like grains & eggs, duck egg toast, and a buckwheat and semolina pancake. Read more.

Gjusta is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

31. Gjusta

9.2
320 Sunset Ave, Venice, CA
Café · Venice · 266 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Possibly the best daily breakfast in the city, if you can endure the general lack of seating and crowds, the menu includes breakfast sandwiches, cured fish, steak & eggs, and multi-grain porridge. Read more.

Valerie Echo Park is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

32. Valerie Echo Park

9.0
1665 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Café · East LA · 16 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This lovely cottage does some of the best pastries in Los Angeles, alongside more composed breakfast plates like muesli, soft scrambled eggs, croque madames, and kale & goat cheese bread pudding. Read more.

Blueys Kitchen is one of LA's Essential Weekday Breakfasts.

33. Blueys Kitchen

9.0
1814 Berkeley St (Nebraska), Santa Monica, CA
Australian Restaurant · 29 tips and reviews

EaterEater: This Australian-style cafe makes seasonally-driven breakfast fare, including a great breakfast burrito and grain bowls.Wash it down with a cup of Vittoria coffee, naturally. Read more.