The Wake

Photo by Erik Helin

I know what you’re thinking: “Erik, what’s adventurous about eggs?” And you’re right to question me. Egg & I isn’t adventurous. But I’m a red-blooded American who happens to love a good breakfast, and Egg & I makes a damn good breakfast.

Located in a massive brick office building on University Ave. near Highway 280, the restaurant doesn’t score too many points when it comes to décor. In fact, if the various booths and tables were taken out and replaced with cubicles and copy machines I don’t think it would be a tough transition.

Their menu isn’t too vast. With the exception of some hot sandwich and burger options, Egg & I serves primarily breakfast items. From the “Biggest Cakes in Town” and “Kamikaze Cakes” (pancakes filled with blueberries, bananas and nuts) to “3 Egg Omelettes”, the restaurant is straight-up home-cookin’.

I got “Eggs Commodore”, which is like eggs benedict but with sausage instead of ham. I find a breakfast joint can be made or broken by the quality of their Hollandaise sauce. Widespread chains typically try and pass off a runny cheese sauce as Hollandaise, so don’t be fooled. Egg & I makes a nearly flawless sauce. It’s got a great creamy marriage of tartness and saltiness that complements eggs perfectly. The dish comes with hashbrowns, which are equally as impressive.

With graduation and/or moving home coming just around the corner, there should be an influx of parents into our little university community. This influx fortunately tends to result in free meals for us college kids. I know when my parents come up we always end up getting breakfast before they hit the road. Egg & I is the perfect place to make your parents pay for your meal. I say go for broke.

Overall: 8/10