Wild Eggs: worth the wait for an egg-citing breakfast or lunch
Wild Eggs lives up to its name from the moment you step in the door. Patrons are greeted by a glassed-in display of eggs of every description: large, small, white, specked, brown — even robin's egg blue! And that's fitting; after all, no place does eggs like Wild Eggs.
At its two locations — one near Dupont Circle, the other in Westport Village — Wild Eggs serves up eggs every way you can imagine: scrambled, poached, basted, over-easy, sunny side up and "lacy" — that's fried with the golden-brown, crispy filigreed edging.
Eggs are tucked into omelets of every sort, poached onto several whimsical interpretations of that old standby, Eggs Benedict, and whipped into frittatas and strata.
Take the egg-citing Breakfast Burrito ($8.95), a flour tortilla generously stuffed with scrambled eggs, chorizo, poblano peppers, onion and cheeses and topped with queso fundido, sour cream, pico de gallo, avocado cubes and green onion. Served with skillet potatoes and cumin-laced black beans, the massive meal will have you begging for a take-home box!
Or try Wild Eggs' nod to the traditional Hot Brown: Kelsey "KY" Brown ($9.95). Roasted turkey and applewood-smoked bacon are layered on thick toasted sourdough and topped with a fried egg, diced tomatoes and a white-cheddar Mornay sauce.
Or how about a Surfer Girl Omelet ($8.95), filled with wild mushrooms, fresh spinach, cream cheese, tomatoes and onion and then topped with avocado cubes, pico de gallo, sour cream and alfalfa sprouts?
You can chose from those and other menu items — or design your own omelet. Three eggs and your choice of cheese (cheddar/Monterrey Jack, Havarti, Fontina, goat or feta) runs just $4.95.
Need a break from eggs? You'll also find biscuits and gravy ($6.25), Crystal's Wild Berry Crepes ($7.95), a wide assortment of pancakes, potato latkes ($1.95), various French toast and waffle offerings, and more.
For lunch, Wild Eggs carries French onion and wild mushroom soup, a soup of the day, several salads and assorted hamburgers and sandwiches.
Weekends at Wild Eggs are especially crowded. Expect a 30- to 90-minute wait on Saturday or Sunday mornings.There's complimentary coffee for waiting patrons on weekends, and in good weather, morning customers can wait comfortably on the patio chairs at adjacent shops.
- by Ivonne Rovira, Louisville Reporter for HelloMetro
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