Breakfast In Columbus

3420 Indianola Ave, 43214;  Phone (614) 262-2233

(Click for map)  Website: http://www.wildflowercafe.biz/

See breakfast menu online.

On a special day because I was setting out on a day trip with my best friend, we wanted to go to breakfast someplace we knew we liked.  It was easy to choose the Wildflower Cafe.  Since it has been more than a year since I visited this place and wrote about it, I thought it would be suitable to write about it again – sort of see if it’s still as good as ever.  It is.

We enjoyed delicious, healthy, fresh, attractive food for only slightly more than the cost of going to a mediocre diner, and a lot less than the cost of up-scale, uptown, up-sell trendy foodie places.

Good coffee – better than average diner coffee.

It’s a homey place, kind of like eating in a large farmhouse kitchen.  There’s outdoor seating.

I enjoyed the Huevos Rancheros.  I rolled up the black beans and eggs and salsa in the warm corn tortillas – ruining the beautiful presentation, maybe, but having a lot of fun.  My friend had skillet scrambler and added salmon to it.  The salmon added $2 to the bill, but even with that the whole cost was about $20 for both of us.  You could pay less for breakfast, but it wouldn’t be as good.  This is a good value.

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1428 Polaris Parkway, 43240

Phone: 4330441

Website: http://www.mimiscafe.com/

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Very nice, atmosphere, upscale and classy.

Our server did a good job of suggestive selling by asking right off if we’d like to start off with a cappuccino, which sounded good so we got it.

We ordered juice, which was fresh-squeezed and quite good.  I don’t think I’ve ever had fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice at a restaurant before.

I had a carrot muffin, which was delicious.  I also had the Crab and Avocado Omelette, which was also delicious. I had a side order of corned beef hash which had good flavor; I liked it, even though the corned beef was ground finer than I prefer.

Johann had the Mixed Berry Pain Perdu (stuffed French toast).  He enjoyed it very much; I tasted it and thought it was great. He got some good sausage with that.

This is a place I recommend for breakfast.  It’s not a unique, local place, but it’s a very good breakfast experience.

Our total this week for two: $28.90.  It’s not cheap, but it’s a good value.

5916 Westerville Road, Westerville – 43081

Phone: 776-5788

Web Site: http://thebestrestaurant.info

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A big Thank You! to zingster for the tip on this one.  I don’t think I would ever have seen this one from the road; I know I have driven past it several times, looking for breakfast.

Choose your own omelet ingredients;  BIG omelet, fresh ingredients…  Delicious!

Potatoes very nice, good seasoning.

I had the best corned beef hash I’ve had in Columbus.  Very nice, homemade!  Absolutely nothing like the alleged corned beef hash I had the day before at another place.  This was real corned beef hash. Fat trimmed out, corned beef cut into chunks and cooked on the grill with potatoes.

Coffee a little better than average diner coffee.

BEST TOAST AWARD!  As John put it, “Intense toast.”  I’ve had breakfast at specialty bakeries where the toast wasn’t this good.  I do believe this is the best toast I’ve ever had at a breakfast restaurant in Columbus.

Friendly, efficient service — enthusiastic, even; these people seem to actually care about what they are doing.

At $20 for two, The Best Breakfast & Sandwiches is a very good value.

Hey, this little place is pretty good!