4600 Nicollet Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55419
612.354.3414
Hey there. How has everyone been? Did we miss anything? Don't get your hopes up. We might be back and regular breakfast club posts will make their triumphant return. I might write this post and then go back in to hiding for two more years. I've heard it both ways. We promise nothing. The good thing about taking a couple of years off of writing about breakfast is that it means there are approximately 9,000 new places to choose from. At least we won't be able to use the, "Geez, there no more places to review in the Twin Cities" excuse. That was a piss-poor excuse given the places that we didn't review in our previous life. Details. Since I am just dipping my toes in the blogging water I thought it'd be smart to convene a small group for breakfast. It was only four of us that arrived at Sun Street Breads on Saturday morning.
It's a good thing it was only four of us though, Sun Street is a pretty small place with only one table large enough to accommodate the full club. It's been around long enough that people showing up looking to smell the new restaurant smell may have dwindled but the crowds remain due to their quality fare as witnessed by their very good reviews. Add us to the chorus.There were very few complaints about Sun Street. My only problem was the counter service. I was forced to (gasp!) get up out of my chair to get my coffee refill. The order at the counter, then find a table to sit could easily devolve into a lord of the flies situation if the line got big enough. My own personal anxiety increased as Rachael and I waited in the vestibule for the breakfast club treasurers to arrive so we could order. As each group waltzed in ahead of us I thought to myself, "There goes another four-top table". I may have anxiety problems though.
The space is quite nice as well. Even though the seating area is small, the tables don't feel cramped. The bakery is open and visible from the seating area. I
The food grades are below but TCBCB gives Sun Street our seal of approval.
Grades:
Amadeus-Standard breakfast with sourdough toast and sausage with a side of potato gordos. Perfectly cooked eggs, delicious toast, and incredible sausage. The only miss was the gordos, which are deep-fried mashed potato balls. Gimme plain old hash browns or fried potatoes any day. A-.
Rachael-Biscuit sammich, with over easy egg, sausage, and Jarlsberg. Delicious, and pleasantly ungreasy. The only downgrade is due to the gordos. A-.
James-Standard breakfast with sourdough toast and sausage. B.
Judy-Standard breakfast with wheat toast and bacon. Also not a fan of the gordos. A-.
Warning! The story below has nothing to do with breakfast.
Last month Rachael, Sarah, and I took a three week vacation to Southeast Asia to visit friends living in Kuala Lumpur. We spent time in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It was the perfect vacation. I figured the best way to document our time is to tell a story from our vacation at the end of each post that I write here (starting a whole nother blog dedicated to our travels was far too much work). Those of you bored by travelogues can stop reading right now.
Last month Rachael, Sarah, and I took a three week vacation to Southeast Asia to visit friends living in Kuala Lumpur. We spent time in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It was the perfect vacation. I figured the best way to document our time is to tell a story from our vacation at the end of each post that I write here (starting a whole nother blog dedicated to our travels was far too much work). Those of you bored by travelogues can stop reading right now.
A Swedish Proposition
View from villa |
Bamboo Island |
Andaman sea view |
All of the staff members were young multi-lingual Swedish transplants and uniformly nice. But was one a little too nice?
Fast forward to the middle of dinner. After standing off to the side pretending not be watching us, one of the young female staffers walked very determinedly up to me and said what sounded like, "Faherdie derdie lerdie do?"
Sunset! |