The Omelettry
4811 Burnet, 453-5062
Breakfast served 7am-9pm daily.
Before there was Magnolia or Kerbey Lane, there was the original Omelettry,
beloved for its eggs, flapjacks, and home fries. Same as it ever was.
Magnolia Cafe
2304 Lake Austin Blvd., 478-8945,
1920 S. Congress, 445-0000
Breakfast
served 24 hours a day.
That’s 24 hours a day, 8 days a week. Everybody knows, everybody goes.
Kerbey Lane Cafe
3704 Kerbey Lane, 451-1436
2700 S. Lamar, 445-4451
12602 Research, 258-7757
Breakfast served 24 hours a day.
Famous for homegrown tomatoes, legendary for the gingerbread pancakes.
Las Manitas
211 S. Congress, 472-9357
Breakfast 7am-4pm weekdays;
7am-2:30pm
weekends.
Popular with downtown politicos, the Hispanic arts community, and anyone who
knows good, authentic Mexican food when they taste it.
Original Pancake House
8127 Mesa, 795-8969
Breakfast 6:30am-2:30pm weekdays, 7am-3pm weekends.
James beard’s fondness for this Northwest breakfast house chain made it famous
in the Fifties. Today, they still make a heavenly Dutch Baby — a fluffy oven
pancake topped with fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar.
El Sol y La Luna
1224 S. Congress, 444-7770
Breakfast 7am-3pm Sun-Wed; 7am-10pm,
Thu,
Fri, &Sat.
This whimsically decorated motel coffee shop is dear to our hearts. Enjoy liquados and huevos motule�os on the patio and watch South
Austin slowly come to life.
Curra’s Grill
614 E. Oltorf, 444-0012
Breakfast 7am-10pm, every day.
Delicious, authentic, unpretentious food from the interior of Mexico.
Juan in a Million
2300 E. Caesar Chavez, 472-3872
Breakfast 7am-3pm every day.
The breakfast tacos at this East Austin treasure draw fans from all over the
city.
Katz’s Deli
618 W. Sixth, 472-2037
Breakfast served 24 hours, every day.
If your taste in breakfast runs to blintzes, latkes, and bagels with a
schmear, then Katz’s never kloses.
— V.W.
This article appears in March 7 • 1997 and March 7 • 1997 (Cover).