Bay Books Cafe
1007 Orange Avenue, San Diego, CA 92118
Opened in summer 2020, the Bay Books Cafe offers sidewalk dining. For breakfast, the toast with stuff piled on top runs $7.95, while the croissant with everything stuffed inside is $8.25. The avocado toast offers an artistic mix of egg, pepper, red onion, queso fresco, radish slices, and avo. Sliced, not squished into a paste people usually wipe on in an avocado toast situation. And on top, purple and white edible orchid petals.
The Croissant egg sandwich is a loaded crescent that turns out lighter than air, crispy flaky, eggy (there’s two over-easy eggs in there), and whacked into a tangy sharpness by a thick wad of bacon. Recommended coffee as well.