Welcome (back) to mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog about eating experiences. Today, Kirk is busy, ed (from Yuma) is busy and so Cathy is writing.
In early April, I had to be in Alpine a couple of times and noticed this small, new place had opened, right next to Alpine Liquor on Alpine Boulevard. I stopped once, enjoyed a fresh bagel snack with coffee and made a note that The Mister needed to be with me the next time I was driving out there.
Early one morning, we drove out here again and I had the time to pay attention to details.
The 'front desk' is an old coffee cart. I say old, because it has inspection stickers on it dating back to 2005.
There is a menu you can see from the front of the cart when ordering, it has prices. This is the side of the building with a handicap access ramp and the priceless menu. Turns out that Coffee, Bagels & Crépes opened on April 1.
There is a selection of coffees in pump pots and this morning I asked for the boldest one. The coffee here is good. The Mister ordered a breakfast crépe ($5.50) and before even taking our money, the friendly owner turned around and began measuring and mixing crépe batter for us. What service.
What freshness! See those orange egg yolks? There was crispy, nicely flavored bacon and cheese inside this light, slightly sweet fresh crépe batter. The topping was a ribbon of basil sauce. This was quite large and so very fresh.
When we saw that the owner was making a batch of crépe batter, it seemed natural to order a second crépe.
Yes. Why not a Nutella® and banana crépe? It was breakfast after all…
The cross section- the banans inside the crépe were warm and the ones on the outside were still cold; a nice contrast. A nice breakfast outside in Alpine. We will be returning for lunch. Soon.
Coffee, Bagels & Crépes 2250 Alpine Blvd (next to Alpine Liquor, at Marshall Road) Alpine, CA 92101