• Our favorite menu item: the gold's standard (scrambled egg whites, turkey sausage, roasted sweet potatoes, cremini mushrooms, avocado, and bloomsdale spinach)

2. Butcher's Daughter I Venice

• Our favorite menu item: the best egg sandwich (farm eggs, baby kale, avocado, cheddar & harissa mayo on a classic croissant)

3. Breakfast by Salt's Cure I West Hollywood 

• Our favorite menu item: OG oatmeal griddle cake with toasted cinnamon sugar & banana nut oatmeal griddle cake with toasted walnuts 

4. Herringbone I Santa Monica

• Our favorite menu item: southern fried chicken (cornbread waffles, maple whipped butter, creamy slaw)

5. Malibu Farm I Malibu 

• Our favorite menu item: fried eggs + smoked salmon 'pytti panna' hash with potatoes, beets, squash, zucchini, onion, arugula, and horseradish cream

6. Ollo I Malibu

• Our favorite menu item: breakfast tacos (grass-fed beef short rib, scrambled eggs, pico de gallo, cheddar, corn tortillas, mixed greens, and fingerling potatoes)

7. Toast I Orange County

• Our favorite menu item: soft scrambled egg toast (chanterelles, shimeji mushrooms, roasted sesame creme fraiche, parmesan, herbs, and levain)

8. Driftwood Kitchen I Laguna Beach

• Our favorite menu item: scottish smoked salmon bagel (heirloom tomatoes, avocado, and daikon sprouts)