Breakfast in Los Angeles: Top 10 Spots

4. Huckleberry

For the best ham and eggs in L.A., go to Nick's; for the best green eggs and ham, go to Huckleberry. Be forewarned that it is perpetually crowded, especially on the weekends, when you might be better off picking up something (like other Santa Monicans do) and eating it curbside (like other Angelenos do). Whatever you pick up, it's bound to be good. The pastry case is filled with delicious treats like croissants and doughnuts and scones. Try the brisket hash, or those green eggs and ham (pesto supplies the green, La Quercia prosciutto, the ham). We would eat them in a boat, with a goat, in the rain, in the dark, on a train ... 1014 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 451-2311.

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Banh Mi My Tho

304 W. Valley Blvd.
Alhambra, CA 91803

Category: Restaurant > Asian

Region: Monterey Park/ Alhambra/ S. Gabriel

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Nick's Cafe

1300 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Category: Restaurant > Breakfast

Region: Chinatown/ Elysian Park

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Square One

4854 Fountain Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Hollywood

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El Huarachito

3010 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90031-2702

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: East L.A.

FarmShop

225 26th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90402

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Santa Monica

Viet Huong

10727 Garvey Ave.
South El Monte, CA 91733

Category: Restaurant > Vietnamese

Region: Central San Gabriel Valley

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Huckleberry

1014 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Santa Monica

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Huge Tree Bakery

423 N. Atlantic Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754

Category: Restaurant > Taiwanese

Region: Monterey Park/ Alhambra/ S. Gabriel

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Salt's Cure

7494 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: West Hollywood

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Canele

3219 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Northeast L.A.

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3. Huge Tree Pastry

Most people have their go-to for dim sum (for those who don't: Elite in Monterey Park or 888 in Rosemead), but if you want a variation on the theme, try Huge Tree Pastry's Taiwanese breakfast. Start with a bowl of sweet or savory soy milk, then dive right into new breakfast classics like sweet buns filled with red bean, sesame cakes and green onion pancakes. The Chinese donut is a sweet fried dough sprinkled with sesame seeds, and is a nice treat to round out your meal. 423 N. Atlantic Blvd. No. 105, Monterey Park. (626) 458-8689.

2. Salt's Cure

This is the ultimate local's restaurant: all the ingredients, from animal to vegetable, are sourced from somewhere within California. The brunch menu changes every weekend, but for those Type A people who do not like surprises, however pleasant, someone usually is diligent about Facebooking a photograph of the following day's menu. You can count on a few dishes to show up in most of these photos, including the 2x2x2 (two eggs, two bacon slices and two sausage patties) and the hearty and thoroughly delicious oatmeal griddle cakes. 7494 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. (323) 850-7258.

1. Canele

Canele's rustic, seasonal brunch menu certainly seems innocuous enough. "Thick French toast," for example, or a "side" of "baked pancake with meyer lemon custard." As it turns out, this "thick French toast" is a trio of inches-high slabs of French toast, ridiculously crispy on the outside, wonderfully custardy on the inside. The "baked pancake" is what happens when a pancake meets a tart, a fluffy concoction served in a ramekin and topped with a custard just lemony enough to offset the sweetness of the dough. The savories, like the fried faro with eggs and sriracha, are just as good, and that house-cured bacon! It's everything you want in bacon, and then some. That the dishes are nothing you expect — only infinitely better — is endearing, in a way, as if the restaurant is much too shy to ever tell you that the best brunch in Los Angeles is served up between its li'l ol' brick walls. 3219 Glendale Blvd., L.A. (323) 666-7133.