For everyone coming to the crawfish boil, I wanted to share
with you my favorite breakfast spot on the Northshore. Toad Hollow Café in Downtown Covington is a
locally owned café with great food, coffee, and cocktails. Toad Hollow is committed to using only fresh,
high-quality, and mostly organic ingredients.
They serve mainly locally sourced ingredients and the menu definitely has a
strong New Orleans influence.
The menu includes omelets, pancakes, and several unique
breakfast specialties. My favorite menu
item is the Turkey Omelet, hold the turkey.
Okay, so that might be a little strange but it is my favorite
omelet. Basically, it is a veggie omelet
with swiss cheese, onion, and avocado.
All omelets are served with your choice of toast, which is itself not very interesting. But, all of the bread served
at Toad Hollow comes from Susan Spicer’s Wild Flour Bakery! If you are not aware, Susan Spicer is one of our top local chefs and the force behind the incomparable French Quarter restaurant Bayona. I recommend the multigrain organic bread, but
the Sourdough Cinnamon-Raisin Brioche are also choice selections. There is even a gluten free option as well. Another great menu choice is the whole grain
organic pancakes. They definitely won’t
disappoint and you can get them in a combo with two eggs of your choice and
chicken apple sausage or turkey bacon (Yum!).
The drink menu is also fabulous at Toad Hollow. They serve organic, fair-trade coffee by
Coffee Roaster’s of New Orleans. They
also have both hot and cold espresso drinks for those of us who love our lattes
and an extensive list of hot and cold teas.
In addition to caffeinated beverages, there is also a remarkable
cocktail menu with many New Orleans’ classics.
During breakfast hours, they have $5 mimosas, bloody marys, and screw
drivers. They also have collection of
botanical cocktails. If you are feeling
adventurous, I recommend the Pimm’s Cup.
A Pimm’s Cup is a marvelous combination of Pimm’s #1, gin, lemon juice,
and ginger beer (or ginger ale) that is typially garnished with a cucumber. Apart from being a New Orleans staple, it is a very fresh drink and will go
perfectly with breakfast.
Toad Hollow Café is locate at 207 N New Hampshire Street in
downtown Covington. Prices range from $8 - $30.
Breakfast is served from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on both Saturdays and
Sundays. I recommend either grabbing a
quick breakfast and cocktail before the boil begins at
noon on Saturday or you can sleep in on Sunday, enjoy yourself a late morning/early afternoon brunch. The menu is gluten-free and vegan friendly.
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