Our Boston trip ended in the best possible way: with an absolutely delicious breakfast at Mike & Patty’s, a tiny restaurant in Bay Village. I don’t know if it comes across on the blog, but I LOVE breakfast – it’s probably my favorite meal to eat in a restaurant. Mal and Tina raved about Mike & Patty’s breakfast sandwiches, so I knew we had to eat there before hopping our plane to SF.
You could walk right by this place and not know it’s there. These are the best kinds of places, aren’t they?
There are two tables inside Mike & Patty’s, and roughly three feet of space between the tables and the counter. Tiny!
Clearly this table was reserved for Tina!
After scanning the menu, Corey and I decided to copy our hosts and order their recommended breakfast sandwiches. First up: The Bacon and Egg, Fancy, an egg sandwich topped with cheddar cheese, avocado, bacon, red onion and house mayo – a deliciously spicy concoction. This was served on crunchy multigrain bread. It was so tasty, I immediately regretted the decision to split both sandwiches with Corey…I wanted to keep this one all to myself! It was perfect because it was nice and balanced; no individual component overwhelmed the sandwich.
Next up: the Grilled Banana Sandwich. What a perfect counterpart to the salty egg sandwich! This was sweet and gooey and fantastic. The sandwich was filled with sliced bananas and a delicious honey cinnamon butter. More honey cinnamon butter was spread on the outside of the bread before the sandwich was grilled, giving it a cinnamon toast-like texture and taste.
All I can say is wow! Mike & Patty’s was right up our alley. Corey and I love going out to breakfast, and small, local joints always have the best food.
We let our food digest during a cold, snowy walk around the Harvard campus…
…and bought snacks for the plane at Flour, the bakery owned by our new BFF, Joanne Chang!
I didn’t think any bakery could compare to my beloved Tartine, but wow, Flour is impressive. The cashier made our decision a bit easier by suggesting his favorite items, and we purchased a couple of cookies and a slice of banana bread to enjoy later in the day.
I miss Boston, but I have to admit it was nice to return to 60 degree temperatures in San Francisco. Future visits will definitely be in the spring and summer months!
You found a lot of Boston’s best dining joints! let me know if you want any advice for your next trip
I hope to make it to San Fran one day–I hear you guys have some spectacular food.
so, i’m thinking i really need to visit boston soon! those places look so amazing…and you captured that fruit so well! hope you guys have fun in the 60 degree weather, I’m insanely jealous
That looks like an amazing breakfast…and the bakery…mmmmm.
what incredible eats! Both of those sandwiches look delish! great idea to get sweet AND savory! I definitely wouldn’t be able to choose between the two!
I’ve never been to Boston, but I’m going to be going in the spring with the Mister (he has a business trip) and i cannot wait!!!
Looks like you had a delicious trip! I love bakeries like that. They look like heaven! It is always nice when they can recommend stuff too…makes your choices a little easier.
Wow! That egg sandwich is the stuff my dreams are made of.