Edgebrook Coffee Shop

Hey guys, the diner will be closed today on account of I am ill. Sorry about that. We will see you Thursday!

Been a heck of a week. Real quick:

Specials: 5.16-5.22

Chili Cheese Dog Hash: It's finally acting like summer, and what says summer days more than hot dogs? House browns topped with two griddled hot dogs, home made chili, and cheddar cheese, served with two eggs and toast or fruit! $17

Bacon, Broccoli, and Cheese Omelet: A three egg omelet filled with tender broccoli, crispy bacon, and cheddar cheese. With house browns and toast or fruit. $15

It's gonna be hot and rainy. Come on out and get this summer preview!

Okay! We are playing catch up from yesterday, but here are the

SPECIALS: 5.9 TO 5.15

BISCUITS AND GRAVY: Now with Aunt Linda's home made laminated buttermilk biscuits! Flaky pillows of goodness topped with our hearty yet light house made sausage gravy. This is the ultimate version of this dish! With two eggs. $16

Rajas y Pollo con Crema hash: Thin strips of Poblano pepper, onion, and shredded chicken simmered in a Oaxaca cheese cream sauce over house browns. Served with two eggs and toast or fruit. $16

Lemon Cheesecake French Toast: Our custard shokupan bread French toast topped with a sweet and tangy layer of home made lemon curd and finished with a dollop of cheesecake whipped cream. $14

That's it. Come soon!

Everyone, we will be closed today due to various ongoing mechanical issues. We apologize for any incovenience.

ATTENTION, LEGIONS

If you intend to get these Po' Boy sandwiches, you NEED to get your orders in! PLEASE help us make sure that we have enough ingredients to take care of you! I was going to close ordering today, but I am going to leave it open until closed of business tomorrow to give you late actors a window!

To remind you you get a classic New Orleans style Po' Boy sandwich with two sides for $20! That's a STEAL! The sandwiches are Fried Oyster, Fried Shrimo, or "Debris" which is the NOLA answer to our Italian Beef, and is DEEPLY delicious.

You can get home made coleslaw, potato salad, or New Orlenean Gator Chips as sides.

You can add a FLIGHT of different cake slices by our own Aunt Linda for another $20, which gives you FOUR slices of artisan, handmade dessert to share amongst your people as you see fit.

We do this for the busy parents who are running from work, to practice, to lessons, to rehearsal all afternoon! Let us lighten your load a little this week! Please let us make you sonething great!

Just go online and order through Toast, and we will do the rest!

Oh, PRO TIP! GET BACON ONNYOUR OYSTER PO BOY! The harmony of salty, smoky bacon with sweet, creamy oyster will cleanse your very soul!

All right, my friends, let's talk about little bit about this Po' Boy dinner!

First, the sandwich! A po' Boy is a New Orlenean mainstay. The roast beef, or debris version is the original, and it was invented by lunch counter owners Benny and Clovis Martin to feed striking Streetcar workers. "Those poor boys!" Ms. Martin exclaimed, in regards to their abhorrent working conditions, and a legend was born.

A Po' Boy is always served on French bread, and we are lucky to have found absolutely perfect sandwich rolls from 3D Baking. They are a perfect blend of shattering crisp crust and pillows soft insides. The sandwich is generally "dressed" with mayo, shredded lettuce, and thin sliced tomato, with optional pickle slices, and we recommend getting them that way.

Debris, or roast beef, is braised to melting tenderness and then served with a beautiful rich beef gravy. It's like an Italian Beef, but silliest.

Oyster is the heavyweight champ. We have found some GORGEOUS medium sized gulf Oysters for this event. They are prized for their perfect blend of sweetness, creaminess, and salinity, and if you are a newcomer (or just are a little iffy about Oysters), these bad boys are the PERFECT place to start! I have done EXHAUSTIVE research to formulate a perfect breading technique, and I am super excited to make these gifts from the sea for you.

Shrimp is the second most popular option, but it is in no way inferior. Again, traditionally, one uses gulf shrimp, and I have managed yet again to secure some beauties! Gulf shrimp are also known for their mild sweetness and tender texture, and we will be using medium sized ones to make sure that that gentle sweetness is very much in evidence. They will also be prepared using our super secret but exhaustively researched and documented breading process, and then they will be piled high on the sandwich.

As for sides, nothing in the world tastes better with fried seafood than cole slaw, and we will be making a version that I have painstakingly reverse engineered from my favorite version (Miller's Pub on Wabash). It's crunchy, creamy, and lightly sweet, and a perfect foil for the crispy saltiness of the seafood! Likewise, we will be serving my own personal version of potato salad, which I have been working on and refining for DECADES! And as a special treat, we are trying to get in Zapps N'awlins style potato chips in case you were of a mind to go that route. Me, I'm a potato salad guy, but people have needs, you know?

As for this cake flight, I am going to get Linda to tell you about it in an upcoming post!

As a reminder, you MUST order online in advance for this dinner, and you MUST give us a pick up time. This is critical so that we can make sure we have enough food, and so that we can serve you your items as close to hot out of the fryer as possible! We really want you to have the best experience you can! Please get your orders in by Tuesday of next week.

I promise you, when you are sitting in your house surrounded by bread crumbs and swiping that last oyster through the dressing of the cole slaw, you will achieve PEAK HAPPINESS!

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

Oof! So late!

Specials 4.18-4.24

Jerkadillo Hash- Our wholly original fusion hash, featuring a Mexican style ground beef Piccadillo seasoned with Jamaican style jerk seasoning. Fir those of you that are newer around here, this dish is a perennial favorite. With two eggs and toast. $17

Chicken Caprese Sandwich- A chicken cutlet grilled juicy and golden on a hoagie roll with basil mayo, sliced tomato, and fresh mozzarella. Oh, then we panini press that bad boy so it gets all good and melty and crunch on the outside. Hearty enough for the slight chill, but with the flavors of summer. $18

Arakas- Okay, this soup is the PERFECT transition between winter braises and spring vegetables! Carrots, onions, garlic, and potatoes simmered tender in an olive oil and tomato broth, then enlivened by super sweet spring peas. Topped with a crumble of Feta and a lacing of olive oil. It's both comforting and light. Thanks, Greece! $9

Aunt Linda's Peach Cobbker Cinnamon Rolls- You know how she do! Handmade cinnamon rolls filled with her peach pie filling, shot through with gooey frosting, and topped with cinnamon streusel. They taste like the golden sun itself. $6

Okay! Stay tuned for exciting announcements about our incipient Po' Boy Take Away dinner, coming to you THIS FRIDAY, 4.24!

Hey, guys, the shop will be closed today for operative maintenence. Sorry for any inconvenience. We will reopen tomorrow as normal.

Overview
Lyrics
Home
A place where I can go
To take this off my shoulders
Someone take me home
Home
A place where I can go
To take this off my shoulders
Someone take me home (let's go)
Someone take me
Look, I didn't power through the struggle
Just to let a little trouble, knock me out of my position
And interrupt the vision
After everything I witnessed, after all of these decisions
All these miles, feet, inches
They can't add up to the distance
That I have been through, just to get to
A place where even if there's no closure, I'm still safe
I still ache from trying to keep pace
Somebody give me a sign, I'm starting to lose faith
Now tell me, how did all my dreams turn to nightmares?
How did I lose it when I was right there?
Now I'm so far that it feels like it's all gone to pieces
Tell me why the world never fights fair?
I'm trying to find
Home

-MGK, Bebe Rexha, X Ambassadors

Kindred, I am FEELING this song today! Aren't we all just trying to find a place that feels like home? I have been battling age, infirmity, injury, illness, and just plain whatever else has come at me for WEEKS! Funny, but the biggest thing that has occurred to me is that what I need, what we ALL need, is a place that feels like HOME! And that, dearest kindred, is how we run our place, and how we cook for you. So that ALL of you, every one, will feel like with us, you are HOME!

That said,

SPECIALS, 4 11-4.17-

Given that I am in a very squishy, emotional place, here's what we got for you...

Cubano Hash- Our super tender pulled pork laced with Mojo Criollo for that authentic Cuban flavor, topped with thin sliced deli ham, pickle slices, Swiss cheese, and a lacing of yellow mustard, all over our inimitable house browns, served with two eggs, any style, and toast or fruit. A taste of Calle Ocho in Miami right here at home! $18

The Big Tex Breakfast: A hand cut, hand tenderized, Top Sirloin steak, breaded in our patented three stage fry batter and deep fried to golden perfection. Which is then topped with our legendary cream gravy and served with house browns, two eggs, and a griddled biscuit. Texans will brag on their barbecue. They will hold contests for their chili. They will natter on endlessly about Tex-Mex. This is the dish that they don't talk about, but that they endlessly crave! CFS (Chicken Fried Steak) is the thing that they DON'T talk about. Come see what the fuss is about. $20

Aunt Linda's Triple Strawberry Cupcakes: She puts strawberries in the cake batter, fills them with strawberry pie filling, and then tops them with strawberry buttercream. There simply are no words for this. Imagine the Platonic Ideal of shortcake. Then square that. Then add two. There aren't that many of them. Come early. $6

Friends, come HOME this weekend . Where people LOVE you! We see you, we know you, you're HOME with us.

Hey, y'all,

I am late with this post once again this week! Thanks for hanging in there with me! This week we are finally allowing our minds and palates to turn to Spring! Thus, I give you...

SPECIALS: 4.4-4.10

Spanish Spring Omlette: Like a quick trip to the Iberian Peninsula! Diced Spanish chorizo sautéed with blanched asparagus in a three egg omitted, with melted aged manchego cheese in the middle. I just LOVE the smoky, unctuousness of this cured sausage as a foil for the freshness of the asparagus in this dish. ¡Bienvenidos a primavera!
Served with house browns and toast. $18

Everything Avocado Toast: Our awesome sourdough bread toasted golden brown and spread with house made scallion cream cheese seasoned with everything bagel seasoning, then topped with fresh sliced organic Hass avocados and an herb salad tossed in a citrus vinaigrette. The cool, sweet, greenness of spring on a plate! $14 as is, or topped with two eggs, any style, for $18.

Clementine and Chocolate Pancakes: Our fluffy, golden pancakes infused with the light sweetness of fresh Clementines and shot through with Ghirardelli dark chocolate. You know those Chocolate Orange things they sell in the duty-free store? Like that. With syrup. $14 full, $7 side.

The Quickening Of Aunt Linda: She has returned, apropos of the Easter Holiday, and she comes bringing treats! Personal Chocolate babka drizzled with white chocolate, or bunny shaped palmiers with one white chocolate dipped ear and one milk chocolate dipped ear, and the CUTEST JELLYBEAN FACES IN THE WORLD! SQUEEEEE! $6 and $4, respectively!

Happy Easter and Happy Passover to all that celebrate them. We hope you will come on in and join us in a little spring renewal.