This place is a good spot. I gave a 3 star, but it should've been more of a 3.5 with room to go up. Here's why.
This morning I went on the quest to get the perfect breakfast burrito. That's a tall order. I googled articles, searched Yelp, read reviews, checked ratings, etc. There were some slightly higher choices, but they were in downtown area or further and I wanted to keep it echo park, Silverlake area this morning. I landed on Bodega Park that was pretty up there overall.
Anyways, was very intrigued by the chopped cheese, but ultimately it was a breakfast burrito that I was searching for and the cashier said the breakfast burrito was very popular so I steadied my will and set upon the breakfast burrito.
Upon first cracking it open, the melted cheese and smells enticed me (as you can see in my video) and it tasted good! But.. was it on the level of top breakfast burrito on the east side even let's say.. and it fell short. I think the classic breakfast burrito would be beef, sausage, or carne asada... this one was chicken (and there's no substitutions). I also wanted to add avocado to the order, but no modifications to the order are allowed (they can provide the avocado on the side tho, but I opted out). I think it was slightly too cheesy for my taste. Egg was a little over cooked. Would've liked to have some tater tots or potato with a little crunch. I just think without avocados coming default as part of the burrito and lacking a little texture (crunch, etc) this burrito falls short of a top breakfast burrito. Now, again, it was good and I think to fill the belly and have a little morning vibe getting a bite and sitting here would be totally fine. I like the vibe, the customer service was nice. The cashier was friendly. My rating system is just heavily weighted towards pure food taste. I think they do put attention to detail with the food, but it was just slightly missing a few marks for me.
I also got a matcha which felt a little flat in flavor and then tried the fried chicken Caesar sandwich (I think that's what it's called)- which also had decent presentation, but chicken was slightly dry - like not too bad, but it's just tricky to get it perfectly juicy and the right amount of crunch... combined with the bread and I think the croutons in it.. it was a little dry.
So all 3 things I tried didn't hit exactly today.
However! The one item that genuinely attracted me here this morning The Chopped Cheese is the one item I didn't try! Based on how it looks and the combination of ingredients I think that's the one thing I really gotta try and I think it's going to hit. If and when I try that, I'll see if my rating might change.
Overall cool spot, food decent, people were nice... will have to come back to try the chopped cheese. read more