Hungry Cat

Another brunch, desperately needed to rejuvenate myself after a long weekend of setting up and playing at the Lucent l’Amour party in Los Angeles.

Ted got the crab scramble. I don’t remember sampling much of it, but his flickr photo describes the dish as “very good.” So there you go.

I ordered, for the first time ever, the Pug Burger. A fist of ground beef with local avocado, housemade bacon, and a pile of garlic and parsley french fries. I think it cost about $16? $2 extra to have a fried egg on top, which I skipped. But oh dear, the burger was massive and juicy, and the fries seemed endless. Thank goodness my brunch companion can pack away food like a chipmunk, he had to eat about half of it.

We sat at the bar and watched the guys preparing our food all the way through. As always, pleasant chatter from them as well, since the place was not that busy. Again, what’s with Santa Barbara stampeeding to all these mediocre gut-buster breakfast spots when such amazing, and locally sourced, dishes are served up here.  This is rapidly becoming my favorite brunch spot – that may change if the public ever figures out my secret.

Photos by Ted Mills.

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22 December 2008
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Hungry Cat
1134 Chapala St
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
www.thehungrycat.com