Best Breakfast}Besaw’s Cafe
March 24, 2010 by Leigh Anne
Filed under places to eat
Besaw’s Cafe has been a Portland institution since 1903.
Originally the home of Portland’s first beer parlor and gambling hall Besaw’s cafe quickly became the most popular meeting place in the neighborhood, with a reputation for a pleasant drink, a scrumptious meal and lively conversation.
More than 100 years later that is still Besaw’s recipe for success. You can still sit at the same mahogany bar that’s that has graced Besaw’s since the turn of the century.
Besaw’s serves breakfast and lunch 7 days a week and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
Our first trip to Besaw’s was for a Saturday morning breakfast. We were told their Eggs Benedict was to die for.
My husand chose a little lower glycemic meal and went for the eggs, bacon and fresh fruit.
I decided to try the oatmeal pancakes with brown sugar and dried cranberries with real maple syrup. Yum! They were fluffy, moist and healthy. I order a side which was just one large pancake and it was plenty for me. They were delicious and I went right home to look for a recipe so I could make them myself.
By the time we left an hour later there was quite a line waiting to get in on a beautiful Saturday morning.
So if you’d like to enjoy a taste of Portland history and some good food pay a visit to Besaw’s Cafe.
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Amber on Thu, 25th Mar 2010 3:31 pm
If you truly want the most amazing breakfast in the Portland area YOU HAVE GOT TO TRY La Provence Bakery and Bistro in Lake Oswego off Boones Ferry. It is like walking into a European Cafe (so I’ve been told) and it has the most AMAZING morsels of yumminess to choose from. PLEASE go soon…you will not be disappointed!
You need to get a chocolate croissant (ganache stuffed into a tasty moist croissant), the French Toast smothered with an incredible cream cheese mixture then covered with a delicious assorted berry sauce (I think I may have actually licked the plate clean the first time I had it) and you also need to try their Corned Beef and Hash combo. It’s not like any other corned beef you’ve had. It’s shredded beef with peppers, onions and potatoes topped with a creamy horseradish sauce and then an egg cooked anyway you like right on the top. YUMMO!!!! It is a must eat place! Their bakery counter is also quite extensive and so far everything I’ve had has been so GOOD. Let me know if you go and what you think! 