They who love unicorn maximalist breakfast spots, for you this place was made…read more A rec by a friend's ex, Sugar and Scribe did not disappoint for breakfast number one of a girlfriend get-away in La Jolla. After being sat on the patio and before ordering, we checked out all the merch inside, an explosion of color and sparkle. The indoor seating is a room of inviting, plush, forest green chairs and the walls dripping in white and blush pink flowers. The quote "Cooking is my soul's desire, eating is my heart's calling" catches your eye on the north wall. One of my friend's and I decided to order 2 entrees and split them - the Spicy Shakshuka Sunrise Skillet (2 eggs poached with fire-roasted tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, fresno pepper, cilantro, yellow onion, feta, harissa, cumin, chili flakes, and sourdough bread) and the Windansea Breakfast Bagel (with scrambled egg whites, Irish cheddar, sauteed garlic spinach, and avocado on a Big City everything bagel). That was a smart call because both were amazing and re-orderable. The shakshuka was flavorful but not intolerable spicy hot. The bagel made the sammich. All was washed down with a Cafe Viennese (coffee with honey, cinnamon, and vanilla, a great sub for my usual Cinnamon Dolce Latte from Starbies). The service was great and engaging and not a hustle for us to churn and burn our meal. Would love to return and indulge in some of the retail in addition to some pancake or waffles. I only had 1 bite of the single fluffy pancake that my other girlfriend ordered...quite the tease.

This bakery provided great service in making my colleague's special order 60th birthday cake…read more Adorably shaped like a mini keg on the outside, the cake was so much fun to behold and made an excellent centerpiece for the dessert table. While the snickerdoodle interior had good flavor, however, it was a bit dry. If only the cake tasted as fantastic as it looked!

Farmers' markets bring me absolute joy and this is one of the very best we've been to! It's huge…read moreand spacious, organized and there were so many vendors around! From delicious food, to fresh produce, to the most gorgeous and vibrant flowers, to beautiful pottery, to unique clothes... you name it, they have it there! Make sure to come early as parking can be a bit tricky, especially if you want to park closer to the farmers' market. Once you get parked though, everything is a breeze. They even have tables and chairs around for people to eat at. There's also a playground for families who have little ones! I could never go to a farmers' market and leave without fresh flowers, so of course I had to pick up some from Hidalgo Flowers. They always have the most colorful and stunning arrangements, and for a decent price too. This time, I got a bunch with the prettiest sunflowers. We also picked up the sweetest and reddest strawberries from this one vendor. I highly regret not getting their name, but I will definitely be on the hunt for them the minute we go back. We got a cup of strawberries with some dark chocolate sauce from Strawberries and Chocolate. That was sooo good! We devoured it so quickly, we didn't even get to take a picture of it. One of the standouts for me was the Pork Sisig Rice from Baryo Eats. It was AHHHHMAZING!! It's the best kind of pork sisig that I love to eat--the taste was so good and nostalgic, it took me back to my college days back in the Philippines! HIGHLY RECOMMEND. We also got some Paella from Driana Catering/Taste of Spain. It was so flavorful and the rice was cooked to perfection. We were just sad they ran out of shrimp by the time we got some, so we were left with chicken only. We got some goodies from It's Cafe Thai as well--Milk Tea with Boba, Taro Thai Coffee, and the Mango Sticky Rice. All of them had just the right amount of sweetness and hit the spot for us. Lastly, we had some of the watermelon and the cucumber lemonade refreshers, and the chicken and pork tamales from Gourmet Tamales. They were so good, we even took some home for later! Overall, I'm already looking forward to the next Sunday we can stop by this farmers' market!

5 stars because I'm back in LV after an amazing weekend trip enjoying all of my gorgeous treats…read morefrom this market. Stars off for parking and crowds, but we lucked out on great parking and were on the way out when things were getting peak crazy. Now - all my treasures. There was a bread guy. Great breads. Focaccia. Banana bread. Sourdough. Looked beautiful, but unassuming. The deliciousness level - wow! Broccolini, squash, carrots, celery, onion. Then, the berries! Look and try. You'll know the ones you want. Oceanside? Carlsbad? I am on strike as of now and will be hard pressed to make due with a Driscolls berry. Oh - and this magical little orange. I should have bought 5 pounds. I drank fresh OJ while we were there. 11/10. I'm so happy that after an awesome vacation of vacation dates and treats we get to keep it going with some lighter meals. I made tuna salad with celery and onions. Well have grilled veg with dinner. Magical berries all day. The special grilled cheese with gruyere, honey, mustard and all the other little meals il weave my Ja Jolla open air marked finds - incredible. Then, all the things I didn't buy because they wouldn't have survived in the car. Salad. Flowers. Tomatoes. All beautiful.

Woah!! Amazing burrito, got the Tierra y Mar, and such great salsas. Will be trying the California…read morenext

Best location in San Diego everything is so flavorful and cooked to perfection! Customer service is…read moreawesome too, Ivan was so helpful!

Service-5 out of 5 Food- 5 out of 5 Homemade and Fresh…read moretotally recommendable Ambiance-4.5 out of 5 Feels really homie and really recommendable Owner is really kind to all customers and the desserts like the homade cookies are really good.My daughter loves going on Sundays and on Tuesdays.She loves eating healthy and if healthy is a precaution go to Girard's for healthy options.Go to is always daily soup and baguette to combine is amazing.Thank You Girard's for everything!@!!

Love this place ! But I always love me some baked goods! It's like a deli and bakery right in the…read moreheart of La Jolla village. Lots of goodies , mouthwatering selection of baked goods and reasonable prices. We ordered some shepherds pies, fruit tart and beautiful cookies to take back to our hotel to eat. Tasty! Definitely coming back :)

Loved the food. Ordered DODO FOG and AVO TOAST. Both were…read moreamazing. My partner got AVO Toast with Egg and MATCHA LATTE. Only thing caught me off guard was the price. Amazing food just a little pricey.

Market Price for a donut. Seriously one of the most unhinged things I've ever seen on a menu. Line…read morewas extremely slow, took almost a half hour with about 5-6 people in front of us. Disappointed with the main gluten free breakfast entree being a small quiche for $17. Food is not good enough to justify these prices even in a touristy spot.

The cinnamon pull apart bread was so delicious but they start serving it at 11 am and run out…read morequick! Then the strawberry pistachio croissant was so fluffy and soft like the cinnamon loaf bread and the kouign amann is apparently one of their most popular breads. The blueberry almond financier was rly moist inside, rly good and outside was crisp. The cinnamon bun was actually soft and flaky biting into it. Possibly my favorite one. However for the chocolate croissant, I tasted most of the croissant, not much chocolate. Gotta go there early in order to get the breads you want (for the cinnamon pull apart loaf bread it serves at 11 am) but this is one of my favorite bakeries ever!

I had been wanting to try this place for a while because all of all the recent hype! We ordered…read moreonline the day beforehand for pickup in store - definitely would recommend doing that so you can try the pastries you want before they get sold out and so you don't have to wait in line! From photos, the bakery looks cute! We tried the peach and vanilla tile, kouign amann, strawberry pistachio croissant, and the ham and cheese croissant. The kouign amann had an interesting burnt caramelized crunch on top. The croissant didn't have a very strong pistachio or strawberry flavor, but the texture was decent. My favorite pastry was the peach and vanilla tile, as the peaches were sweet and refreshing and complemented the vanilla well.

Came here with the family while on vacation. Very family friendly, and the food was incredible. I…read morehad the Avocado Smash (toast) with smoke salmon. The bread was amazing, as was everything else. Everyone loved their food. I also had the Green Devotion drink, which tasted... very healthy. Wouldn't get that again, but not sure if it's possible to make somethign that healthy taste good :)

This place is so busy on the weekends. We had our name down 2 different weekends and ended up going…read moreto Sugar & Scribe to eat faster but we came in a Monday morning and got seated at The Cottage right away. If you can avoid the weekend rush, do it! For FOOD, we got: *Roasted vegetable scramble - 5/5 review, perfectly sized veggies, had a large sugar topped scone and a small cup of homemade strawberry jam (delicious) and potatoes were nicely seasoned *Southern California omelette 4/5- my husband thought it was good besides the 1 large piece of bacon wrapped in the omelette. He would have given it a better rating if the bacon was in little pieces, making it easier to eat in the omelette. *Stuffed French toast - 4/5 - the photos we saw made it look like it was stuffed with some sort of cream but it's actually stuffed with strawberries. DRINKS: Iced matcha with almond milk - nothing special, I wouldn't recommend. The server was informative that the matcha was pre-made with sweetener but it still didn't take how I expected. Coffee- they kept my husbands cup full and even left the canteen of coffee. Very nice! For parking, it's street parking only and we were lucky to have gotten a spot down the street. Vibes were beachy but the outside decor could have been spruced up a bit compared to Sugar & Scribe. Overall, I'm glad we finally checked it out. I would say it has some stiff competition with Sugar & Scribe on the sweet dishes but for the savory dishes, I really enjoyed my roasted veggie omelette.

Mini donuts churned out fresh from their unique assembly-line apparatus! Last night, they were in…read morefront of the Barrio Logan Flea Market. After passing their truck once, then just smelling the doughy goodness across the street on our way back, I felt super impulsive and ran back across to secure me some d-nuts. For $7 you get a small bag of fresh mini D's with a choice of a single flavor, if you do so choose. There wasn't a menu, but the guy just sounded them all off. I chose something simple in the form of cinnamon sugar, but there had to have been at least 7 other flavors (sorry, can't remember them all). Oreo also stood out to me. A bit steep for a bag of mini D's, but SO good, fresh, and moist! If you think about it, one of them designer donuts is $2-3 each, which is equivalent in size to the bag of mini D's you get. Glad to have stumbled upon them regardless!

concept is genius and simple. Great donuts nice and fluffy tossed in a glaze of your choice. The…read moreowner is a native so i had to support, very down to earth and humble dude. The trailer is currently Mobil at a couple farmers markets and street fairs and many other local venues around town. I had the cinnamon sugar vanilla glaze. There was a brewery across the street if I hadn't just started my new job i would have grabbed another bunch a beer and called it a day lol. Some times you have to adult though, but next time i see them I'm trying at least 2 more flavors just so i can see which one is the best.

Beautiful cafe, a long line but the service was great and the food was ready quickly, overall it…read morewas super good

Visiting San Diego for the weekend and saw this place trending on social media, so we had to try…read moreit! We were short on time and the restaurant was busy, so we ordered ahead through DoorDash. I can't speak much on the service, but the space itself is super cute and I'd definitely come back to dine in. My partner and I got Iced Vanilla Lattes with oat milk and Vanilla Cloud, plus the Big Wave Burrito with turkey bacon. The burrito was good, but for the price, I felt the portion and flavor were a little underwhelming. Adding the chipotle aioli definitely helped! The latte was really good, a bit on the sweeter and milkier side, but still very flavorful and rich. Overall, it's a little pricey and parking is tight, but we also visited around 10 AM on a Saturday during peak brunch time. I'd come back to try more of the menu, especially their matcha!

This is a neighborhood donut shop that has been in operation for decades. It's located on the…read morenorthwest corner of a notorious three road intersection in PB. Linda's Donut Shop is one of only a few businesses in this small plaza, of which one is a pretty popular taco shop. Just a few shared parking spaces were available so it could get tricky depending on the time of the day. The operating hours were limited to the morning except on weekends when the shop closes at 1 pm. I arrived shortly before noon which meant a good chunk of the daily inventory had already been sold out. That included all of the jelly filled varieties which was one type that I really wanted to try. Those sold for $2.50 each while the frosted and plain cake choices were $2.25 apiece. A half dozen would set you back $13 and a full dozen cost $23. I sure miss the days when one could purchase a dozen for less than ten dollars! My picks were a plain glazed bar, chocolate glazed, and a strawberry glazed topped with rainbow sprinkles. Each one was pillowy soft and still fairly fresh. The best one was the plain bar for its simplicity. I am not sure that they were worth $2+ a pop though. I was happy to support a local business, however there are many more choices of donut purveyors nowadays so it's unlikely I will return here.

We stopped at Linda's Donuts recently to pick up a Too Good To Go order. For those that don't know,…read moreTo Good To Go is an app for fighting good waste, and I love that Linda's Donuts participates! The service here was fantastic! I didn't get the woman's name but she was so helpful as we picked up our order. It was originally in 2 small bags but she helped us out by putting them in a nice big box to make carrying them easier. The donuts themselves were good, and I especially enjoyed the two old fashioned ones! They had a good balance of crunchy outside and soft inside, and the glazes were so flavorful. This place is definitely the place to go if you're looking for that mom and pop donut shop vibe. Date of visit: March 17, 2025