You Can Eat

Sbut that shouldn’t be true. Not with culinary delights like the Little Garden Café waiting to be discovered.

Located at 2901 W. Northwest Blvd., Little Garden Café is a hidden treasure open for breakfast and lunch from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm every day of the week. Friendly servers, including Stella and Ashlyn are eager to help you find just the right options to vanquish your hunger.

Are you cutting carbs? Consider their veggie quiche, an egg pie perfectly balanced with spinach, feta cheese and fresh tomatoes. Served steaming hot, it is a savory delight to consume without guilt.

If breakfast carbs aren’t at issue, try a bagel breakfast sandwich. Choose from six different bagel choices—trucked in fresh from a bakery in Idaho each day, then make it your way. Six different meats and five different cheeses are sure to help you build a bagel extraordinaire. And a host of toppings can add to the customization.

Is a lighter breakfast your jam?

Consider the Little Garden Café’s yogurt parfait with homemade blueberry sauce and granola. Three kinds of oatmeal—orange cran-almond, chocolate almond and coconut mango—offer a second wholesome option, every day.

Looking for a heartier lunch at lunch? There is a full array of delicious sandwich options, but one favorite is the Italian panini.

Take two slices of the Little Garden Café’s homemade wheat bread and slather them with the Café’s homemade basil pesto. Then layer on a hearty helping of their homemade Italian sausage, salami, provolone cheese, tomatoes and spinach. Press the sandwich between the sizzling grip of a two-sided grill and you have a lunchtime masterpiece. Chips, soup or salads are side options, if you need a little more food to fill your belly.

Let’s say you can eat all the carbs you desire. The Little Garden Café has baked goods a plenty—all freshly baked in house. The beautiful Chocolate Cherry Muffin was moist and flavorful, with a hint of almond playing harmoniously with the chocolate and cherry baked in the batter. And the red velvet, oversized cookie was delicious and lovely to look at.

Polite patrons fill the friendly little café. Two ministers sat discussing their parishioners and drinking tea. A little girl popped in afterschool to drink a strawberries and cream smoothy and read another chapter of her book. And two mothers whispered in the kid’s corner as their toddlers explored the Café’s selection of toys.

The Northside is often overlooked. But the Little Garden Café offers good reason to reconsider that decision. And a second location near Whitworth University (9918 N. Waikiki Rd) gives you twice the opportunity to change your mind.