The first time we came to Avenues was pre-COVID. We brought my dad, who's "get off my lawn" sensibilities were kicked into high gear by the breakfast offerings.
Dad: What's that?
Me: It's called mitsubi. Or musibi, or something. It's like a giant.... sushi... breakfast thing. With spam. Looks good, right?
Dad: Grossed-out toddler face
Isn't there a place where we can get a scone or a croissant or something?
Me: Dad, it's an adventure. A chance to try something new, eh?
Encouraging elbow nudge
Dad: Skeptical eyebrows making forehead very tall
Meeeeeh... I'm good, I'll just have coffee. They have plain coffee, right? That's still allowed?
So it was a while before I actually ate at this place.
Sometime during COVID, Avenues became a Tuesday morning ritual. Turns out that giant sushi breakfast thing is totes quality grindage.
You can cook an egg to the flawless golden edge of runny every time? Daym. Hats off to you already. But then you can wrap it in sticky rice and nori, with a spam kicker? That's sorcery, dude.
mmmmm.... breakfast seaweed
Here's the ritual: Every Tuesday between 8 and 8:15AM, depending on babysitter arrival time, the Brendan Fraiser to my Pauly Shore strolls up my block, and then we walk down Taraval to the edge of the earth. Like all white girls, we wear exercise tights. Depending on your proclivities, that might evoke some PG-13 images of Brendan Fraiser. If memory serves, Pauly Shore already wore leggings a lot of the time, so that one shouldn't be tough to imagine.
Anyway, it's a 2020 silver lining, this hour or so spent outside every week. Brought to you by our generous sponsor: Errybody Workin' From Home.
Avenues had a parklet before it was cool, so there's a sun-drenched, ocean-breezy spot where you can pull up a corner of green marble bench, peel that surgical mask off your mug, and hang with your breakfast date from 6 feet away.
Hot tip: Definitely order ahead on the Avenues app. There's only one gal holding down the whole show over there. She's doing a kick-ass job, but if you wait until you get there it might be a while before you get your walk-home fuel.
For vegetarians (or those opposed to spam for non-ethical reasons) there's a seriously tasty mushroom and tofu musubi alternative.
making vegitarianism look good
And yeah, they have a banana muffin now. I mean... if you order it, god will judge you a little. But some people just really dig bananas.
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