Wild Eggs: Worth The Wait For An Egg-Citing Breakfast Or Lunch
December 5, 2010
Wild Eggs lives up to its name from the moment you step in the door. Customers are greeted by a glassed-in display of eggs of every description: large, small, white, speckled, brown — even robin’s egg blue! And that's fitting; after all, no place does eggs like Wild Eggs.
At its three locations, one near Dupont Circle, another in Westport Village and the newest in far eastern Jefferson County, Wild Eggs serves eggs every way you can imagine: scrambled, poached, basted, over-easy, sunny side up and “lacy” — that’s fried with the golden-brown, crispy filigreed edging.
Eggs are tucked into omelets of every sort, poached onto several whimsical interpretations of that old standby, eggs Benedict, and whipped into frittatas and stratas.
Take the egg-citing Breakfast Burrito ($8.95), a flour tortilla generously stuffed with scrambled eggs, chorizo, poblano peppers, onion and cheeses and topped with queso fundido, sour cream, pico de gallo, avocado cubes and green onion. Served with skillet-fried potatoes and cumin-laced black beans, the massive meal will have you begging for a take-home box!
Or try Wild Eggs’ nod to the traditional Hot Brown: the Kelsey “KY” Brown ($9.95). Roasted turkey and applewood-smoked bacon are layered on thick toasted sourdough bread and topped with a fried egg, diced tomatoes and a white-cheddar mornay sauce.
Or how about a Surfer Girl Omelet ($8.95), filled with wild mushrooms, fresh spinach, cream cheese, tomatoes and onion and then topped with avocado cubes, pico de gallo, sour cream and alfalfa sprouts? Or a cross between breakfast and dessert, such as the chocoholic’s dream come true known as CoCo’s Chocolate Concoction, a chocolate waffle topped with chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows, house-made marshmallow cream, toasted almonds and powdered sugar?
You can chose from those and other menu items — or design your own omelet. Three eggs and your choice of cheese (cheddar, Monterrey jack, havarti, fontina, goat or feta) runs just $4.95.
Need a break from eggs? You’ll also find biscuits and gravy ($6.25), Crystal’s Wild Berry Crepes ($7.95), a wide assortment of pancakes, potato latkes ($1.95), various French toast and waffle offerings, and more.
For lunch, Wild Eggs carries French onion and wild mushroom soups, a soup of the day, several salads and assorted hamburgers and sandwiches.
Weekends at Wild Eggs are especially crowded. Expect a 30- to 90-minute wait on Saturday or Sunday mornings.There's complimentary coffee for waiting patrons on weekends, and in good weather, morning customers can wait comfortably on the patio chairs at adjacent shops.
HelloLouisville Tip: Wild Eggs’ three locations are 3985 Dutchman’s Lane, near Village 8; 1311 Herr Lane in Westport Village, and 153 English Station Road in the Landis Lakes TowneCenter.
