42nd Street Cafe and Bistro, Long Beach, Restaurant
Massive Beignets and a Good Breakfast
Visited on Saturday morning at 9am. Got in after just about 5 min.
Tables were spaced nicely.
They have guest wifi. It’s pretty good (see pic) but I wouldn’t sit there too long during busy periods.
They have some fun drinks that would be good for a weekend breakfast but we didn’t order any.
Ambiance was typical breakfast. The noise of customers was there but not too difficult to have a conversation. We could hear music but it was too quiet to really hear well.
Just looking around they have a big liquor selection. Need to come back for dinner!
For breakfast we got coffees (better than usual), New Orleans Style Beignet’s, the Pot Roast Hash and Eggs, and the Bacon Waffle.
Regarding the Beignet the ones we’ve had in New Orleans were A LOT smaller. These were huge! They were also covered in an obscene amount of powdered sugar. I’m not complaining, though. They were amazing, hot, and clearly cooked right before they came to the table. The inside was just a bit on the doughy side, which again, I’m calling a positive. The powdered sugar was great on my toast and the waffle later on!
The pot roast hash and eggs was also pretty great. I don’t usually salt my food, the salt it is cooked with usually being enough. But, this needed a little bit of salt, in my opinion. Otherwise, the pot roast is cooked overnight and it was just falling apart. I did ask for my eggs to be a little more on the hard side (I said medium-well) and they were very runny. Not a big deal though. The sourdough toast it came with was NOT soaked in butter, but had the right amount on. They set down some great homemade jam as well. A little of that on the toast with some of the powdered sugar was great!
The bacon waffle was smaller than expected and didn’t come with any sides. It did come with well-cooked bacon crumbled into the batter. It was really good, but there probably could have been two of them. This is another item that benefited from having the powdered sugar handy!
The only small complaint was that our coffee never got filled. It seemed we just missed the cycle when the server was coming through, but, that just means they need to come through more often.
