Sweet Maple Cafe: Best Omelette, Hands Down

In the mood for some good breakfast eats?  Sweet Maple Cafe will cure that hangover and then some.  This southern style breakfast/brunch nook located in the UIC neighborhood on Taylor Street will win you over once you sit down and sample the goods.  The small space is not conducive to those who wait--and most likely you will wait, but when you are among the chosen...to sit down and peruse the menu, all of those negative vibes you felt when you awkwardly stood pressed between the wall, door, or tables disappear!

For starters, Seattle's Best Coffee--good choice in my book.  You can't go wrong with Seattle's Best (or Intelligentsia).  One of my friends ordered a cafe mocha but received a hot chocolate instead.  As we all sampled her drink in an effort to determine that the beverage was indeed sans cafe, we agreed that it is among the best hot chocolates we'd ever sampled.  She decided to forgo the cafe after-all!

So, the skinny on the food is this:  you will love, LOVE the food, but you won't walk away feeling so cute.  My friend who ordered the cafe mocha continued down the path-o-sweets with French toast.  The French toast was quite excellent, but it did not make me regret my order.  I heard Mr. Omelette Man calling my name.  To be exact, he was the tomato, basil, and fontina omelette.  I have to say that I am not a huge fan of breakfast food, but this omelette was amazing.  A perfect 10 for fluffy factor.  It was buttery, without being greasy or oily. The basil was fresh, tomatoes were perfectly ripe and plentiful, and the cheese...well, who doesn't love the yummy goodness of melted cheese, especially fontina?  The omelette could have been enough food, but it's so hard to resist a homemade buttermilk biscuit.  This biscuit was warm, moist, buttery, and monstrous in size.  The homestyle potatoes were also perfectly delectable--seasoning was the perfect combo of salt, pepper, and onions, but I could scarcely squeeze more than a couple of bites down.  I couldn't bear to leave any part of my omelette behind, so the potatoes had to stay. 

Sweet Maple Cafe
1339 W. Taylor
Chicago
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I always liked Hunter Thompson's description of the perfect breakfast: four bloody marys and a psychedelic mushroom omelette.