Tucked in a sunny, off-street industrial building on Northeast Glisan
Street, Bakery Bar can be hard to find. Once you’ve visited, though,
it’s similarly hard to quit. Though the name implies cakes, pies and
breads—of which there are plenty, including some wicked banana bread for
$2.75 a slice—Bakery Bar’s breakfast menu is the main attraction. The
migas ($9, $10.50 with housemade chorizo), a Southwestern scramble of
eggs, peppers and tortilla chips, is a welcome blast of Texas on a wet
Portland winter. The $9 biscuits and gravy, like any dish involving the
Bar’s amazing biscuits, is rich and distinctive. And for the lighter
wallets/appetites, an elaborate selection of fried egg sandwiches (on
equally amazing housemade English muffins) run from $4.50 to $6. Oh, and
the “Bar” in this cozy joint’s name is no joke: Mimosas (served in a
pint glass for $6.50) and other such early-riser cocktails help make it
one of Portland’s premier hangover brunch spots.
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