West Egg Café
West Egg Café is a popular staple on Atlanta's booming Westside and recently relocated to a large light filled space just around the bin from the old one. I have a soft spot for their coca cola cupcakes and they also serve up some of the best grits in town.
You have to love a restaurant that doles out breakfast all day, has a photo booth, cupcakes and on weekends serves red velvet pancakes. Above is the blue plate breakfast special which is just under $7 (cupcake not included).
They also serve a pretty good lunch with a variety of entrees, sandwiches, salads, burgers and specials. I tried out the curry chicken salad on some tasty challah bread pictured above which was very good.
Amazing what you can get a three year old to do with the promise of a cupcake.
They also have a nice little coffee bar area if you just want to read... hit the laptop... have a cookie... drink a latte... take some snaps... eat a cupcake...
all photos & content © Lara Rossignol
special thanks to my kawaii models Julia and Ai!
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 5:00AM
Reader Comments (13)
Yum-o! I love your restaurant recommendations! I've tried a few so far... thanks for sharing! Might have to make the trek from the burbs for West Egg.
OMG Lara...I am kinda glad that I don't live in ATL, I'd be gaining so much weight from your food posts!!! This looks like such a homey place that serves comforting food. Love the self photo that you included :-)
What a pitty I live so far away!!
Just a wonderful post! The food images could have jumped right off the pages of Saveur! I also love that little girl, what a little character and that pic of you... (I assume) so fun!
I want to make a trip just for that cupcake! You really paint a tempting picture with your wonderful photographs. Oh and I love your new holiday banner!
Love this story and the holiday banner.
That pancake pic made my mouth water!
One of my favorite places for brunch in Atlanta! Gorgeous pics. xo
Hi Lara,
I've been following your website for quite a while now. I try to visit everyday and I really like it.
Especially your pictures - they're just great, and you are indeed a great photographer.
Today I'm curious about the gear - I know that you have a Leica M9, do you use it regularly for some of the pictures? I might be getting one in the near future so I just wanna know what it can do in the right hands. ;-)
And as for today's photo of the cappuccino - what kind of border did you use! I really really like that one!
Thank for an excellent website, your work is amazing!
David
Hi David,
I actually don't have an M9, I only had one on lone from Leica for a few weeks. Primarily I use a Canon 5d, though I also used a Canon G10 for a lot of these. The boarder was done by emailing myself the image originally shot with a 5D then, saving it on my iPhone and opening it up with picture show. This app has a bunch of cool boarders and effect you can apply then I email it back to myself! I also did that with the cupcake shot below it and used the same boarder.
So glad you are enjoying my site.
:-)
Thanks for info! I can't believe I did not recognize it as I use Picture Show on my iPhone 4 as well... ;-)
I just work with square photos most of the time so that's probably why it didn't look familiar.
And I am, by the way, a big fan of Hipstamatic as well, great app indeed!
Well, thanks again and I'm looking forward to more of your great posts!
Best regards,
David
This place looks unique and magical (hello photo booth?) and food looks SO comforting.
Love restaurants like this that have a soul on their own. Thanks for sharing it.
Oh my gosh! I'm eating there for the first time this weekend! Definitely bringing my camera. The light is gorgeous.