Good Stuff: Best of the Beach 2018 Breakfast Muffin
Good Stuff server Gaby Donato, with a Coconut Pineapple muffin
There’s no one muffin to single out at Good Stuff. The muffin menu at each restaurant seems to vary by the whims of the management, but that’s part of the charm.
“It depends on the suggestions we get,” Athena Marin, the manager of Good Stuff Redondo Beach, said. “Some days, I’ll ask if we can do an Oreo Banana muffin, and we’ll have it the next morning. We always switch it up.”
The combinations can sound odd, but they often work. Take, for instance, the coconut pineapple muffin. The exterior is chewy, with a slight crunch along the sharper edges, while the interior is soft, moist and gently sweet, with small chunks of pineapple throughout. Served warm with a pat of whipped butter on the side, it was reminiscent of the best aspects of a vanilla wafer.
The holidays can see even stranger combinations, such as St. Patrick’s Day’s cantaloupe-flavored green muffin.
“It sounds different, but it was good and very sweet,” Marin said.
Good Stuff
1286 The Strand, Hermosa Beach
(310) 374-2334
1617 S. Pacific Coast Hwy. Ste. 102 Redondo Beach
(310) 316-0262
131 W. Grand Ave., C, El Segundo
(310) 647-9997
Promenade On The Peninsula,
550 Deep Valley Dr., #151, Rolling Hills Estates
(310) 544-8000
EatGoodStuff.com
Runner-up: The Kettle
1138 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach
(310) 545-8511
thekettle.net