Wildflower Café, where food is worth its weight in gold
Wildflower Café server Alvaro De Alba brings soup to customer Nicole St. Clair. Photo by Ciley Carrington Most Americans are conservative about their breakfasts. Barring those who grew up in an ethnic community and who like to start the day with curry or piiraka, we eat permutations of eggs, potatoes, sausage, and bread. Restaurants specializing in breakfast can stand out by making an everyday thing extraordinary, using high-quality ingredients like free-range eggs or bread made in-house. Some people will notice the difference in flavor and expect a difference in healthiness, and that can set a place apart from the crowd. Other people will see the inevitably higher cost and complain that they can get the same thing cheaper down the street. It can be a polarizing experience, with people at the same table having remarkably different perceptions of quality and value. The Wildflower Café in Redondo is one such establishment, a pretty and upscale restaurant serving high-end breakfasts and lunches using organic and artisan ingredients. I visited shortly after they opened and was unimpressed; nothing I ordered was bad, but I didn’t consider the food worth the somewhat high prices. Recent…
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