where dreams come true

I've known Bruce roughly 5 years and as long as I can remember he has been dreaming and talking and salivating over these immortalized pumpkin pancakes on Sunset Blvd, CA.
So you better believe it was a pretty big deal when we actually revisited the cafe! Just looking at the menu was a treat in and of itself...
take a look, seriously, how do you choose between these dishes?!!!
The Griddle Cafe

We narrowed it down to: Yellow Brick Road
Tis the Season, Mounds of Pleasure, A Time to Love, Scotch on the Rocks......

o.k., it was super hard to narrow it down! We ordered the "mounds of pleasure" and "kicking and screaming breakfast tacos." The other orders:
Stef : "addicted to noisella french toast"
Amelia: red velvet panCake
Marva: poached y papas Benedict
GJ: some giant breakfast burrito

and the delivered masterpieces? decadent beyond belief.

-The benedict was possibly one of the best I've ever tasted. ever. Genius to use potato skins in place of english muffins!
-The french toast was nutella-rific. I almost forgot it was actually french toast and not just nutella smoothering some bread form.
-Red velvet pancake- cake for breakfast. literally. with the cream cheese icing to prove it. delish!
-Breakfast tacos- no "kicking and screaming" about them, but nothing to complain about.
-Mounds of pleasure= mounds of coconut+chocolate in cake form, baked in pancake shape. rich and gooey, melt-in-your mouth. giving the candy bar the true breakfast challenge.

So the question: with all the richness was it too much? after like 5 bites, probably. But did we make a decent effort in clearing them? yep.
I'd say an hour later we were all still feeling the sugar overload.
But two hours later I could've had just one more bite and secretly wished we'd boxed the remains. :)

But for Bruce! Years and years of dreaming about this place, talking it up so much and making it a must while in California?
sadly, failed to fulfill.

He wished he'd just relive the pedestal memory- the pumpkin pie pancakes and cobb omelet.
sorry Bruce.

And my dreams came true staying at Amelia's in-laws house! a pool and hot tub, lemon, orange, grapefruit and avocado trees. And still 30 minutes from the beach (I think, I seemed to fall asleep every time I got in the car, sorry bruce!) I'm convinced I could become a resident of the lovely Glendora. Thank you Stowells!!