Basix Cafe

For the last 12 years Basix Café has been a West Hollywood tradition. Fresh baked breads, pastas, sandwiches, wood-fired pizza and a very popular breakfast menu are only a few of the health-conscious entrées served at this restaurant. Basix is located on the corner of Santa Monica and Flores Street with an outdoor patio that overlooks the newly revitalized area of West Hollywood. They're...

Breakfast is served from 7am till 3pm daily, and offers build-your-own-omelettes, four kinds of pancakes, and the cafe's popular reduced-fat egg white "power specials."

Try one of the bar's creative twists on champagne: blood-orange mimosas, white peach bellinis or cranberry kirs.

Basix Café offers well-prepared comfort dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the morning, there's a biscuit Benedict with lemon hollandaise, and loads of omelets and homemade muffins. Lunch consists of a standard selection of salads, sandwiches and burgers; all are good, though the traditional thin-crust Neapolitan pizzas are the best way to go. Dinner choices include starters like...

Living up to its name, this WeHo "neighborhood joint" "gets the job done" with "well-made", "uncomplicated" Cal-Italian eats (especially for brunch or breakfast) at a "decent" price; despite occasional "service with a snicker", most find it "welcoming" with a "lively, diverse crowd" and "excellent" outdoor people-watching, adding a bit of "Hollywood charm and chatter."

Pretty fitting name for the place: basic breakfast foods, natural ingredients, but prepared with an X-factor. Clean, woodsy digs, friendly staff, health-conscious LA crowd. Outdoor seating's a seen-to-be-scene, but where here isn't it? Coffee's especially good, as is the BBQ chicken pizza, a Basix devotee favorite. Healthy omlettes rule the (Satur/Sun)day morning denizens, which is often a...

In Short
Anchored by a huge sidewalk patio, Basix exemplifies the WeHo tradition of people watching with one's mouth full. The neighborhood clientele is lively, and tables are close...