Brunch and coffee · Alder St and Ninth Ave

Come for the eggs.
Stay for the light.

We are a small corner cafe with a tomato red awning and the sunniest window seats in the neighborhood. Proper flat whites, ricotta hotcakes, potatoes fried in rosemary butter. That is the whole pitch.

See the menu Hours and location

Walk-ins only, seven days a week. Open from 7am on weekdays, 8am on weekends.

The prep counter at Golden Hour Cafe, cast iron pans and spice bowls on dark wood — The pass, just before the 6am bake

The menu

The list shifts a little with the seasons. The hotcakes never leave, by popular demand and one strongly worded note on the chalkboard.

Morning plates

Served until 2:30

Ricotta hotcakes$16

Whipped honey butter, blistered blueberries, maple.
The Corner Fry$15

Two eggs any style, rosemary butter potatoes, grilled sourdough.
Green shakshuka$14.50

Chard, leeks, baked eggs, chili oil, charred bread.
Olive oil scramble$12

Soft eggs on toast with chives. Add slab bacon for $4.

Sandwiches

From 11 until the bread runs out

Fried chicken bun$15

Milk bun, hot honey, house pickles, buttermilk slaw.
Slab bacon BLT$13

Thick cut bacon, garden tomato, aioli on white sourdough.
Mushroom melt$14

Roasted cremini, taleggio, thyme, on toasted rye.
Garden club$12.50

Herbed white beans, cucumber, sprouts, lemon mayo.

Coffee and cakes

Coffee runs to close

Flat white$4.50

Our house blend from a roaster two blocks over.
Batch brew$3.50

Bottomless if you sit at the counter. Ask nicely.
Cinnamon knot$4.75

Baked at 6am, usually gone by 10.
Olive oil cake$6

Lemon glaze, a little sea salt. Our quiet bestseller.

Hours and location

On the corner, most of the day.

Monday to Friday7:00am to 3:00pm
Saturday8:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday8:00am to 4:00pm

The kitchen closes at 2:30 on weekdays and 3:30 on weekends. Coffee and cakes run right to close.

Dogs are welcome on the patio. There is a water bowl by the bench and usually a spare biscuit behind the counter.

128 Alder Street, corner of Ninth. Look for the tomato red awning.

Call the cafe

The room

A little sun, a lot of butter.

The house flat white in a white mug on the counter — The house flat white

The corner outside the cafe with a bicycle parked in warm light — Out front on Alder

Golden grasses catching the morning sun in Hollis Park across the street — Hollis Park, across the street