toast on market

consistently good food. we typically have brunch their once a week and have become regulars because they are the only place i can find perfect blueberry pancakes ,they are always very friendly, drinks don't go empty, and food flys out of the kitchen without making you feel rushed to eat and leave.

just an update to the original post above. still a regular and still consitently good food!

great lunch!. a terrific bowl of tomato soup and perfect grilled cheese sandwich! could be my new favorite place for a workday lunch!

sunday may not be best day to come to toast.. even with call ahead seating it took a long time to get in. it was also loud and packed. the food was excellent though with menu selections not found at other resteraunts. the pancakes are the best thing i have had there. lemon chiffon, bread pudding and the buttermilk are all good. the pot roast on the buttermilk pancake is the best of breakfast and lunch together. my wife loves the tomato soup and blt sandwich the best. there will be something for everyone on the menu.

get take out. the toast and eggs are fabulous. however, the coffee is disgusting, service is mediocre at best, and the vibe makes me question myself and whether i'm hip enough to eat there. that said, the food is pretty good, and making great coffee at home and grabbing take out avoids all of the problems i have with the place. i'm glad it's a few blocks from my house. and, i think they inspired some other breakfast options/competition, so i thank them for that!


-----15 mar, 2009-----

great breakfast. very chicago-like. wish they had better coffee but the food is quite good. definitely a great addition to the brunch scene.

way way overpriced, disappointing. my husband and family went to toast for the first time after hearing that they had a good breakfast there. i was highly disappointed. we had read that it was one of the premier places to go for breakfast fare. my three kids had pancakes, they were just ok. my husband got the bread pudding pancakes and liked his. however i ordered an omlet, egg white only with spinach and mushrooms and cheddar cheese. i was charge .95 cents per filling and there was hardly any in it and certainly not worth almost a dollar a filling, and they charged me an extra dollar for egg white only. by the time we got the bill for two kids plates, a side pancake for the baby and my husband and i's breakfast we were charged 40.00 dollars!!! its breakfast food, it cost more than our dinner the night before at the italian eatery. with tip we were 45 dollars into a breakfast, holy cow!!! it wasn't at all worth that much money!!! way way over priced for food that is just ok.

there is a reason the line is long. we go here about 4 times a year . i love the lemon souffle pancakes and the pumpkin ones. i also love the artsy scene and vibe. it is places like this that are putting downtown louisville back on the map. toast was one of the first believers that this would happen again. when you are there and you have the chance talk to the owner ask him about his moms dish she made them on sundays . it will warm your soul.

best brunch place ever! the peach basil ice is refreshing and everything on the menu is yummy.

best breakfast in louisville! toast is whereits at!

very loud. terrible atmosphere for an intimate discussion.

okay breakfast. had a good western omlette and mediocre coffee with no refills. very crowded with hipsters, and a little overpriced. not bad, but nothing special, either.

good chow, good service... south of border omlett was great. coffee was a bit average.

nice breakfast experience. the agenda as we departed louisville included a mid-morning breakfast at toast, a stop which was a highlight of the day. i was torn between the monte cristo and the south of the border omelette, and ended up following the lure of chorizo offered by the latter. a side of hash brown casserole and a cup of coffee added to my order and i was ready to go.

my companion ordered two eggs over medium, which came with cut fruit as a side. toast's spot-on delivery of over medium eggs as advertised won a couple nods of approval. what it is about that netherworld between over easy and over hard that baffles some kitchen staffs seemed to be child's play for toast.

the coffee wasn't the greatest ever tasted, but good enough for me to have three cups, delivered from an attentive wait staff.

we enjoyed the experience and recommend it for others.

hmm good. the atmosphere is very cool, i had a tradition large breakfast with eggs, toast pancakes, and hash brown casserole. it was good, but was jealous that i did't get an omelet. can't go there and not get the casserole, it was da bomb!

really disappointing. so today i went to toast on market for the second time. the first time (about 1 month ago), it was okay - nothing stella - but the coffee was really subpar. this morning we went because they opened earlier than other area restaurants and we were sorely disappointed.
again the coffee - really poor. we asked our waitress what they served and she said, "i don't know - some european blend. it's really good." um, no. it's just a shame that in a town with heine bros. and quills that they can't find something a little more palatable to serve.
today i ordered the bread pudding pancakes. when they finally came out, they were undercooked to the point of being raw in the middle - i could literally taste the batter. when i told this to the waitress, she begged to differ, saying, "well, they're different than regular pancakes - they're supposed to be a little raw." really? i said i knew it was a bread pudding spin and i expected a little gumminess, but that i could taste the batter. she kind of looked at me and said, "okay, i'll take them back." now, i expect (and i don't think unrealistically so) that when an order is poorly prepared (or raw) that the make-up order should go to the front of the line. rather, i sat there and watched my boyfriend eat his (also less than remarkable breakfast) for *15 minutes* before they brought out the second order. mind you, during that time we had just decided it wasn't worth it, cancelled our order, and handed over our credit card.
the manager came over and apologized and i explained to him that we were just really disappointed and he said, "oh, well, sorry."
so between the coffee, blah food, a waitress that couldn't have cared less, and a manager who just kind of shrugged his shoulders, we'll definitely not be going back. it's much more worth our efforts to wait a little while until someplace like hillbilly tea opens their doors for breakfast.

it's just ok. we have been here at least four times and every time it's been really, really slow. good grief, it's just breakfast! we have ordered hot chocolate drinks with caramel twice and both times they were really watery. not good at all--i'm thinking a swiss miss packet with caramel sauce thrown in and wayyyy too much water! no thanks, not worth the 6 or 8 bucks either.
the breakfast is ok. the potato casserole is really good, but it takes so freaking long to get to you that you are ravenous by the time it comes out. i would not recommend this place because i don't think that the value is there or the prices justify mediocrity. i know people rave on and on about this place, but i'm not going back.