breakfast at bovolo

So one morning last week, we just had to get outta da house. Up the road in Healdsburg is a slow food café tucked in the back of Copperfield's Bookstore. They have what they call a "back door breakfast" because you have to come in through the back door if the bookstore isn't open yet. And there's a little outside patio that feels like someone's back yard.

Bobolo (and their sister restaurant Zazu in Santa Rosa on the way to Sebastopol) is known for their own black pig bacon, and you know, they really do "bring home the bacon!" as their menu boasts.
But before we got into heavy duty breakfast, we had to try their "zeppole", made-to-order Italian donuts dusted with cinnamon sugar. Zeppole look like ... well, you decide ... (earthworms on steroids? sorry, had to say it) ... they're a bit like churros, but not quite as crispy. Next time I think I'll ask for extra crispy and I think they'd be perfect for my taste.

Den here come da bacon! Chopped in with roasted potatoes, mushrooms, truffle oil and baked egg, the bacon was simply transcendent. Sweet, caramelized bacon chunks with just enough fat to make it luscious but not too greasy.

And the chef. Really. He couldn't have been more hospitable, and apparently just in love with cooking and making people happy. These people know what they're doin' and having fun at it too!


Well you can see that the zeppole are almost gone, and we are some happy folks, ready to go back home and start our work day. (And Chris, if you're reading this ... Bart would LOVE this place!) You can see the Bovolo site here