joanie's cafe

palo alto, ca

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new favorite brunch spot. in fact, it's our new sunday tradition. joanie's is located on california avenue, another main street in palo alto. on sunday's, is the site of a massive farmer's market. sunday morning - wake up, head to california ave, put our names down on the clipboard at joanie's (it can be up to a half hour wait), and walk around the farmer's market to buy some fruit and veggies. they have pomelo that's the size of your head for a $1 each (smaller ones would cost you $5 in manhattan).

we try not to snack on too many of the fruit samples at the market, to save room for joanie's fantastic breakfast plates. pictured is derek's breakfast burrito and the amazing hash browns. perfectly crispy and crunchy, not too greasy. the omelettes and other egg dishes at joanie's are also awesome, but they almost seem like accompaniments to the main course of hash browns.