The Friendly Toast

"The Friendly Toast is kind of hard to describe, very funky and we don't take ourselves too seriously, just a place to have a great time."

"Now food lovers have known about The Friendly Toast for a while, they've been around for over 20 years started out in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but they've really expanded across Massachusetts over the past couple of years, including this spot at the Chestnut Hill Mall."

"I think a lot of places do brunch, kind of like halfway. We are masters at brunch like this is our thing. This is our jam. So we put a lot of time and energy into it. Our food is incredible. We have a full scratch kitchen. We do very creative cocktails. We have mimosa flights, coffee flights, so food drink amazing. Decor, obviously is pretty insane and incredible."

"Usually when I tell you about the restaurant, I'm gonna get right to the food first, but not here. Because here the first thing you see is like a million things in every direction. Some are cool, some are creepy. Some of them are somewhere in between."

"We toe the line of cool and creepy for sure. But it's all just fun."

The aesthetic falls somewhere between my grandma's attic..."

"We have vintage art."

"My worst nightmare...."

"We have cat portraits on the wall."

"And the Museum of Fine Arts."

"Really for us like the theme is nostalgia."

"Now when it comes time to order at The Friendly Toast, good luck, because there is a lot to consider. I mean, the menu is huge. There's like 70 or 80 different things on the menu. But here's something you've probably never seen in a breakfast place before: an entire section of the menu devoted to breakfast appetizers."

"You're hungry when you get to the table. So we want to offer some cool appetizers for when you start off just kind of elevating that brunch experience is the main goal for us."

"These are the breakfast egg rolls, one of the most popular breakfast starters here. You take two crispy egg rolls you fill them with scrambled eggs, some house cured beef hash, some pickled onion slaw, and cheddar cheese and it's served with some hot honey sauce."

"You've got your eggs, you've got your corned beef. fresh slaw in there and then the hot honey sauce is just that depth of honey and spice that you need to finish it off."

"They also have a breakfast tater tot as an appetizer and these are not your standard cafeteria style tots. These are jumbo sized tots. They are stuffed with cheese. They're served over a whole pool of cheese. They're sprinkled with some scallions and some Sriracha glaze, and of course you have a little bit of bacon in there. That's my kind of tater tot. Now let's talk pancakes. The number one pancake you absolutely positively need to try is the King Cake named after the king himself. Elvis Presley

"Elvis obviously known for eating the peanut butter and banana sandwich. That is our housemade pancake mix. We put bananas and chocolate chips inside of the pancakes and then we actually top it with bacon, peanut butter, drizzle and whipped cream on top."

"Get a little extra maple syrup on there. You're talking super sweet, a little savory, a little salty, and just absolutely addictive. That is a Hunka Hunka' of burnin' breakfast. Considering how big the plates are, getting a meal here is almost like highway robbery. But one of their most popular dishes is called the Highway Strawberry. This is French toast taken to a serious next level."

"It is our house made French toast topped with fresh strawberries and we have a cheese cake ganache and a chocolate ganache that goes on top of that powdered sugar and served with some Vermont maple syrup."

"Creamy, dreamy and just insanely sweet and delicious. This is where I make the exception to eat a burger for breakfast. They call it the Brunch-Burg-Right-Ahead."

"This is our signature burger really, really delicious tons of flavor."

"Seriously one of the best burgers you'll ever have. It's made with a smash patty with cheddar cheese and everything bagel aioli, some smashed cheddar tots and an over-easy egg with some bacon. It's unstoppable. It's crazy. This is my kind of burger. One of my favorite things about this place is that the bar is open."

"We're definitely very much known for our flights. So we have iced coffee boozy flight."

"Or my personal favorite the Mimosa flight."

"So the Mimosa flight is great. We of course have the classic triple sec, orange juice, bubbly. And then elderflower grapefruit. My favorite is the Tropic Like It's Hot: rum, pineapple juice, orange juice. And then last we have the strawberry shortcake mimosa: vanilla vodka, lemonade, strawberry puree. So that's really delicious as well."

"Bottom line, breakfast is not boring anymore. Everything here from the food to the atmosphere to the people who are serving you. They just could not be more interesting, more dynamic, more diverse or more delicious. And that's the kind of breakfast you can get only at The Friendly Toast."