Butterfields has been serving breakfast and brunch on Magnolia Boulevard since 1991, and in that time has built the kind of reputation that only comes from genuinely caring about what you put on a plate.
The eggs benedict — with hollandaise made to order rather than held — is the reliable test of any breakfast restaurant's seriousness, and Butterfields passes it. The brioche French toast, soaked overnight in a proper vanilla custard and griddled until the crust is golden, is the dish that converts people who claim not to like French toast.
The breakfast scramble changes weekly with whatever is seasonal and local — it is the kitchen showing off its curiosity and the customers benefiting from it. The croissant sandwich, a menu item that could easily be a shortcut, arrives on a properly laminated pastry with scrambled eggs that have not been overcooked.
The coffee program here is better than the category usually demands. The iced matcha latte uses ceremonial-grade matcha, which means it has a color and a flavor that the powder-based versions do not achieve. The oat milk option is available without the usual sigh from the kitchen.
Butterfields is the breakfast restaurant you go to when you want to feel that your morning is being treated with the respect it deserves. Come early on weekends; the line forms by 9 AM and the regulars are there before it.
