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| - At long last, my first visit to Lux. Located right across the street from Central High (my alma mater). I'm not a coffee drinker, but was intrigued by the food and the atmosphere. Not much for me to add to the numerous reviews about this place, but its pretty much as advertised. Good food, quirky setup, crazy busy. Its a coffee house first and foremost, but they also have a wine and cocktail bar. Its a bakery that serves breakfast, but also has a lunch and dinner menu that changes regularly. Sort of reminds me a little of La Grande Orange Grocery in that it has multiple personalities depending on the time of day. Sometimes places that try to do everything well often don't do anything well. But like LGO, this place is an exception.
I came here on a Saturday morning around 7am. My timing was perfect as the crowds started streaming in shortly thereafter. Parking can be a chore as there's maybe 15 spaces in their main lot, so be prepared to park along Turney Ave (which also happens to be overflow parking for the apartment complex next door). You walk up towards the front counter and get teased by a smorgasbord of tantalizing pastries and can also order off the menu on the wall. The sweet dutch pancake with fruit intrigued me so I grabbed that. Also got sides of their bacon and hash, since those also seemed to be feature breakfast items. Along with an OJ, total price for breakfast with tax came to about $18. You order up front and pay, then seat yourself and wait for the kitchen to call out your name. I can see how this could be troublesome when its busy. While there's plenty of seating in back, the front area can get crowded and noisy really fast making it difficult to hear your order called out or navigate the throngs of patrons. Fortunately, no such trouble for me this morning as I got my food within 10 minutes of ordering.
Sat down at the bar area up front (which is full stocked by the way). The food was pretty solid. The veggie hash was mostly potato, but you could pick up the carrots and other veggies mixed in. The bacon was fantastic. I'm not sure where they source it from, but the bacon strips were thick cut and the taste was nothing like your store brand bacon. As for the pancake, mixed feelings on this. A great assortment of fruit and they put on plenty of whipped cream on top. The pancake itself was good, but honestly tasted like an afterthought. It was super thin almost like a taco bowl and fell apart pretty easily when I cut into it. Didn't hinder the taste at all, but the presentation was such that it was just sort of there. Still, a tasty breakfast that left me full and satisfied.
I'll be back at some point for a lunch or dinner go round. And next time I probably won't be able to resist those pastries. Overall, I can see why this place is so popular with the CenPho crowd. You'll see suits, students, and joggers alike in this place. I can't speak to the coffee, but obviously Yelpers are pretty high on that here. I would imagine the Brophy/Xavier/Central High students probably frequent this place regularly. And yes I'm a little bummed this place wasn't around when I was a student across the street.
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