The state of breakfast sandwiches in Seattle is abysmal. Why am I paying $15 for a bacon, egg, and cheese? As a native of the NY tristate area and a former resident of NYC, it absolutely pisses me off to no end.
This is not a luxury sandwich. This is not a sandwich you wake up at 7 a.m. to wait in line for 45 minutes to get. This is a sandwich for the people. It’s a sandwich for the construction worker on their way to their early morning shift. It’s a sandwich for the working single mom who just dropped her kids off at school and needs nourishment before going to work. It’s a sandwich for the broke teen who cobbled together $5 in quarters to get an after-school snack and Arizona Iced Tea with their friends. This is why the bacon, egg, and cheese has been a mainstay of NYC bodega culture for so long.
It’s not about the ingredients. Hell, it’s not even about the sandwich itself. It’s about what the sandwich represents—a delectable delicacy made by the working class for the working class. Until Seattle cafes and restaurants reckon with this fact, we are doomed to mediocrity.
Oh, and don’t put scrambled eggs on your bacon, egg, and cheese. And for the love of God, please use a hard roll.
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I was on board until the bit about no scrambled eggs on bacon. I’m not mad, just wondering about the reasoning here.
@1,
I’m kinda the opposite. Absolutely everything has gotten obnoxiously expensive over the past year or two and egg sandwiches aren’t an exception. But a well made one will have a nicely pan fried egg, preferably with the yolk intact as the base.
Scrambled eggs go on a plate, next to a giant pile of hash browns.
Sympathetic, but have you seen the price of eggs in Trump’s America? NYC bodegas have raised prices… as well as selling eggs as loosies.
A dude from a city where it costs $7000 a month to rent a closet is complaining about how much stuff in Seattle costs.
I understand the sentiment, as an east coast transplant who was used to getting lunch for $5 at one of the many Italian bakeries. However, you can’t live in a city like Seattle, a city with one of the highest minimum wages and ridiculously high rents, and expect those costs not to be passed on to the customers.
You can live your proletariat dream at ampm if you’re willing to chew for it
Yeah I remember when I moved to Seattle in the fall of 2002 and found one place that sold a breakfast sandwich for $7.50. I had moved to Seattle from NYC and was used to getting an egg, ham, and cheese on a kaiser roll and a coffee for $3 ($4 tops depending on the location). Cost of eggs is a problem, but if they ever go back to normal, making your own breakfast sandwich at home is far more inexpensive and really doesn’t take that much time. They even have tiny pans that cook the egg/meat/cheese in perfect form to fit on your english muffi or whatever you want your breakfast sandwich on. No breakfast sandwich is worth $15. Any breakfast sandwich over $5 is a rip off.
Do you people think someone is getting rich off making these things? The price is a reflection of the cost of doing business. High rents + plus high wages = high costs. Trust there are no cafes in Seattle doing better than barely staying open.
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Yup.
A breakfast sandwich and coffee now costs $20, damn near equal to a sit down breakfast meal.
It’s insane.
Due to the high cost of my beloved breakfast sandwiches at eatery’s, I’ve invested in silicone egg rings to make my own sandwiches at home. I can no longer afford to let someone else cook it for me.