Reviews in Severna Park, Md.

The Breakfast Shoppe

342 Ritchie Hwy, Severna Park ( in 1st Mariner shopping center )
410-544-8599, open daily 6 AM - 2 PM
http://www.thebreakfastshoppe.com/

As your driving south on Ritchie Hwy, their on the right in a shopping center just a little pass the Earleigh Heights fire station. I know that a lot of people avoid eating at restaurants in strip centers, but don't let that keep you from trying this place for breakfast. My friend Ray and i get together about once a month or so, to catch up on things and we drove there to give it a try. I thing it was worth it. When we first got there, it was a line and we waited about 15 minutes to be seated. I know people don't like to wait, but to me that's a good sign that a restaurant is serving good food, I'd be more concerned if i could just walk in and sit down. When you first enter as your looking to the back of the building you see a nice brick wall with arches and a counter seating area. To the right the wall is a plaster wall with exposed bricks. They have tables and booths, i didn't count what their seating capacity was, but it's a relatively small place, maybe 25 tables / booths. They have a nice menu, they carry the usual breakfast items, but they also carry some creative and different items that you won't find in the average restaurant. They have a backpackers pie, which i didn't order this time, but i will on my next visit. It's an iron skillet with eggs, ham, sausage, potatoes etc., it sounds really good, but they had several items that i wanted, so i had to make a choice. I went with the Philadelphia Benedict, an English muffin topped with sauteed beef tenderloin and onions with Swiss cheese, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, it also came with home fries. My friend Ray got a dish called The Whole Nine Yards, 2 eggs ( any way ), meat ( your choice of bacon, ham, sausage, scrapple or turkey ), home fries, toast, 2 pancakes, juice and coffee. Everything was very good and the service was excellent. I look forward to trying some of their other items in the near future.