Broken Yolk Cafe
American restaurant chain
The Broken Yolk Cafe is an American restaurant chain serving American breakfast foods, mixed with Tex-Mex cuisine. Founded in 1979, it has 42 locations as of 2026, primarily based in Southern California, with additional restaurants situated throughout other areas of the Western United States. The restaurant operates for breakfast, brunch, and lunch, and is most known for its Eggs Benedict.
History
The Broken Yolk Cafe was founded in 1979, in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego. John Gelastopoulos, a real estate restaurant broker, bought the restaurant in 1993.
The company began to franchise its locations in 2007. Adam Richman visited one of the chain's restaurants in 2009 as a part of the third season of Man v. Food. He was able to complete the restaurant's BYC Challenge. In 2015, the first location in Arizona was opened, in the city of Mesa.
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