Fried Egg I'm in Love

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Fried Egg I'm in Love
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Exterior of the restaurant on Hawthorne Boulevard, 2022
Restaurant information
City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Website friedegglove.com

Fried Egg I'm in Love is a restaurant with multiple locations in Portland, Oregon.

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Description

Fried Egg I'm in Love has been described as a "music pun-themed breakfast sandwich shop". The signature sandwich is the Yolko Ono, [1] described as "oniony sausage patties" with pesto, a fried egg, and toasted sourdough. [2] [3] The Egg Zeppelin has two vegetable patties, a fried egg, two slices of cheddar cheese, and aardvark aioli. The Free-Range Against the Machine has egg, avocado, tomato, and havarti. [4]

History

Fried Egg I'm in Love initially operated from a single food cart. [2] Jace Krause and Ryan Lynch started the business in 2012. [5] According to Eater Portland , Krause "had basically no experience running a business when he started" and he launched Fried Egg I'm in Love "for just $10,000 by getting a rent-to-own deal on an existing cart". [6]

In 2017, Krause became the sole owner and a second location opened at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. [7] A brick and mortar restaurant began operating on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood in 2019. [2] [8] In 2020, the business opened another cart at the pod Prost Marketplace, in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. [9] [10] [11] Fried Egg I'm in Love was featured in the Netflix travel documentary series Somebody Feed Phil in 2022. [12] [13]

In 2023, the business increased prices because of the rising cost of eggs. [14] [15] Eggs were also stolen from the food cart in north Portland in January. [16] [17] In February, Fried Egg I'm in Love was the first food cart business invited to use Lovely Rita's kitchen at The Hoxton as part of a pop-up series. [18] In late 2023, Krause announced plans to close the Prost Marketplace cart in December and open a nearby restaurant at Fremont and Mississippi in January 2024. [19] The restaurant opened on January 15. [20]

Reception

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Food cart in 2013

Michael Russell included the restaurant in The Oregonian 's 2020 list of "Portland's 40 best inexpensive restaurants". [21] Alex Frane included Fried Egg I'm in Love in Eater Portland's 2021 list of "17 Spots to Grab Amazing Breakfast Sandwiches". [22] In 2021, Portland Monthly included the business in a list of "11 Breakfast Sandwiches to Get You out of Bed". [2] The magazine included the Yolko Ono in a 2022 list of "The 12 Best Breakfasts in Portland". [23] The Daily Hive included Fried Egg I'm in Love in 2021 lists of the "5 best Portland sandwiches available for pick-up or delivery" and "7 brunch spots in Portland that won't break the bank". [24] [25] Caitlin Flynn selected Fried Egg I'm in Love for Oregon in Eat This, Not That's 2022 overview of "The Best Breakfast Sandwich in Every State". [26]

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