What: Lost Property breakfast smash
Where: Lost Property at the Skylark Hotel, 1466 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
How much: $18
Contact: www.theskylark.com/eat-drink; 760-322-2267
Why: Delicious simplicity.
Some of the best food in Palm Springs can be found at restaurants inside small hotels. The Holiday House is revered for its fried chicken; Melvyn’s at the Ingleside Inn has been serving up old-school class for years.
Now we can add Lost Property at the Skylark Hotel to that list.
The charming restaurant opened about a year ago, as a (very different) sister property to the Vine Street bar formerly known as Lost Property (now known as LP Vinyl Bar) in Hollywood. The restaurant’s website promises: “With a menu curated by the talented L.A.-based chef Brandon Kida, you’ll savor every bite of locally sourced, flavor-packed ingredients.” I’ve heard great things about Lost Property’s dinner menu and cocktail program, but my recent visit took place just before noon on a Friday, when I met my friend/colleague Mark to talk shop over lunch.
Mark ordered the crispy chicken sandwich ($22), which he liked. I debated ordering one of the “tin cups”—with a choice of “a selection of artisanal tin seafood served with house onion dip, chimichurri, pickled onion and toasted bread” ($23)—because where else around here would you find such a thing? But when the charming server recommended the Lost Property breakfast smash, Lost Property’s version of a breakfast sandwich, I was sold; it’s nearly impossible for me to say no to a good breakfast sandwich.
As the Lost Property menu states, the breakfast smash consists of fennel sausage, a sunny-side-up egg, cheddar cheese and a Martin’s-brand potato bun. That’s it. Because the four ingredients were all top-notch, especially the two patties of fantastic sausage, it was nearly perfect. It didn’t need anything else.
Considering how well Lost Property did with our sandwiches, I’ll definitely go back—and next time, I look forward to sampling a cocktail. Or maybe two.
