The Swope Design Group will again create a bright, cheery atmosphere, and the Westport Village location will feature design favorites from the original, such as the egg wall, breakfast bar and “scrambled egg” floor. Some new features will include a patio dining area and a retail section in the waiting area.

Wild Eggs’ executive chef is J.J. Kingery and the menu at the new location will feature the same selection of breakfast and lunch items available at the Dutchmans Lane store. Omelets, scrambles, frittatas, pancakes, waffles, French toast, sandwiches and soups will be offered seven days a week. Selections will include popular items like the fresh vegetable “Farmers Market Skillet” and “Kalamity Katie’s Border Benedict” with green chili cheddar corn cakes, topped with chorizo, two poached eggs, queso fundido, pico de gallo, sour cream, green onion and fresh avocado. Wild Eggs also offers custom blended coffee at an espresso bar and mimosas will be made with fresh squeezed orange juice at the cocktail bar.

Wild Eggs will be hiring 45 new employees to staff the Westport Village location. Wild Eggs offers breakfast and lunch daily from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.  For more information on Wild Eggs call (502) 893-8005.

Gut Reaction

Revealing meals with Cindy Lamb and guests

Toast On Market
736 East Market Street
502.569.4099
fax: 502.569.407
www.toastonmarket.com

WiFi
Carryout available
Patio dining
Breakfast served all day
7a.m. – 3 p.m.
Koala changing table

Breakfast with a Champion

Cindy Lamb – Host : Huevos Ahogados “Drowned Eggs” two poached eggs in a tomato cilantro sauce, hash brown casserole.

John Yarmuth- U.S. Representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district: Gingerbread pancakes. Spicy and cake-like served with cherry compote and whipped cream – add bacon (hold the whipped cream.)

Christopher Hartman: Campaign Press Secretary Grilled veggies

It’s not everyone that gets to sit down and pass the salt with their Congressman. We’ve been raised to believe that if we wrote our leaders in Congress things could change. I never expected to have a late Saturday morning to load carbs with mine. A personal hero since I met him at LEO in 1995, Yarmuth brought to life key words that I find useful every day – alternative, grassroots and empowerment. His work is hard and his laugh is easy. He was my willing and gregarious guinea pig for the audition of ‘Gut Reaction’ when I brought it home to Louisville from L.A. over a decade ago. It ran in LEO for almost two years, probably annoying real dining critics and ticking off deep-thinking scribes. How could I not invite John to be my first guest as I revive the dinner-view column.

Yarmuth is one of the most accessible and hands-on leaders the state has ever elected and I’m proud of him. His genuine manner and straightforward approach have impressed countless others far beyond the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As casual as he is passionate, informed and curious, Yarmuth is the kind of messenger that you don’t want to shoot.

With his campaign headquarters ensconced in the old Huffman Jeep building just blocks away (as soon as the actual size cardboard stand-up of Obama was packed up with the rest of their gear after the primary, Yarmuth’s dedicated troops of orange moved in.)

The former theater that now houses the eclectic and wallet-sensible TOAST is historic. Down on the corner, in the office with the big Yarmuth explanation mark on the window, they’ll be making history of their own.

With delicious, rich three-bean blend coffee from Consumer’s Choice in our cups, we caught up with Yarmuth as he wears the carpet thin between the capitol and The ‘Ville. On July 12, he was half-way through his second bid for the 3rd District Congressional seat. He seemed to be grateful for the seat he had on the breezy patio. While traffic on Market Street zoomed by in front of us, a time to be still and be nourished was welcomed.

Check out the Q&A after the jump:

Cindy Lamb: So your schedule is intense?

Yarmuth: Oh, yeah.

CL: When do you have your private time?

JY: I don’t.

CL: Because you’re not a private person any more?

JY: Well, I thought I was. (Laughs) I used to go to lunch every day by myself, take a book and read. Usually the weekends have been full of events when I’m home so I don’t see a lot of private time.

Like today I went to an event in the Shelby Park neighborhood, after this I’ll be going to a ceremony at The Healing Place, then a house party meet and greet in the South End, then guest pitching at the Metro Dems Picnic softball game and I have a fundraiser myself tonight. It’s neighborhood festivals, church projects, schools, businesses, you name it.

CL: Let’s swing another direction, how’s your golf game? I hear you’re the handicap on The Hill.

JY: I have the lowest golf handicap in Congress. Mostly because I haven’t turned in a score in two years. I haven’t played that much. I still have the handicap I had before I ran for office. I’m still one of the better players in Congress, I’ll confess to that.

CL: What about Washington life has surprised you the most?

JY: The thing that surprised me about the job is how physically demanding it is.

CL: You mean like the West Wing walking and talking all the time? You got to meet Allison Janney, right?

JY: Oh, yeah and I told her I was a devoted West Wing fan. Then I said, ‘People don’t really do that, do they?’ Now, that I’m in this job, I believe it! She laughed. We wear pedometers on the Hill and I find myself averaging about 20 miles a day.

I’ve always known that Yarmuth talks the talk and walks the walk and now I know exactly how far he goes. Our food arrives, fresh, hot and fragrant. John’s stack of pancakes is a work of art, which he plans to destroy with his utensils. I see his eyes scooping up the generous coverage of cherries that cascade down the stack of flapjacks. Christopher has opted for a lunch item and begins to decorate his grilled veggie sandwich with Tabasco. My huevos are flat out looking at me; I slice one of the eggy orbs with my fork. I’m hungry but I’m still thinking Lasik. Sourdough toast slices encourage the southern practice of sopping.

CL: Nice that TOAST is so close to your campaign headquarters.

JY: Yes! This neighborhood is wonderful! East downtown is terrific. I think it’s developing in all the right ways, a lot of housing, a lot of pretty cool housing. I think Liberty Green is phenomenal and will be more so when it grows, Home of the Innocents is such a great improvement, the art galleries. Wayside going to move, Gill Holland and a group are going to buy that property. I’m really thrilled, he happens to be a big supporter of mine. He’s doing so many great things.

CL: You’ve eaten more than half of that stack of cakes. Do you feel energized? Better than Wheaties?

JY: Actually, I had a bowl of cereal before I left the house this morning.

CL: Oh, and what was that? Another hard-hitting question and if you don’t answer I’ll understand.

JY: Life, with blueberries.

CL: Wow, that sounds like a movie or a novel or something. Life with blueberries.

Christopher Hartman joins in on the interrogation. “Two percent? Skim? Whole?”

JY: Yes, we have skim milk at the house.

(Our server, Joshua brings the check. A brief skirmish occurs when John insists that I cannot buy him a meal. I obey my Congressman and we all Dutch out.)

CL: I recall the fifth anniversary at Butchertown Pub. Then there was another anniversary party with all the White Castles. That was at Saints in St. Matthews, right around the corner from the old Shelbyville Rd at Breckinridge location.

JY: Yep…. eight hundred White Castles to go.

Hartman: (concerned and amused) Sliders?

JY: That was good. Thank you! They’re still with me.

Even Iowa has Smoking Issues: Check out this Q and A on smoking bans in the Des Moines Register, one of those in the Gannett chain with the hip new look the C-J is putting in. What is the effect on businesses in communities with smoking bans in bars and restaurants? It depends. What is the chance of changing someone’s opinion on the issue? Zero.

Easter, Already: Easter comes early this year (March 23), so while I’m trying to figure out what to eat with my green beer this weekend, the Brown Hotel is touting its Easter Bruch menu, featuring a buffet with all sorts of tasty treats, from herb-crusted Mahi Mahi to Kentucky Ham with Honey Glaze. Or you can get the world-famous Hot Brown. It’ll cost you $32 a head, half that for kids. Check it out at the website.

Planning Ahead: As I said, I’m not thinking past Monday night’s bowling night and some St. Patty’s green beer, but it’s really not too early to make dining reservations in Louisville during the Ryder Cup. According to the C-J this morning, 610 Magnolia’s reservation book is half full for the week of Sept. 16-21.

Way more after the jump…

Easter, And Thunder: Want to have your fancy Easter dinner in your own living room? Park Place on Main has a deal for you. Just order the “to-go” gourmet feast and pick it up on Friday or Saturday. PPOM is also a great spot for your upper crust Thunder Party. While they’re selling corn dogs on the street outside, you can munch on gourmet snacks all day, a first-class buffet dinner and, to start with, four adult beverages. Just $80. But you’re on your own for parking.

Filling Your Social Calendar: The Bon Vivant Savant wine enthusiast club has four events scheduled in March, and plenty more in April. Next Thursday, for example, there’s a wine tasing at Jennica’s downtown. This is mainly for, like, single people, who don’t have their social schedules filled with carting kids around all the time.

Oh, for the Seafood at Morton’s: This’ll get your mouth watering. At Morton’s, they’ve introduced the Chilled Ocean Platter, featuring Lobster, Morton’s signature Colossal Shrimp Cocktail, Jumbo Lump Crabmeat, fresh Bluepoint Oysters on the Half Shell and the sweet savory pre-split Alaskan King Crab Legs. ‘Nough Said. Reservations here:

Green Day on Parade: The best spot for the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, which runs from Broadway to Mid-City Mall on Bardstown Road, might be Molly Malone’s, or maybe O’Shea’s. Heck, there’s not a bad place on the Parade route. But Molly’s is treating guests to four bands on Monday and will open its back tent. 40 million Americans trace their ancestry to Ireland, and anyone who doesn’t claims to on Monday.

Happy Weekend!