Original Breakfast House named best spot for breakfast in Arizona
Grace Palmieri
Phoenix’s Original Breakfast House has been named the top breakfast destination in Arizona and one of 51 best breakfast spots in America.
The nod comes from breakfast-centric Extra Crispy, a year-old Time Inc. website that covers the breakfast and brunch culture.
“OBH delivers in the form of meaty eggs and omelets decked with linguica, Arizona beef, chicken-fried streak, ham, Spam, carnitas, or chili, as well as lovingly prepped pancakes and French toast with a bounty of fruity and sweet fillings and toppings," Extra Crispy said in the newly posted article. "If you can’t find your dream breakfast here, you just aren’t trying hard enough.”
Original Breakfast House opened in 2013. Owner John Stidham had just moved to the Valley for retirement when he noticed a vacant restaurant space at 32nd Street near Thunderbird Road.
The veteran restaurateur decided to get back into the business. “I was bored and wanted something to do. I knew I had one more restaurant in me,” Stidham told The Republic in 2015. “We thought we could do a good job of having a breakfast place in Phoenix.”
Stidham opened Original Breakfast House with his son Nick, and it quickly took off. The chicken fried chicken and French toast, made “San Francisco style,” is a customer favorite, and the orange juice is fresh-squeezed.
When the restaurant opened, Stidham knew it couldn’t be like every other breakfast place in Phoenix. “I wanted people to come in and say, ‘Wow, that was different,’ " he told The Republic.
Details: 13623 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Hours: 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. 602-482-2328, originalbreakfasthouse.com.
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