Do you need vast amounts of omelet in the South End of Boston and you’re willing to wait in line for great food?  If so, Mike’s City Diner is the brunch niche for you.  It has also been reported to me that their lunch on weekdays is grand, but I cannot speak to this.  Brunch on the weekend here is breakfast only.

Mike’s serves you an amazing amount of food.

This is a SMALL serving.

The french toast is also delivered in the above stick/slab form, which is glorious.  The white glob on the right is a plastic container filled with butter, which always upside down on your bread product for easy of application.

Mike’s specializes in the egg side of the breakfast spectrum, and if you like a wide array of omelets this is an excellent place to eat.  They have their standards, like the Southender.

A gigantic classic.

And their specials, like the Cambridge.

Seriously, there’s an entire avocado on that thing.

Starch fiend that I am, I went for the belgian waffle buried under a pile of fresh fruit.

With real maple syrup on the side, of course.

That bacon in the background was also mine, since protein is an import part of starting one’s day.  It was that thin, crispy, diner bacon, and it was excellent.

Mike’s always has a line because it’s so good and also rather small.  The meals they serve are entirely worth the wait in my mind, but if you think lines are the worst thing ever then this may not be the joint for you.  It’s not too bad especially if you go early, but at 11am on a Sunday my party of four sat in about 30 to 45 minutes.  Really, just go by yourself and grab a counter space or have friends you can talk to for the extra time.  You will be buried in delicious food and so glad you did.