First Look: Fried Egg I’m in Love

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Fried Egg’s first brick-and-mortar location is at 3549 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

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Fried Egg’s first brick-and-mortar location is at 3549 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

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The Yolko Ono, Fried Egg’s signature sandwich, with pesto, parmesan, and a house sausage patty

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The Yolko Ono, Fried Egg’s signature sandwich, with pesto, parmesan, and a house sausage patty

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The new location’s walls are decorated with happy fowl.

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The new location’s walls are decorated with happy fowl.

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Co-owner Jace Krause

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Co-owner Jace Krause

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Bar and table seating for 30 should help avoid the long brunch lines that plagued the original Hawthorne cart.

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Bar and table seating for 30 should help avoid the long brunch lines that plagued the original Hawthorne cart.

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Fried Egg I’m in Love, one of Portland’s breakfast sandwich favorites, will open its first brick-and-mortar on Thursday, January 24.

The pun-riddled food cart began life in 2012 near SE 32nd and Hawthorne with an ode to the Cure song, “It’s Friday, I’m in Love.” Jace Krause and Ryan Lynch (bandmates in garage-rock outfit Fort Union) piloted a simple menu of over-medium eggs griddled between buttered sourdough, solid fillings, and excellent wordplay: Free-Range Against the Machine, Yolko Ono, and Sriracha Mix-A-Lot, to name a few.

In 2017, they added a second cart location at Pioneer Square. Now, they’re opening up just down the street from the original location, inside the old Blue Star Donuts space at 3549 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Hours: daily, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

What’s new? More veggie options for one, from plant-based egg substitutes to vegan sausage. Krause hints at a new vegan barbecue partnership, and new sandwiches, like the greens-filled Al Green. Also on the docket: hash browns and breakfast cocktails. The latter will include some kind of Bloody Mary invention, mimosas, and a whiskey-cold brew concoction. Click through the photos above for a first look at the yolk-filled space.