2025 Centurion Award winner

The Potholder Cafe

Best Breakfast in Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Restaurant · Long Beach, CA · Since 1976

The overview

Long Beach's breakfast headquarters

The Potholder Cafe has been a downtown Long Beach breakfast fixture since the 1970s, a bustling, come-as-you-are room serving a huge roster of egg scrambles, pancakes, and breakfast burritos to a loyal, tattooed-to-tourist cross-section of the city.

Generous portions, strong coffee, and an easygoing vibe made the original Broadway location a Long Beach staple — the sort of no-fuss breakfast joint the whole town claims as its own.

The public record

What reviewers already knew.

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Public-record snapshot as of July 2026. Live ratings are always current on each platform.

The verification

Why this business cleared the bar.

Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. The Potholder Cafe cleared every one.

  • Years in operation. Operating in Long Beach since 1976 — 49 years of continuous business.
  • Sustained online presence. An established local institution with a consistent public footprint — listings, coverage, and word of mouth in Long Beach.
  • Established customer track record. A deep public track record: Long Beach has kept The Potholder Cafe busy for 49 years.
  • Liked by customers and the community. Genuinely beloved by Long Beach regulars and visitors alike — a bona fide community favorite.
  • Recognition in the local community. Named best breakfast in Long Beach for 2025 for decades of overloaded omelettes and weekend lines on Broadway.

The full verification report — the specific data behind this award — is held by the business. The exact thresholds stay internal so the bar can’t be gamed. Read the methodology.

Award record

2025

Best Breakfast in Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation

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Visit The Potholder Cafe

Location301 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802
In business since1976
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Facts at a glance

The sourceable record.

Clean, checkable facts about The Potholder Cafe — for readers, search engines, and answer tools alike.

Legal / trading name
The Potholder Cafe
Category
Restaurant
Founded
1976, Long Beach, CA
Location
Long Beach, CA
Centurion Award
Best Breakfast in Long Beach — 2025
Record last verified
July 2026

A signal you can check.

This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after The Potholder Cafe cleared the 2025 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions.

What is The Potholder Cafe?

A Long Beach breakfast fixture since 1976, where the omelettes are huge and the weekend wait is a local ritual.

Is The Potholder Cafe award-winning?

Yes — The Potholder Cafe is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Breakfast in Long Beach, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best breakfast in Long Beach for 2025 for decades of overloaded omelettes and weekend lines on Broadway.

Where is The Potholder Cafe?

The Potholder Cafe is in Long Beach, CA.

Run a business like this one?

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