In the land of 10,000 lakes and seemingly just as many chain restaurants, there exists a pink-bricked beacon of breakfast brilliance that has Minnesotans setting their alarms for ungodly hours just to beat the weekend rush.
Wampach’s Restaurant in Shakopee stands as a delicious rebuke to every trendy brunch spot charging eighteen dollars for toast with a smear of avocado and a sprinkle of “creativity.”
This unassuming roadside institution has been serving up the kind of breakfast that makes you want to hug the cook long before hugging cooks became inappropriate workplace behavior.
The exterior of Wampach’s looks like it was designed during a time when restaurants weren’t afraid to announce their purpose with unabashed enthusiasm – the vintage “FINE FOOD” sign hovering above the entrance makes a promise that the kitchen keeps with religious devotion…