In the great breakfast landscape of Southern California, where acai bowls and avocado toasts reign supreme, there exists a humble Sherman Oaks establishment where people willingly wait in line for something far less photogenic but infinitely more satisfying: the chorizo scramble at Nat’s Early Bite.
This unassuming spot, with its modest teal awning and straightforward signage, has quietly built a reputation that extends far beyond the Valley, drawing breakfast pilgrims from Santa Barbara to San Diego for what might be the most perfect marriage of eggs and spiced sausage in the Golden State.
The first thing you need to understand about Nat’s is that it doesn’t look like a destination restaurant.
Driving past, you might mistake it for just another neighborhood coffee shop – and that’s precisely part of its charm…