I’ve never even heard of a restaurant that specializes in fried-egg sandwiches, but now I know where to go when I’m craving one.  Little Red Bike Café.

The café is cute.  Disguised as an unsophisticated walk-up counter kind of place, the café is anything but.  The staff is extra-helpful and Portland-funky.  And the café has an extensive tea menu.

The first time I went, I got something called the “flat tire”.

Flat Tire at Little Red Bike Cafe

It had scrambled egg, cheese, aoli and veggie-bacon on a sesame bagel.  Super-yum.  When I ordered, I asked them to leave the bacon off.  Forgetting I was in Portland, I was surprised when the guy behind the counter offered me veggie-bacon.  Yup, veggie-bacon.  That just about made my day, not because I like bacon, but because I was reminded of the coolness of Portland.  And, as the sandwich sat there, the aoli melted and coated the bread and egg.

Melted awesomeness.