Sunny Side Kitchen | 
5th Anniversary Celebration!
Sunny Side Kitchen has been on Orange Street in Downtown Escondido for FIVE years now. Help us celebrate with a party on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. We will reopen from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm and will be serving FREE grilled cheese sandwiches! Plus we will be officially unveiling our new mural. It’s a beauty!…
Read MoreWake Up Escondido! Sunny Side Kitchen has a spicy new breakfast sandwich
Hoff Sauce and Chicken combined with a baked egg for a spicy new breakfast sandwich, the Wake Up Escondido breakfast sandwich.
Read MoreSunny Side Kitchen is the Top Rated Restaurant in all of California!
Top Rated Local aggregates the ratings of several verified ratings companies (like Yelp and Google) and then comes up with their own ratings for each state. Sunny Side Kitchen in Escondido, California was ranked as the number one restaurant in all of California. With a solid 5 on Yelp and Facebook, plus a 4.8 on…
Read MoreOur Coffee Philosophy
Our coffees from Carlsbad based Origen Coffee Roasters are designed to highlight the individual profiles of particular coffee-growing areas around the world. These coffees showcase the true taste of a place in its best form, and are a way for hardworking producers to earn a premium on a larger percentage of their annual harvest. These…
Read MoreOur Menu Items with Bacon
We take bacon seriously at Sunny Side Kitchen. In fact, one of our ABCs is Always Bacon Cooking. We use Daily’s center cut, hardwood smoked, honey cured bacon. Daily’s uses center cut pork bellies and has the ideal lean-to-fat ratio that absorbs the real smoke (never artificial) and cures the best. We bake our bacon…
Read MoreOur Dairy Free Items
We are happy to modify menu items to be dairy free, and of course our vegan menu options are dairy free as well. Our sourdough bread from Bread & Cie is dairy free and so is our gluten free bread from Canyon Bakehouse. We can remove any dairy from panini, cold sandwiches, and salads. Just…
Read MoreOur Gluten Free Items
We have been committed to providing gluten free options at Sunny Side Kitchen since our earliest days at the Sikes Adobe Farmers Market. We learned a lot from our sister-in-law, Theresa, whose three children are celiac. While our kitchen is not a gluten free environment, we do our best to keep cross contamination at a…
Read MoreOur Vegetarian Menu Items
We have so many options for vegetarians! Both our sourdough bread from Bread & Cie and gluten free Canyon Bakehouse bread are vegetarian, so panini sandwiches are a great start. Most of our homemade soups also are vegetarian. In addition, we are happy to substitute avocado as needed for any protein on a panini or…
Read MoreOur Vegan Menu Items
We’re excited to meet the needs of the growing population of those who eat exclusively plant based foods. Happily our delicious sourdough bread from Bread & Cie is vegan, so we’ve got a good foundation there. Here are some of our favorite plant-based menu options… Vegan Panini — This toasted sandwich starts with a light…
Read MoreGiving Arch Ceremony Postponed
The city says due to “unforseen circumstances” the lighting ceremony has been postponed.
Read MoreOpen Late Thursday March 12, 2020 for Lighting Ceremony of the Giving Arch
Come to Sunny Side Kitchen this Thursday evening as we will be open until 6:30 pm to help celebrate the dedication of Escondido’s newest landmark and gateway, the “Giving Arch” on March 12. The Escondido Community Foundation (ECF), an affiliate of The San Diego Foundation, has announced that it will dedicate the 40-foot by 108-foot welcome…
Read MoreNutella Sliders!
Leading up to Valentine’s Day, and after a smash hit during Escondido’s Chocolate Festival…we’ve decided to continue making our Nutella Sliders all week (Monday through Saturday Feb 14, 2020) through Valentine’s Day. You have to try these! https://photos.app.goo.gl/wkktNKTkk8JNPE7t7
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