Fabrison's French Creperie & Cafe

Late last year, there was a "Restaurant" issue of the SD Reader. In it were tons of coupons for local places which I dutifully clipped for future use. One caught my eye and after having had crepes at La Creperie on 30th, I wanted to make a comparison. That coupon I'd been saving was for Fabrison's in Little Italy.

Very cute inside...

I know I always harp on parking but man, we were so lucky  to get a parking spot on Ash right around the corner from India Street. The crepes place was only a few steps away. It pays to get there early because when we left, there were no more spots! Parking really sucks downtown.

Here's that coupon...

Bert's mocha which was very good and chocolatey.

I got the Baja...

Harissa sauce isn't really "Mexican" but it did add a big kick to this crepe which was excellent!

The marinated flank was slicedso  thinly, it practically melted in my mouth. I ended up eating most of the filling and not the crepe itself. I liked the crepe batter here a tiny bit better than the one I had at La Creperie the other day, as well as the one's I've had at Melt at the Otay Ranch mall.

Bert got the "Hungry Bear" breakfast crepe. This haddiced sausage, ham, eggs, cheddar cheese, and it was set off by a very flavorful and spicy aioli which featured fresh garlic.  Both my crepe and his came with spring salad mix with cheese slivers and tomatoes. Unfortunately for this salad dressing hater, it came with balsamic on top so TC was the happy recipient of my green salad.

Although I really liked my crepe, I liked Bert's almost as much!

TC got the Fruit Crepe - the fruit of the day happened to be green apples.

Oooh, very pretty...

The sourness of the green apples was not even present. These were cooked down and quite sweet and almost pear like in texture.

Lastly, we ordered a dessert crepe for all of us to share, the  Dark Chocolate (with chocolate imported from France)...If I could have licked the plate clean, I would have. But I have some sense of decorum when other people are present, heh heh, so I just scraped what I could get with my fork! Hello! The dark chocolate was really quite velvety and smooth and not bitter at all. This was excellent! I'd go again just for this1

The dude who helped us was super nice too. We didn't see the owners there, Fabrice and his wife Alison (hence the name "Fabrison's"). Everyone there was pretty cool and the vibe was very relaxed. In addition to crepes, they also sell sandwiches and salads as well as various pastries. There is also a small section of the cafe featuring photographic prints by a local artist (greeting cards and matted photos).

Who else ate at Fabrison's?

Darwin and Ange of Eat, Darwin Eat! went here back in August 2010

And that's all I could find for SD foodbloggers. Otherwise, here are the reviews from
Yelp
SD Reader ,"Not a Tourist Place"
and City Beat "French Favorites"

We hadn't been here in awhile. I think the last time was back in '06 for the Little Italy Fest. We ended up walking up India Street to check out the local flavor....