Swami's Cafe in Encinitas's Old Encinitas district is the original 1998 location of the Southern California breakfast chain, sitting on South Coast Highway 101 directly across from the Self Realization Fellowship gardens and the surf break that gave the restaurant its name. The menu spans açaí bowls, breakfast burritos, Lobster Eggs Benedict, and veggie hash alongside a self-serve coffee station with over ten roast options, feeding a morning crowd that overlaps with the early espresso line at Pannikin Coffee & Tea to the north. What began as a streetside juice bar under founder Jaime Osuna has expanded to nine locations across San Diego County, but the Encinitas flagship retains its counter-service format and outdoor patio seating facing the iconic stretch of Coast Highway 101 between the SRF Meditation Gardens and Moonlight Beach. Organic and vegan options run through the full menu, including a dedicated vegan scramble and plant-based bowls that parallel the health-food focus at Healthy Creations Cafe down the corridor. The El Paso Benedict layers chorizo, avocado, and poached eggs over a corn tortilla base finished with house-made hollandaise and roasted tomatillo salsa.