Not the restaurant actually, just the restaurant's much-beloved French toast recipe. The owner of Raymond's, who prefers to be called Fred, quietly put the French toast recipe on the market this week.

When asked about the bold move, Fred was coy. "If someone wants to give me an insane amount of money for the recipe, I'll take it. But we're really happy making it and we'll keep making it as long as our customers want to eat it." What happens if the recipe does fetch the $50,000 asking price? Fred says, "I'll just develop a new one. It's really not that complicated. I'm amazed that people don't stay home and make their own breakfast, but whatever..."

Roberta Baldwin speculates that the listing, which comes closely on the heels of One 15 Cafe's croissant French toast phenom (pictured), may be a case of French toast flipping. In other cafe news, Church Street Cafe's crafty Greg Spinelli is now the proud owner of the holy pan.

April 1, 2005 in April Fool's! | Permalink