As all good hipsters know, breakfast is the most important, if not the only, meal of the day. Unless you count last call, of course. As such, breakfast joint Jelly’s new location at 1700 E. Evans Ave. has enjoyed a fairly positive reception from the cool kids and DU students alike.

Painted bright Easter egg-green and pink and conveniently located next door to the indie-only coffee shop Kaladi Brothers, be sure to look your disheveled best when dining on DU’s only “Hipster Block.”

Serving up breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. everyday, Jelly opened its Evan’s location just before DU students went home for Christmas break in November.

However, Jelly opened its original location in the spring of 2011 in the hippest of neighborhoods: Denver’s Capitol Hill on the corner of 13th and Pearl. The masses line up daily to get the breakfast of champions: strong mimosas and jelly filled donuts.

The bright and airy atmosphere is, ironically, the most refreshing and alluring aspect of Jelly’s restaurant on Evans. With natural light shining through the massive windows and springtime colored walls, Jelly exudes an air of carefree, day-drinking goodness. It turns out the best cure for a hangover is a combination of hair of the dog and bright colors.
It’s hard not to enjoy your experience at Jelly, despite the fact that their food is generally subpar. With most menu items priced around $8 – $10, not including the $3.50 bowl of cereal (for those who refuse to spend more than $8 at a restaurant but are perfectly content to spend almost $4 on a bowl of cereal) and a drink menu that varies from $6 mimosas to a $4 latte, this is not your usual, nitty gritty breakfast joint.

The exception to the rule, however, is found in the mix and match bite size hamburgers, or ‘sliders’, priced $7.29 for two and $8.79 for three. They come in four different savory options, including the “Country” sliders served with mini bacon and onion frittata with aged cheddar cheese and the “Garden” slider served with zucchini, caramelized onion and roasted red pepper and herb cream cheese. All sliders are served on a tiny, toasted bun.

These small yet appetizing sliders are the main attraction on the menu for Jelly’s breakfast, along with the hors d’oeuvres style donut holes filled with jelly, chocolate creme or maple bacon. Presented in a pretty white bowl with their contents oozing out of the donut and dusted with powdered sugar, there are dozens of Instagram photos just waiting to be taken.

With no discernible options for gluten-free or vegan diners, Jelly does offer delicious vegetarian biscuits and gravy.
At the Evans location, lines should only be expected basically anytime a sane human being would want to eat brunch: during the weekends and from around 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Try to make it to Jelly during quiet times such as early morning or just before their closing time at 3 p.m.

Parking might be difficult: but there are front windows so we can all watch you fail at parallel parking from inside. And what more could a good hipster want than a healthy dose of syrup, champagne and easy means of judgement in the morning?