By Kyle Coppola
The Breakfast Station Serves Up Hometown Favorites in Leesburg
The Breakfast Station in Leesburg has been serving up delicious food since opening in 2016. If you haven’t tried this location, it’s definitely worth the visit. Known for its home fries, homemade biscuits, omelets and pancakes, Breakfast Station has earned a loyal following, and for good reason.
The restaurant’s founders, Cash and Cathy Smith, are no strangers to the food service industry. Cash began his career at age 14 as a dishwasher during summers in northern Michigan. After attending a company Christmas party and seeing the comfortable lifestyle of his manager, he realized he could succeed in the restaurant business too. After graduation, he moved to Florida and learned all aspects of restaurant operations, eventually landing a management role at Perkins.
Cathy also grew up around food service. Her father was a cook in the Air Force and later ran a pizza shop. Cathy and Cash met while working at a Perkins in Bayonet Point, Florida in 1989 and were married by 1990. Though they left Perkins, they remained in the restaurant industry.
Fueled by big dreams and even bigger ambition, the couple opened the first Breakfast Station on May 28, 1995 in Port Richey. Ten years later, they opened a second location in New Port Richey. From there, the concept gained momentum, adding a third location in Brooksville in 2011 and a fourth in Spring Hill, the first franchised location. Ten more locations followed, including the one in Leesburg.
Today, there are around 15 Breakfast Station locations and all are franchises, except for the original two, which are owned and operated by the Smiths’ daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and Matt.
(One of the many options you can get at The Breakfast Station. Meals are served hearty and fresh.)
Cash and Cathy are known for the way they treat their staff.
“If you treat your staff well, they’ll take care of your customers,” they say.
At the Leesburg Breakfast Station, popular dishes include the Country Fried Steak and the Train Wreck, a homemade biscuit with home fries, peppers and onions, all smothered in sausage gravy and topped with two eggs, any style. Other must-try items include the Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes and the Almost Famous Crunch Toast.
(The lunch sandwiches offered are also very delicious.)
Safe to say, when you walk into Breakfast Station, you’ll leave satisfied. And the lunch menu is equally as good offering up some delicious burgers and sandwich options.
Now 23 years after launching their dream, Cash and Cathy continue to assist with new franchise openings and enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren.
The Leesburg Breakfast Station is opened seven days per week from 7am-3pm.
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Photo Credit – The Breakfast Station
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
