Black coffee, burnt toast, couple smokes, and a swig of old OJ from the carton.

Breakfast of champions? Sure, if you plan on winning the race to the Commerce Casino early birds’ table.

If you’ve got other designs for your day, start it off at BLD, chef Neal Fraser’s (Grace, Iron Chef America) bright, airy new digs, where morning meals are just as important as lunch and dinner. (BLD, get it?)

With ingredients from small growers and indie gourmet lines (specialty products like Berkshire maple syrup are sold in the market corner), Fraser uses fresh techniques to make gourmand versions of traditional bites.

Like classic egg dishes (try the frittata with Prosciutto di Parma-wrapped asparagus with Gruyère and arugula); bruleed grapefruit; white bean huevos rancheros; and brioche French toast with Cowgirl Creamery crème fraiche. Or choose freshly baked breads and pastries to go with your breakfast cheese plate.

And though they don’t advertise their bottomless coffeepots like some other breakfast joints, the refills are free.

But if you’re looking for Moons over My Hammy, you’re on your own.

BLD, 7450 Beverly Boulevard, at Vista Street, Mid-City West (323-930-9744).