« November 2010 | Main | October 2011 »

March 24, 2011

Brunch in NYC

If I had to describe how I usually spend my weekends, I would have to say it could be summed up by "having brunch and being awesome." I've been to enough brunch places during my various visits to NYC over the years that I figured it would be useful to enumerate them for future reference.

Manhattan

My Most Favorite Food
Upper West Side
247 West 72nd St
Started out as a dessert company, they have great brunch! I had the excellent challah bread french toast, but they have a great selection of omelets,as well.

Telepan
Upper West Side
72 West 69 Street
Upscale with a $28 prix fixe menu. Amazing crepes and extremely carefully constructed omelets. The bacon looks decadent, as well, and they have a great breakfast cocktail selection

Big Daddy's Diner
Upper West Side
2454 Broadway, between 90th and 91st
Family breakfast food with a retro-diner aesthetic along with decorations featuring your childhood toys. Nice selection of pancakes, plus they have malted-flavored waffles (my favorite).

Sant Ambroeus
Greenwich Village
259 W. 4th St.
Small Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village. You have your choice of their paninis or excellent brunch food. It's surprisingly reasonably priced, but the wait can be quite long if you don't get there early, but a nearby alternative is....

Tartine
Greenwich Village
253 W. 11th St. at W. 4th St.
Nice little tiny French place. Cash only and a prix fixe menu of about $15.

Cafe Mogador
East Village
101 St. Mark's Place
MIddle Eastern/Moroccan food. Many egg-based breakfast foods.

Little Giant
Lower East Side
85 Orchard St
In addition to their french toast and hearty breakfast foods of biscuits and gravy, they have tasty, decadent sandwiches and burgers, as well. I recommend the duck sandwich. I've been meaning to try their bread pudding, but haven't gotten a chance. Cash only.

Brooklyn

Rosewater
Park Slope
787 Union St. Brooklyn
Fresh "seasonal" food, but I'm not sure if it's local. Prix fixe menu. Once again, I went for the french toast, which was fabulous. Next time I plan on trying the crepes.

Miriam
Park Slope
79 5th Ave.
Middle Eastern food. Just about every breakfast selection has egg in it or with it. They seem to specialize in omelets.

Jack the Horse Tavern
Brooklyn Heights
66 Hicks St.
American bistro food. I recall the coffee being very good. Didn't have much of a wait and was off the beaten path of Brooklyn Heights' main drag of Montague St.

Perch
Park Slope
365 5th Ave.
My friends go for the omelets here, but my favorite is the waffles with raspberry butter.

Olea
Fort Green
171 Lafayette Ave.
A Mediterranean Taverna. Along with their great French toast, another one of their brunch highlights is "Green Eggs and Lamb."

Posted by Dean at 11:16 AM | Comments (131) | TrackBack