brunchkill

Location: 79 Berry St, between N. 9th & 10th, Williamsburg G

Menu: http://cafe-colette.com/images/brunchmenu.jpg

Brunch Hours: 10am – 4pm

My Rating: 

Long Story Short:  Incredible signature cocktails, passable bloody (the pickle spear is a nice touch).  The food is consistently awesome – and the portions are exactly right.  Expensive, but worth every penny.

Long Story Long:  I have to confess that if I had written this post after the first time I went to this place, I don’t know that I would have given it that 4th stalk.  But after many MANY MANY returns to this adorable (if not a teeny bit too hipster in decor and clientele for my taste, but it’s subtle enough to not be annoying) establishment, I have absolutely softened.

Anyway, in the months and months and months that I have been coming here and not writing about it, one visit in particular springs to mind.  It was the first time in known memory that I ordered a cocktail other than a bloody… yeah. I know.  It’s huge.  Here’s the sad part:

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Location: 222 Franklin Ave between Green & Huron, Greenpoint

Menu: http://www.anellabrooklyn.com/menu/anella-brunch.pdf

Brunch Hours: Sat & Sun, 11am – 3pm, Cash only

My Rating: 

Long Story Short: A little on the pricey side (because you definitely want to hit up some of those apps & sides, trust me), but worth every single penny.  So fresh and delicious, and I should mention that all the breads and pastries are baked on the premises by the (incredibly hot) chef.  Bloody was passable but nothing special though I sincerely couldn’t give a shit about that.  Try this place, it’s amazing – worth the price and the hike into Greenpoint.

Long Story Long:

In my long, winding, journeys around the hood with BFFF in search of new places to dine (aka, she’s goes running, thinks she may have seen a restaurant, we go seek it out and realize it was a plant store or pharmacy IF it even exists…) we often come up empty and return again and again to the same places.  This story is similar, with one major exception - this time, instead of being a product of runner’s high-induced hallucinations, she actually stumbled upon a truly hidden gem up in the far reaches of Greenpoint, namely Anella.  Monster, P-Nasty, BFFF and I hit this place up for dinner one night and we were truly blown away.  There was this one roasted broccoli side dish we had that was… well, more on that later.   Read the rest of this entry »

Location: 352 Bedford Ave @ S. 4th, Williamsburg

Menu: http://rabbitholerestaurant.com/index2.html

Brunch Hours: All week long (!), 8am – 5pm (!!)

My Rating:

Long Story Short: Good lord this place is good… and they serve brunch every day.  Bloody was awesome and if that’s not your thing they have many signature cocktails to choose from.  And you can get them at 8am on a Monday if you wanted.  Yay America!

Long Story Long:

All this annoying snow has got me thinking…. (aka i’m stuck in my house, dvr is empty and there is NOTHING on tv at all…)

Didn’t I used to have a blog?

YES! a BRUNCH blog. This one, as a matter of fact. Duh.

I started this post a few months ago and never finished it which is a shame because this egg sandwich quest has carried on, even in my long absence from writing about it.  In the new year, I am going to do my best to kill brunch more regularly (now that I only have one job I can’t complain about having no time anymore), but until then, here’s the tale of how I began an epic journey (aaand I had to hold myself back from writing “egg-pic”… oops, guess not.)… Read the rest of this entry »

Location: 347 Graham Ave, between Conselyea & Metropolitan, Williamsburg

Menu: See photo for the brunch menu

Brunch Hours: Sat & Sun, 12pm – 5pm

My Rating: 

Long Story Short: $11 gets you an entree, coffee & and sake bloody mary, blood orange mimosa or a pint.  Food is fine and it comes out fast, but nothing mind-blowing.  At the end of the day, it is mostly a bar, so the service is friendly, but it’s not truly a restaurant – if you want super-attentive, you might want to go elsewhere.

Long Story Short:

As a general rule, I fucking love bars.  I really, really do.  It’s easy to say “sure you do, you love drinking” and you would be right, but it’s more than that.  I guess what I really mean is that I love bar culture.  There’s something comforting about being a regular – it makes people-watching more fun and creates a sense of entitlement – my stool, my table – which is fun for me for some reason.  Commiserating with the bartender about that annoying group of 20 years olds that keep buying Bud Lights & PBRs feels so… I don’t know, exclusive.  I can’t explain it well – I just really dig it.  That being said, there are some places where having my first meal of the day while sunlight is streaming in through the front windows makes me sort of uneasy.  Mother’s – a bar-staurant, yes, but still mostly a bar (there is no table service for anything other than brunch) – has this effect on me.  That being said, I was curious to try out their brunch because the menu sounded kind of interesting, and also because I am trying to embrace the recessionista lifestyle.  An $11 prix fixe, drink included, is an excellent way to do this.

I arrived with The Filmmaker & P-Nasty, who began thinking of ways to kill the requisite 15 minute wait for BFFF while I struggled to get over my squeamishness.  As our eyes adjusted to the light and we ordered some cocktails, P-Nasty pointed out the the light from the window would be really great for a photo shoot.   Read the rest of this entry »

Location: 85 Broadway @ Berry St, Williamsburg

Menu: http://www.dinernyc.com/menus.html#

Brunch Hours: Sat & Sun, 11am – 4pm

My Rating: 

Long Story Short: The menu always changes, but the website has some examples.  There is an amazing burger that’s always available if the specials don’t suit you.  I have had dinner here and it’s incredible, but pricey.  Standard brunch cocktails with a few clever standouts, 2 sizes of bloodys, small for $6/ large for $9.  Guess which I went for.

Long Story Long:

I have somewhat recently started a new job after spending the last couple months working at a place that really didn’t keep me all that busy, so it’s been quite a shock to suddenly be working 12 hour days while attempting to maintain the same social life I had when my hours were essentially 11am – 3pm.  Yeah.  That doesn’t really work so much at my age.  So basically, I was totally sleep deprived this weekend which I have since discovered does something powerfully uncool to me… it makes me insane and it makes me melodramatic.  An awesome combination when 90% of my social circle is comprised of a bunch of gossipy gays and us ladies who love them.  In any case, I was not able to have brunch on Saturday so when Sunday rolled around I was determined to go, but in my head, I was surrounded by people conspiring to thwart me.  My crew was hell bent on attending a series of holiday parties, inconveniently scheduled during brunch times, not to mention the fact that they were all over the city and the weather was completely terrible and I’ve really been having issues with my bangs these days, especially when it rains, and all I really wanted was a bloody I mean I don’t ask for much these days and is it really all that– woah.  Sorry.  Deep breaths…. Read the rest of this entry »

Location: 769 Metropolitan Ave, between Graham & Humboldt, Williamsburg

Menu: http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/harefield-road-pub/menu

Brunch Hours: Sat & Sun, 12pm – 4pm

My Rating: 

Long Story Short: $12 for a vast selection of entrees, plus coffee or tea & bloody or mimosa.  Though I am a huge fan of this bar, I wasn’t really blown away by the brunch.  I hear the huevos rancheros are a good choice, plus it is a really good deal.

Long Story Long:

I have been adamantly avoiding brunch at this place.  Not for nothing, but this is my very own neighborhood bar.  It is a block and a half away from my apartment, I know a significant number of the bartenders by name as well as a few of the other regulars, it’s the first and only bar I have ever been to alone, and it is one of very few places I have let myself act like a complete ass.  That’s all well and good at the end of a crazy Friday or Saturday night, but in the sober light of day… needless to say, I was a bit hesitant to show my face there.  It was, however, a ridiculously broke Saturday morning coupled with a seemingly insatiable bloody mary craving that finally drove me to it.  Also, I was reassured by BFFF who has spent some time in the bar-staurant industry: she convinced me that there was very little chance that anyone who works until last call would be back for a brunch shift.  As long as we made it in and out before happy hour, we were good to go…. even though their happy hour does offer $3 wells… but I digress. Read the rest of this entry »

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Location: 95 First Avenue, between 5th & 6th St, New York, NY 

Menu: http://www.permanentbrunch.com/ 

Brunch Hours: All day, everyday, M-F open at 11:30, Sat & Sun, open at 9:30 

My Rating:  

Long Story Short: Holy shit – this place is like my dream come true. Amazing homemade bloodys, an artisanal bacon bar… A little pricey, but I would GLADLY shell out another $9 for that bloody. Good lord… 

Long Story Long: 

Ok yes – this is not technically a road trip, I know…. but as it falls outside of the confines of the burg, and I went there on a weekday, let’s call it one. 

So I was having kind of a shitty week when my BFFF suggested that we have lunch to celebrate the end of it.  Since it was practically the weekend and I sort of had the afternoon off, we decided to finally try this place.  I met her there and she had a huge smile on her face having just heard the rundown of signature cocktails.  She had already ordered me a bloody, explaining that the mix was homemade from fresh tomatoes and reportedly incredible.  This was no overstatement.  I honestly may be ruined for life – it was fantastic, and immediately lifted my spirits.  The second one lifted them even further…. Read the rest of this entry »