brunchkill

Location: 247 S. 1st St, between Roebling & Havemeyer St, Williamsburg

Menu: http://www.ryerestaurant.com/menu.html

Brunch Hours: Sat & Sun, 11am – 4:30pm

My Rating: 

Long Story Short: The food here is amazing, breakfasty dishes are reasonably priced, entrees can go a bit high.  The bloody was interesting – made with sriracha sauce, which I generally don’t care for… but I still totally had 2, in spite of them being $10 a pop.  Also, they were tiny, so that could be part of it too.

Long Story Long:

Having to recover from the let-down that was Saturday’s brunch was not going to be easy, so we chose wisely… yes. Rye. Perfect.  I have been here for dinner before and the food is excellent, not to mention the amazing and creative list of signature cocktails.  I had a Red Rooster.  Well actually, I had two.  It is essentially a bloody mary with sriracha sauce as the “heat” element.  As you may know, sriracha has a very distinct flavor which I’m not the biggest fan of, but I was glad I gave it a shot – it was pretty tasty in that context.  Plus, they make them potent, which I definitely appreciated considering how pricey and tiny they were.

In any case, after the four of us – myself, The Filmmaker, my friend the Inquisitive Orderer and her boyfriend – requested a round of $10 cocktails, we decided to get a side of biscuits for the table as an appetizer.  My inquisitive friend (the only person I have ever dined with who frequently tests the wait-staff’s knowledge of their establishment’s product and I LOVE her for it) inquired how many came in the order.  ”Three,” the put-upon waitress responded, glancing around the table.  ”You get three per order.”  My friend looked at her quizzically, and also glanced around the table.  ”Three?” she responded.  ”Yes, there are three per order.”  Ooooooo…..k.   Read the rest of this entry »