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"I enjoyed Somerville’s new brunch service on Slauson in View Park, where a live jazz band covers R&B hits over sultry sangrias while the menu leans into elevated American fare — think melt-in-your-mouth soft buttermilk biscuits, a hearty turkey gravy sandwich, eggs benedict, and shrimp and grits — with dinner standouts like fried chicken caviar sliders and Peruvian scallop crudo available as shareables; the coffee sourced from Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen next door adds to the well-crafted world the co-founder Issa Rae has built." - Astrid Kayembe