Niki E.
Yelp
What a great location! This area of Elmwood Ave has been my stomping ground since I was young! But this restaurant was a newbie for me! I think when this place first open, I came in one evening for cocktails, and I didn't have any negatives to say about it, but today was the first day I ate there
Brunch:
Fancy enough to have cloth table cloths, but notably you can come as you are-more dressed up or casual.
Staff friendly and attentive. Brunch NOT crowded, we make a reservation because we had a party of eight, but there seemingly was just enough people there-- wasn't too loud and not too crowded to the point where you wouldn't get a table. Even sitting at the bar seemed like a nice spot
Loved the Variety and so many items of interest on their Brunch menu and cocktail menu! Apparently they do have an espresso machine but it is reportedly a bit temperamental so was out of commission this afternoon lol, so I Tripple fisted it with a water, Reg coffee and a you're the spritz cocktail--flavored vodka, grape fruit juice Prosecco was singing my name!
As an "appetizer" we ordered the Breakfast pizza-2 of them as they are not super large and come with 6 slices a piece ($20 bucks a pie! ), for what it was, I was surely pleased as I don't see breakfast pizzas on brunch menus very often .
Many from our table ended up with either the Eggs Benedict w crab cakes or Canadian bacon. LET ME JUST SAYYYYYYY---OMG! that Canadian bacon!!!!!! The best I've evvver had on an eggs benny- some serious and nicely cooked slabs of ham! Never have I evvver ordered an eggs Benny and been so full I could only eat one of the two pieces served! It's was goooood! And I don't eat crab but I heard rave reviews from my fam about the crab cake version! To die for!!
Sadly a couple of our eggs bennys --the egg was over cooked, lessening the delicious gooey egg yoke experience, that did make me sad as I order eggs Benny every where I go so I def take note when I don't get a correctly poached egg -However! For ME--the pros out weighted this con so still enjoyed
The chocolate shake and presentation of it is awesome too! We were disappointed only with the blueberry dump something lol- it comes out in a skillet-blueberry, custard pancake something. It was less pancake and more this custard thing that we all def could have passed on
Overall- I was def satisfied! I want to come bk for more brunch and dinner eventually!
Parking: we were very lucky on a Sunday afternoon. We got a spot on the same block as the restaurant but yes, parking will be annoying potentially lol.