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At Olmsted, the Prospect Heights gem, chef Greg Baxtrom crafts seasonal dishes fueled by the garden's bounty, serving delightfully inventive brunches and dinners in an inviting, leafy backyard oasis.
"A pop-up event as part of Alinea's 20th anniversary tour, featuring a unique dining experience with multiple themed rooms and a multi-course menu. The event includes an online puzzle challenge to win golden tickets for dinner." - Melissa McCart
"A Brooklyn-based restaurant hosting Alinea's first residency stop, known for its seasonal and locally-sourced menu." - Matthew Kang
"A special collaboration between Alinea and Olmsted, celebrating Alinea's 20th anniversary with a tasting-menu dinner tour." - Nadia Chaudhury
"After turning their restaurant into a community relief kitchen, Olmsted is now also offering grocery items, bags of produce, and prepared food like wagyu sandwiches and duck liver mousse. You can stop by Olmsted Trading Post from 2pm to 7pm Wednesday through Friday, and noon to 7pm on weekends. Check out their Instagram page here for more details." - hannah albertine
"What It Is: One of our all-time favorite Brooklyn restaurants that just started serving brunch Perfect For: Brunch, Outdoor/Patio Situation Olmsted recently started serving brunch, and we had heard that the walk-in waits had been hours long. This place is one of the highest-rated spots on our site, but still - nothing is worth waiting hours for on a Saturday. Or so we thought. After trying it ourselves, we can tell you that Olmsted’s brunch is an exception to that rule. The food - like duck liver mousse, BEC egg rolls with sweet and sour dipping sauce, maple flatbreads with duck sausage and scrambled duck eggs - is about as inventive as what you’d find here at dinner, and it’s all phenomenal. When you’re done eating, make sure to get another cocktail and take it outside to the back, which feels like an SNL sketch of a Brooklyn backyard - complete with its own quail coop, garden of microgreens, and crayfish farm in a bathtub. The Verdict: Try making a reservation for brunch here - but if you can’t get one, it’s worth waiting for." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren
