Matthew C.
Yelp
The biscuits and gravy as an item is spectacular, but I only sampled that; such meaty wonderful flavor, and richness. I instead ordered the corned beef. It wasn't a good choice overall. The meat is made in-house, but lacking entirely the wonderful nature of true corned beef. To corn something is to salt something, and I had to add so much salt that I should have charged them for freelance salting services. But I did not. I paid an exorbitant $30 for two breakfast plates. In this modern age, $30 for a couple eggs, a slice of bread, and some meat seems par for the course. Their Brisket is cooked in house, cubed well, and the connective tissue is well manipulated; but to call those unseasoned cubed pieces of brisket corned beef would be a fanciful stretch not worth the extra dollars. The holy trinity accourtment could as well been cooked more completely.
The biscuit - I was told bested the in-house sourdough slices - is drier, a tad mealy, and tastes slightly of cornmeal. I did not like it - though the apple butter is a spiced wonderment. They should charge for that apple butter, and throw in a biscuit for free. Their sourdough is nearly bland whitebread, nothing being interesting about that. I'd avoid it if possible.
They'd do well to strain the vinegar water from the poached eggs, because that much ambient vinegar really ruined a lot of the plate for me as I ate the eggs - which by the way were cooked flawlessly. A saving grace was the super thick and citrus-hinted french toast! Although it wasn't custard steeped - like all great french toasts - it was fun and flavorful.
I don't know that I'd come back. If you're going to charge a million dollars for breakfast, it had better be on point. I assure you that I am able to make what they sell, and much better for much, much less. Really bummed me out, to be honest. It's very bohemian in there, so I guess that's their thing - nevermind the food I guess.
