Category: Drinks

Dinner at Sons of Essex

by Brightgirl, posted in Dinner, Drinks, Fried chicken, Restaurants, The City

Happy 30th! To celebrate my homegirl’s birthday she choose to dine at Sons of Essex. Fantastic cocktail menu and wide variety of southern flair foods. We ordered a little of everything. Deviled eggs, wings, mac and cheese and calamari to start.  All were great.  Mains, rib eye, lamb chops (lollipop style), fried chicken and braised short ribs. The gremelata on the rib eye was overwhelming. It was coated in it. May have been better on the side or as more of a dipping sauce. (See pic below) The fried chicken was great with the hot sauce, it was hot, crispy could have used more seasoning.  The lamb chops were perfect as well as the short rib. The biscuits were okay, cornbread was good. The brussel sprouts were delicious. Roasted corn was okay.  For dessert we had Nutella panini, cheese cake and chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. The panini bread was a little to crispy for me. The cake was delicious and adding ice cream to the panini was much better.  They did a wonderful job of making the birthday girl feel special, name on chalkboard and a sparkler. The cocktails and appetizers definitely worth the trip back.

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Brunch at Franks, Prime Meats

by Brightgirl, posted in Brooklyn, Brunch, Drinks, Restaurants

Saturday seems to be my brunch day. My girlfriend was in town, we hit the streets early around 11. There was no wait, and they had inside seating under a beautiful skylight. Over the hostess table was a sign for a punch, I saw tequila and immediately was elated. Once we were seated I asked the waiter it was leftover from the previous nights special. Slightly disappointed, I ordered a mimosa, my girlfriend order the punch of the day. Both drinks were good.  They make a pretzel, it’s warm, with grain mustard and salted butter, amazing. It’s on the menu twice, it is a favorite.  I went with an egg white omelet, it had fresh herbs and was served with pickled onions and avocado.  The combo was great, very savory. The farmer’s breakfast, on of their signature dishes, sunnyside up eggs, three kinds of meat, potatoes and toast. She ordered the eggs scrambled the concept was still the same.  For dessert we had pancakes, the were delicious. Light fluffy, just enough powdered sugar and served hot. They had a couple of other interesting dishes.  I would go back again for dinner and drinks.

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Clover Club, Brunch

by Brightgirl, posted in Brooklyn, Brunch, Drinks, Restaurants, The City

For brunch, I do prefer to stay local,  Brooklyn!  My girlfriend from Boston was visiting and recommended this place.  We had a array of items, I of course had the fried chicken. It was hot, crispy and had an amazing hot honey sauce on it.  We had pancakes at the end of our meal like dessert, they were really good.  They served homemade potato chips with my son’s breakfast sandwich. We had two types of baked egg dishes. Grits with cheese, deviled eggs and potato pancakes were our sides. I had a tequila based drink, my usual.  I enjoyed the chicken, deviled eggs and pancakes the most. If I wasn’t on a quest to try as many restaurants as possible I would definitely go back.

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Pompano, unlimited brunch (2 hours)

by Brightgirl, posted in Brunch, Drinks, Restaurants, The City

Unlimited brunch, it’s now 2 hours and $43. It’s actually enough time to feel fantastic when you leave, so I won’t complain. The restaurant is really clean and pretty. There’s an outside patio that has seating.  I’m a fan of mexican food, guacamole, tequila all of it.  This place has all of the above. We ordered guacamole of course and pretty much one of everything on the menu. The chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits and fried yucca were my favorites. They put a spicy citrus glaze on yucca, it was amazing. The tacos, fried plantain, pancakes and huevos ranchero were good as well.  I had margaritas, they were magnificent and flowing. Definitely will go back.

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Chicken sandwich at Shake Shack

by Brightgirl, posted in Brooklyn, Dinner, Drinks, Restaurants, Snacks

Shake Shack has introduced a fried chicken sandwich. It is sold in three stores right now.  It is so good.  The chicken is crispy, the lettuce and herb mayo just right.  The pickles taste homemade, I added onions. The hot and crispy chicken with the cool toppings made for an amazing sandwich.  I had a caramel shake, skipped the fries this time.  I will definitely be back.

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Queso! Javelina

by Brightgirl, posted in Dinner, Drinks, Restaurants, The City

Last year I went to Austin  (twice) and fell in love with Queso. They put that *ish on everything!!  I heard of a place up here that makes it.  To celebrate my completed 14 weeks of training, decided to try the queso.  It was amazing, almost as good as Texas.  I had a sangria margarita, it was just the right amount of sweet.  I ordered a chicken quesadilla, my son ordered a combination plate. It had a little of everything.  Everything came to the table hot.  I’m looking forward to going again, having more food and drinks.

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Root and Bone, Sunday brunch

by Brightgirl, posted in Brunch, Drinks, Restaurants, The City

I started making a list of restaurants I want to go to.  This was on my list, since I was actively dating, why not start here? The claim to fame at this place is the chicken and waffle sandwich. I started with deviled eggs, my date was pleasantly surprised.  It was slightly pickled and had a piece of homemade potato chip on it.  We ordered shrimp and grits, the chicken and waffle sandwich of course and mac and cheese.  I’m not a fan of shrimp, the grits were very good.  The mac and cheese was on point.  The chicken was moist, crispy and the waffle was light and slightly sweet. The melted cheese and pickle gave it a nice savory taste and whiskey maple syrup and some sweet.  The combo was amazing. We had mimosas as the perfect accompaniment.  There was a wait, it was worth it. We sat in front of the kitchen on high stools.  I would definitely go back.

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Afternoon delight, City Bakery

by Brightgirl, posted in Desserts, Drinks, Snacks, The City

I came a cross a picture on Instagram of hot chocolate with a fresh made marshmallow. I immediately decided to go where it is .  Much to my surprise this place also had a croissant made with chocolate and pretzel. The cocoa is real cocoa, cream and sugar. It is totally amazing. The marshmallow is extra but totally worth it, it’s huge, it’s soft and just the right amount of sweet.  It melts right in, it’s wonderful. The croissant was flaky, sweet and salty.  It was everything that a pretzel,  a croissant and chocolate are individually. It has been a nice after work treat, during those long winter months.  They have mac and cheese station, I will have to go back soon to try that. 

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Boilermakers, after work

by Brightgirl, posted in Drinks, Restaurants, The City

Met my date on Houston and 1st.  He suggested three places. One with terrible chairs, good food. One with no food, that was out! And one he had never been too, ding, ding, we have a winner.  They had a big chalk board in front of the bar, I spotted wings and happy hour, I was sold.  I ended up ordering a non happy hour drink.  It was called Palermo. It was margarita like, with salt and a splash of soda in the drink.  It was amazing.  He had a drink that was rum based, it was pretty good.   I ordered BBQ wings, fries, my date ordered a burger and onion rings.  They had these wonderful sauces.  We ordered two, chipotle ranch and truffle. The ranch was great,  truffle not so much.  The food itself was all served hot and everything was good.  By the time we left it was packed, get there early.  Will definitely go back. 

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