Brunch At The Bristol Begins Jan 17
We assume you'll be spending next Friday night (the 16th) huddled around the television, since at 8pm Barack Obama is making his much-ballyhooed appearance on Check, Please!. How on earth can you possibly top that experience? Will the rest of the weekend seem empty and desolate, the descent of the Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop-TV-review hot-air-balloon?
Here's an idea: That Saturday morning, treat yourself to The Bristol's kickoff brunch. Slated to run every Saturday and Sunday from now 'til infinity, from 10am to 2pm, the selfsame kitchen that brought us Scotch Olives (olives encased in meat and then deep-fried) will now be turning its attention to The Morning After.
The menu's still tentative, but some components that have us more or less entirely psyched include biscuits and sausage gravy at a recession-friendly price of $6, a country ham Monte Cristo ingeniously served with fruit jelly (why have we never heard of this before?!), and a witty take on the British classic toad in a hole, in which frogs legs replace the more traditional pork sausage. As the kids say: ZOMG.
Full proposed menu, after the jump!
[Photo via Hamed Saber's Flickr]
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* Warm scones, preserves $4
* Homemade biscuits, honey butter $4
add sausage gravy $2
* Housemade granola, Greek-style yogurt $6
* Green salad, tarragon-buttermilk dressing $6
* Watermelon and herb-marinated feta salad, black olive vinaigrette $7
* Dutch baby pancake with blueberry-lemon butter $8
* Malted waffle, maple-pecan anglaise $8
* Monte Cristo sandwich, country ham, jelly $9
* Mini burgers, sweet rolls, french fries $10
* Bristol Benedict, grilled shrimp, buttermilk biscuits $14
* Poached eggs, house-smoked salmon soldiers $8
* "Toad in a Hole," frog legs, red wine butter sauce, poached egg $12
SIDES
* Bacon
* Sausage
* Turkey sausage
* Skillet potatoes
COFFEE
* Coffee $2
* Espresso $3
* Cappuccino $3
DESSERTS
* Crushed berries in English cream and mint $6
* Warm chocolate fondue with homemade "Nutter Butters" $6
* Peach and almond tart with almond ice cream $6
* Market fruit ice (Concord grape) $4
