As we celebrate the birthday of my lovely amazing friend Kelly we headed out to the Bread and Ink Cafe on Hawthorne. I did a little research online to see what I could find out about this unknown place I've walked by unnoticed numerous times while on my adventures hunting for unusual and cheap finds at Buffalo Exchange and Naked City. What I found was some unhappy people going off about how they weren't treated well or their food wasn't worth the money so I was a little nervous, but hey it's about Kelly most of all not only breakfast being exceptionally delicious. We packed up the boy and headed out.
We had a larger group for breakfast considering it is Friday morning and most people have to work, but fortunately we have some kind employers to allow some of us to escape to delicious breakfast. WE had a few stragglers so the waiters (I think we had 2 or 3 ?) came by at least five times in the half hour it took for everyone to show up. Which I thought way more attentive than I read about, so I was already impressed. They kept our coffee mugs full and the mimosas flowing the whole 2 hours we were there. Another feat some servers can't even come close to doing for a two top. I couldn't choose between the ABC Scramble and Eggs Benedict (my normal go to) so I favored my ol' reliable and hoped it was better than the last Benedict I had at Hale's which hollindase sauce was so thick I almost needed a steak knife to cut through it! We didn't wait that long for all 10 breakfasts to come out, another plus because my almost two year old can only last so long.
I set up my son before I dug into the very fresh hand cut hash browns with their home made catsup which was AMAZING! Perfectly balanced vinegar and sweetness flavor that didn't overpower the tomato true flavor. Then onto the Eggs Benedict... Roasted pork loin instead of Canadian bacon? Okay I know it's from the same animal but I was a little leery. Broke open the poached egg and cut off a bit. The English muffin was cooked on the flat top with a crisp edge, the pork loin melted in my mouth and the hollindase was just perfect acidic balance to the crisp, chewy English muffin and thin slightly salted sliced pork loin. Probably the best eggs Benedict I've had by far. Now to create my own that competes with it for my future breakfast nook!
After anticipating a horrible meal with equally horrible service I was completely surprised and delighted at my experience at Bread and Ink I will definitely be going back as much as possible to try out their other highly regarded breakfast items. I tasted the strawberry pancakes of a friends and I think I just might have to split with a friend next visit. Even my picky husband who doesn't eat breakfast was very happy. Loved every part of the morning!
