NYC Brunch Spots: Where To Take Your Bitches

Ken & Cook: The Food

Drinks: The drinks at Ken & Cook, however, were nothin’ but American. The mimosas were served in wine glasses, which the Bitches never argue with. And the Bloody Mary was a sight to be seen: enormous, with huge pieces of celery sticking out of the top, along with olives and a lemon. Main Course: As for the menu, it was a fine selection of sweet dishes (pancakes, waffles, yogurt and French toast) as well as savory. You can also order from the raw bar, and select sides of bacon, sausage, potatoes and the like. There are plenty of beers on tap. Best of all, each brunch entree is served with a complimentary brunch cocktail: mimosa, bellini, Bloddy Mary or Sangria. While I ordered a mimosa, I am always thrilled by diversity, and the fact that Ken & Cook offers up Bellinis as well as sangria is a thoughtful, much-appreciated detail. Dani selected the biscuits and gravy, described simply as “sausage, egg, biscuits” on the menu. She said the gravy was amazing, and just kept repeating that her entree was quite good, and her eggs were poached perfectly, a feat that is often hard to do. The dish was served with home fries, some of the best I’ve ever had. My dish, I’d venture, was the best dish on the table: the smoked salmon. It was an enormous plate of smoked salmon served with toast points, capers, and onions, as well as a side salad. The best part was the whole roasted tomato that came deliciously hot and filled with bread crumbs. Sometimes, I’m weird with tomatoes (it’s the texture), but I devoured this one in full. The French toast was unique, and could have been grotesque or delicious, based solely on the menu description. However, thankfully, it was delicious. Enormous slices of delicious fluffy sliced sesame bread, perfectly battered in egg and cooked so that it’s crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. However, rather than syrup, this sesame French toast was topped with orange marmalade, pine nuts and ricotta. Truthfully, when I read the menu all I could think was nuts with orange jelly? What the hell? But after one bite, the whole orange marmalade, pine nuts, ricotta and syrup thing somehow worked in the most delightfully surprising of fashions.