NYC Brunch Spots: Where To Take Your Bitches

The Smith NYC: The Food

Bread: In a French twist, The Smith begins your meal by placing delicious loaves of French bread in white parchment paper on the table. As usual, I required more carbs—so I ordered the bread basket for the table. The basket was filled with glazed doughnuts, cinnamon raisin bread, blueberry muffins, pimiento cheese biscuits and blueberry muffins. They were delicious, but everyone was after those doughnuts, and there just weren’t enough. Appetizers: The deviled eggs were also ordered for sharing. They arrived beautifully displayed on a deviled egg dish—those Southern spots do deviled eggs and decorum correctly—and sprinkled with cayenne pepper and chives. They were delicious. Maureen (my partner in crime, vacations, and eating) ordered the mac n’ cheese in addition to her entree, because she knew she didn’t need to ask if I’d share it with her—nor did she care. The mac arrived in the best way it could: a cast iron skillet filled to the brim with hot, sizzling cheese. It turns out, we shared it with everyone. Main Course: Lindsey’s Asian chicken salad was fresh, enormous and looked lovely. You can always tell the caliber of a restaurant by its fresh produce and vegetables, and the Smith made the grade. Now, let’s turn to the Benedicts. First up, the a classic Eggs Benny—done perfectly. One of the day’s specials was a Prime Rib Benny, which Carter decided upon immediately after hearing the words “prime rib” and “Benedict” in the same sentence. He devoured it—but the kid likes to eat (all the best people do) so we’ll never know how good it really was. Plus, he works in finance so he has no time to e-mail the Bitches his brunch thoughts. The third type of Benny was a fried country steak Benny, another innovative twist. The French toast was flavored with vanilla, topped with caramelized bananas, and served with maple butter rather than traditional syrup. It looked and smelled delicious, and the happy couple were very happy campers. There were multiple omelets on the table, including my wild mushroom omelet. Wild forrest mushrooms are so much better than the rest. The omelet was gigantic, literally a monstrosity, and filled to the brim with wild mushrooms and fontina cheese. I barely made a dent in it, but it was absolutely delicious.