Nopa
Blackberry Walnut Scone – Crème FraÎche
Goat Cheese Bread Pudding – Agrodolce Blueberries and Arugula
Custard French Toast – Roasted Blueberries and Honey–Lemon Butter
Blue Bottle Americano
“@Nopa, probly 30m for bar seat” said the text and having originally considered the small panhandle hot-spot for Sunday brunch a quick change of plans and a mile and a half walk saw me enterthe jammed-packed restaurant with about an hour left in the brunch menu, one of my friends making a few feet of space for me to stand close enough to the bar to share some plates until I eventually landed a seat fifteen minutes later. Loud, crowded, and consistently packed from open to close yet considered by many to be the best brunch in town much of my sampling was focused on the sweet half of the menu while my friends enjoyed a burger, fries, arugula salad, and a few mezcal bloody mary’s mixed by our bartender/server Zadri and inclusive of the uncomfortable ‘seating’ and decibel level I have to admit the place lived up to its reputation, all three of the signature brunch items coming into vibrant focus through the use of produce of the highest quality. Beginning first with a buttery scone paired with tangy crème fraÎche and then moving to the surprisingly funky yet entirely enjoyable quiche-like bread pudding it was, as expected, the third dish that would prove most memorable – a perfect piece of French Toast, caramelized on the exterior and nearly liquid within, graced with pure maple syrup, bursting blueberries, and light notes of honey…the best in The Bay by far, and amongst the best I’ve had anywhere.
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