Cafeteria
White Chocolate Raspberry Bread Pudding
Chicken and Waffles – Cheddar Tabasco Waffle, Crispy Sage, Grilled Lemon, Chili Butter and Maple Jus
Croissant French Toast with Fresh Berries, Mascarpone Cream, Toasted Almond Crumble
With my sister intentionally neglecting to suffer the lines at Dominique Ansel the decision was made to meet up at 24/7 Chelsea hotspot ‘Cafeteria’ for breakfast and although I’d admittedly heard some mixed things about service versus scene our visit really could not have been more pleasant, the atmosphere light, the service jovial, and the food featuring fun takes on American comfort foods with everything from pancakes and French toast to steaks and burgers to the complete dessert menu available all day and all night. Perhaps benefitting from an 8am shift change when both kitchen and front of house were fresh with servers zipping around the half-filled room it would be a matter of moments after taking a seat in a cozy back corner before Jorge visited our table and with a bit of chatter about daily specials menus were presented, decisions came by with some difficulty as several options looked tempting, and orders were placed – the food arriving fifteen minutes later while my sister and I watched the fashionable foot traffic on 7th Avenue. Happy to indulge, especially at breakfast, but with an eye on both lunch and dinner it was with some restraint that we opted to limit the order to two plates and one dessert sticking to the tried and true we were well rewarded as all three items shined; the croissant French toast a buttery day-old saturated through with eggy custard, the chicken and waffles defiantly spicy and enormous with the syrup and lemon proving an ample foil, and the bread pudding smooth and decadent, crowned with ice cream even at 9am.
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