Bubby’s Tribeca
Stumptown Coffee
Buttermilk Biscuits with Vermont Creamery Butter and Housemade Raspberry Jam
Fried Chicken Biscuit with Lettuce and Homemade Chips
James Beard Banana Nut Pancakes – Caramelized Bananas, Toasted Walnuts, Doerfler’s 100% Maple Syrup
Michigan Sour Cherry Pie with Whipped Cream
Organic Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
A Tribeca institution since 1990, and now featuring a second stop along the Highline, Bubby’s is what many may consider a New York classic these days, their focus on farm-fresh Ingredients for three meals a day, seven days a week perhaps less impressive now than it was when they started out but the Food and Urban-farm style still providing a nice Breakfast for both locals and tourists.
Occupying a corner, the 120 Hudson doorway a bit difficult to locate as a Cow and several potted plants decorate the façade while the lengthier part of the Restaurant runs along North Moore Street, entrance to Bubby’s sees diners greeted by a lengthy bar with purveyors proudly listed on a chalkboard to the left, the hostess podium tucked just inside the dining room with everything from Restrooms to Ms. Pac-man and a functional photo booth found in the basement.
Focused on classic American cuisine and not a lot of gimmicks, the prices a bit higher than one might expect for such Food but largely justified by a focus on sustainable farming and organic Produce, a look at Bubby’s menu shows Breakfast and Lunch to be rolled into one experience beginning at 8am daily with classics such as Pancakes and Omelets joined by items such as a Fried Chicken and Cuban Sandwiches.
Serving refillable cups of Stumptown Coffee, one of the better deals in town for bottomless Brew at just $3, it was while waiting for two others that a large order was placed only to arrive mere seconds before they joined the party, a total of $86 after tax and tip admittedly expensive for Breakfast and the $20 Pancakes certainly overpriced, though still largely worth it considering the sharable size and bubbly Sourdough Batter topped in Caramelized Bananas and Toasted Walnuts plus as much as a whole Jug of 100% Maple Syrup, if one were so inclined.
Unwilling and unable to resist Buttermilk Biscuits anywhere, the tanned rounds at Bubby’s sold $6 for two or $10 for four along with Butter from Vermont and housemade Jam, those looking for a pricey but delicious way to dress the softly-separating layers are encouraged to top them with a juicy Chicken Breast and Lettuce for $17, the side of hand-cut Chips unfortunately in need of a bit of salt but otherwise crunchy and completely oilless.
Known primarily for their Pies, a total of six offered daily long before Petee’s, Pie Corps or Four & Twenty Blackbirds were a ‘thing,’ Bubby’s continues the seasonal theme by way of locally picked Apples, Rhubarb and Cherry, the latter a lip-puckering slice with just enough Sugar added to make the Fruit burst and become sticky while the famous Organic Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie was stacked high and very rich, the flavor more savory than it was sweet and something best shared with others plus a cup or two of Coffee or Milk.
http://www.bubbys.com/tribeca/
