ACME
Chicken and Eggs – Roasted Potatoes
Bread Pudding Griddle Cake – Raw Maple Syrup, Seasonal Fruit
Beer and Bread Porridge with salted caramel ice cream
Undoubtedly going for that retro-chic style by placing Mads Refslund’s Nordic influenced cuisine inside of a building still advertising “Authentic Southern and Cajun Cookin” it was the fact that Mads opted to serve many of his famous dinner dishes during weekend brunch at ACME that got me through the door, but it was the quality of the cooking and the exemplary service during a busy morning that made me eager to someday return for dinner; all the staff smiling despite the bustling and tightly packed space, coffee refilled repeatedly without request, and plates brought out in separate courses exactly as requested. Beginning first with the simple chicken and eggs – a perfect breast glistening with butter and only lightly accented with salt and pepper topped with two perfectly poached eggs – and moving on to pancakes somewhere between soufflé style and dense griddle cakes that were never too sweet before culminating in a dessert at once bitter and sweet with each bite yielding something different this is a spot that should be on everyone’s brunch rotation, especially those who don’t want to wait out a table at dinner or deal with the late night bar scene.
