Bagels and smoked salmon are a real treat at this UWS institution (as Pabulum notes). The waiters were very friendly and helpful. All in all a great brunch - well worth the Sunday morning wait.
I recently finished reading Philip Roth's "Operation Shylock" (a fun, if challenging, Roth read) and discovered, upon reaching the book's final chapter, that the last scene occurs at a place I knew lots about but never visited: Barney Greengrass. What follows is a brilliant section that perfectly describes the scene and the role it plays in Jewish lives:
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An institution more than just a trendy brunch place, Barney Greengrass serves the best smoked sturgeon in the city. The fish is perfect with scrambled eggs and onions even at $14 a pop. It’s probably the only place I’d actually enjoy salmon and lox with potatoes and not cringe at the $44 bill for two at the end. (No worries, that includes coffee and orange juice plus toasted bagels and cream cheese.) If you like your caviar, this is the place to order them. They even deliver overnight to your house in the Hamptons, you know, if you actually have a home in the Hamptons.
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Among my earliest culinary memories are the dinners that my parents - grandparents, great-aunts and uncles really - brought me to at Steinberg’s Dairy Restaurant on the Upper West Side (Broadway and 83rd?). All those meals distant memories. Ratner’s lasted longer a little longer, so I could take my children, but that too is a memory. Following Kosher laws, these restaurants did not serve meat. I can remember eating cutlets of nutmeats. I thought of it as a peanut butter steak.
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Swimster took me out last Tuesday for a special birthday dinner. And the best part was it was a surprise and it stayed a surprise. I hate surprises (well, not really) but every time I'm told I'm getting one, I try my hardest to guess what it is. Is this weird? So I took a couple guesses: Il Mulino, Babbo, Balthazar, and Gramercy Park Tavern.
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