grabbed post-call brunch with vincent & jen earlier this week. byways cafe, over in the pearl off glisan & 12/13th. breakfast daily from 7-11am. super tasty. filled with relics from the fifty states (or most of them, lost track), like license plates, souvenirs, and other trinkets that people buy when they’re traveling that are fairly useless. works here. the ambience is a refreshing contrast to most of the eateries in the pearl.
brioche amaretto french toast, blue corn meal pancakes with honey pecan butter & maple syrup (with a chicken banger on the side), & the daily omelette (i think had bacon, avocado, blue cheese). each of the dishes here were $8-10, banger extra.
blue corn pancakes were my hands-down favorite. the blue corn add an interesting color and grit/substance to each bite. typically with pancakes i feel bored & guilty by the end of a short stack as you feel like you’re shoveling in bite after bite of fluffy carb without real purpose or pleasure. your tastebuds get numbed with the monotony of the flavor & semi-soppy fluff. with this dish, the corn meal, honey pecan butter & maple syrup add enough layers texture-wise & flavor-wise to keep things interesting ’til the end.
definitely coming again.
the restaurant
french toast
omelette
blue corn pancakes
Is this turning into a food critic – appreciationist blog of scrumptious places that it will take me 20+ hours to drive to?
Thanks, Estin. No really, thanks.
also, need new entries. now. thanks.
OHMYGOODNESS UPDATE YOUR STINKING BLOG. thatsallgbye