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By: » A Brunch Worth Waiting For

» A Brunch Worth Waiting For — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:09:44 +0000

[...] One final commendable thing about M.Henry is its prices. Faithful readers of this blog may recall my comments on Over Easy in which I cried out at the injustice of $10 omelets. The food we ate at M.Henry cost around $8 a plate, and it was far more innovative. Who says quality always has to come at a cost? [...]

By: Daddy Salmon

Daddy Salmon — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:14:26 +0000

Mango Lassie,
I’m sorry that the Iraqi restaurant did not meet with your approval. I clicked on all the
ads and especially enjoyed checking out the 29,000 filapina ladies.
Daddy Salmon

By: Empanada Boy

Empanada Boy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:21:02 +0000

That sounds great! I hope we try that for a M.L. post. Besides, we’re overdue for our first restaurant in the great CITY of Evanston. Slim McDinner insisted on about week 2 of this blog that Evanston be listed as a city and not a town on the right-side category links of the home page. I tried to convince her to list it as a town just to get his goat, but her journalistic instincts for accuracy will win out in the end I’m sure.

By: Sous Chef

Sous Chef — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:01:02 +0000

I have a breakfast place to submit for your consideration, Lassie. We tried Dixie Kitchen in Evanston (another location in Hyde Park) for brunch this weekend. We had been many times for dinner, but this was our first visit for brunch. Among other things, they serve beignets and chicory coffee. Although the beignets were denser than I remember them being in New Orleans, they were delicious. I ordered eggs sardou which were poached eggs on top of a slice of fried green tomato over corn bread croutons. It was covered with a spinach hollandaise sauce and served with roasted potatoes and a side of cheese grits. The best, and most original, brunch dish I’ve had in a long time. Price tag, $8.50. Check it out!

By: Empanada Boy

Empanada Boy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:38:40 +0000

The dishes definitely sounded more unique on the menu than they turned out to be. ML’s omelet turned out to be a pretty standard omelet, Short Stack’s stack o’ pancakes was really a pretty normal set of pancakes with some berries and slightly better presentation than I could do at home. Even my tiramisu French toast ended up tasting not nearly as exotic as it sounds. One of my favorite breakfast spots in Madison is Lazy Jane’s on Williamson Street. It’s similar to Over Easy’s in that they both emphasize atmosphere, but Lazy Jane’s manages to make delicious and very distinctive breakfast/brunch dishes, ones that you probably can’t make at home and does it at your normal 20-something targeted brunch prices of around 7 or 8 bucks, perhaps even less for some dishes. I’m not opposed to paying Over Easy prices for brunch, but I think I would expect more than we got at Over Easy.