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I tried to think of a restaurant in NY that might sell eggs in the morning. I don’t live there so probably I’m biased towards places that might be better known
by dan-robertson 4y ago
I tried to think of a restaurant in NY that might sell eggs in the morning. I don’t live there so probably I’m biased towards places that might be better known to/targeted at tourists. I looked up the menu for Balthazar and they indeed have $28 eggs (Benedict) and $7 (bowl of) coffee. I guess that’s a bit expensive but could also be the price at a ‘favourite brunch place’.
- crazygringo 4y agoYeah, Balthazar is 100% a Soho tourist trap, I've never known anyone here who would actually eat there unless it was paid for by your company or something. (Not that the food is bad, it's just overpriced to take advantage of tourists, not a place locals go.) A normal, nice popular brunch spot in "trendy" Williamsburg is Egg Shop. Their egg plates are all still $14–16, and coffee is still $3–4: https://www.eggshopnyc.com/menus/#breakfast-lunch https://www.eggshopnyc.com/menus/#breakfast-lunch
- dan-robertson 4y agoYeah, I thought that might be the case. Basically all of the restaurants I’ve heard of in NY don’t do brunch, unsurprisingly. I looked up some breakfast menus at a few reasonably upscale downtown hotels and they had eggs of some kind around $20-$30, but I guess that’s probably not super representative either. I wouldn’t normally go to a local hotel restaurant where I live (though in other places where there are fewer non-hotel options I guess I might).
- darth_avocado 4y agoIf it helps, I travel frequently between the Bay Area and NYC, and NYC is noticeably cheaper to eat out in than Bay Area. Maybe it’s the density of restaurants and the competition?