The London Lounge

Greetings everyone:
What kind of places other than home do all of you gentemen like to eat at for Breakfast. Up in the Twin Cities I enjoy Keys Cafe www.keyscafe.com and Serlin's Cafe (no known web site).

In Albuquerque it is Mimi's Cafe www.mimiscafe.com

I also got to enjoy Breakfast with my good friend Tom Hudson at Hotel Dupont back in July of 2002, I had the sweet potato pancakes and bacon.
http://www.dupont.com/hotel/index1.htm

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

I love to eat breakfast out. It was one of the things I missed most when in England, a country wonderful at many things, breakfast certainly not one of them. When I moved back and into a new neighborhood, the local 24 hour diner, with their breakfast specials, fresh, on-the-premises--made donuts, friendly waitresses, and gruff cooks made it feel like home.

In London, try the Ritz. One has to be a little bit firm with the staff, but the room is one of the best in town.

The Duke of York's Headquarters off Sloane Square has been converted to a shopping district over the last few years, and a multitude of cafes have sprung up. None so far that stunned me with great food, but it is the only location in London where al fresco is not synonymous with pavement and polution.

For brunch, PJ's on Fulham Road is a Chelsea favourite. Again a bit form over substance.

Breakfast is my favorite meal -- even at lunch and dinner !

Some of my favorite breakfast/brunch places in NY are:

Sarabeth's
Norma's in the Parker Meridian Hotel
Wallse -- Sunday brunch
Cafe Sabarsky -- cakes and coffee
Otto -- not sure if they still open for breakfast
'Wichcraft -- the best egg sandwich in NY

My all time favorite breakfast place though has to be "Come On In" in La Jolla, CA. While a number of things that are really good, their corn meal pancakes are spectacular.

My favorite place for breakfast is at home, on those rare occasions when Mrs. Cuffthis brings me breakfast in bed. There is nothing better than a tray containing some eggs and bacon, fresh squeezed orange juice, a cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and the morning newspaper(s).

Too bad I only get this treatment several times a year.

Silly me I also forgot to mention The Range Cafe in Albuquerque as well.

www.rangecafe.com

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

In London, at present, I favour the Wolseley for breakfast. Their Manx kippers are divine. If you are feeling celebratory I also recommend the two boiled eggs with caviar. Otherwise the breakfast at the Charlotte Street hotel probably offers the widest choice.

Traditionally in London, Simpsons on the Strand was the place to go for the full traditional Edwardian English Breakfast. Their "seven deadly sins" was a legendary indulgence with their pigs nose with parsley sauce the breakfast of choice for braver souls. Sadly, these days Simpsons is but a stop on the nostalgic tourist route and not worthy of the task of breaking your fast.

Breakfast comes in many different formats and styles:

1. NYC Greek Coffee Shop/Diner--Gracie Mews at First Ave. and 81st St. (excellent multi-grain toast);

2. NYC Grand Hotel--the Carlyle;

3. Beverly Hills Coffee Shop--The Fountain at the Beverly Hills Hotel (counter service only); and

4. Beverly Hills Hotel--The Polo Lounge.

In addition to Whittaker's suggestions for London, I would add the pubs around Smithfield market (the wholesale meat market -- a bit like what the Meatpacking District in NY used to be). There are several pubs that serve a large cooked breakfast with a pint of beer. They have a special license that lets them serve beer in the morning -- so that they can serve the market workers when they finish their shifts around 6 or 7 am.

I like the extremes of breakfasts in London -- either a real greasy spoon cafe or breakfast at one of the clubs or good hotels.

Trilby, thanks for mentioning the greasy spoon I haven't been to Mickey's Diner in Dowtown St. Paul MN in years. That is a landmark place open 24 hrs. It has even been in some movies made in Minnesota. Good food all around.

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

One of my many pleasures in London, is having breakfast in Mayfair at a lovely tea shop/restaurant called Richoux; on South Audley Street, One block from Grosvenor Square.
It's cozy and intimate and quiet. They are one of the few places left that serves Kedgeree.

I got to do something today, I haven't done in a long time.

Had time to eat breakfast out!!!

The place is called Gold Street Cafe, they are in downtown Albuquerque.

I had their special today, it was white chocolate raspberry pancakes.

Here is a web link to the restaurant.

http://www.999dine.com/nm/goldstreetcaffe/

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

Cecconis Restaurant at 5a Burlington Gardens is another breakfast spot in the shopping area of town.

I have always had a soft spot for the Fountain restaurant in Fortnum and Masons but that is closed at the moment as part of the F&M refurbishment and I have no idea how it will emerge

All breakfast establishments can be commonly judged on one single criterion: the quality of their home fries.

I second SmoothJazz on Norma's---delicious, ethereal pancakes, free refills on fresh squeezed oj, strong coffee . . also went to Wallse for brunch recently, and it was quite good--the Austrian desserts are especially decadent.