Blue Ribbon Bakery & Cafe
“The beef bone marrow, foie gras, filet mignon, fried chicken, and basket of freshly baked breads is world class experience.”
“I will say, brunch is pricey for brunch as most places charge $15 for entree AND hash AND mimosa all for the price of 1.”
“The owners wanted to expand and during the renovation process unearthed a 100 year old oven in the basement.”
Blue Ribbon Bakery & Cafe
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
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$$$ Price range Pricey
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To be honest, I do not understand the hype of this place.
The interior is homey and great, I like that it has two levels because then they can accomdate more people. Living in NY you know the hardest thing is finding space for you.
2 of my girlfriends and I came here to check our their brunch, as you know its highly raved about and we were ready to sink our teeth in. The 3 of us came around 12:30 on a Sunday, without reservations and were seated right away… what? I know! The service was great, from the bartender to the host and our waitress. Everyone was super nice and our waitress helped and was patient with how indecisive we were.
I personally thought the menu was very limiting. I ended up ordering the chicken salad sandwhich… eh, its like any other chicken salad sandwhich. I was not blown away by it. My friends seemed to enjoy their foods, but was not impressed with the overall food. Maybe I had such high expecatations.
Expected a bit more. It's a cute shop, we went brunch hour during the week but I guess you won't get the actual brunch menu till the wkds.
Fried chicken special included two small pieces of chicken, grilled kale and mashed potatoes with a pint of beer for $20 (expected a bit more).. Baby kale salad (didn't taste like kale much I thought they gave us the wrong salad) and the grilled half avocado but the mayo was more like sour cream in the center..
The service is pleasant tho and downstairs smelled amazing (they baked the bread on site).
Fantastic! In fact, I came here twice in one week – once for dinner for the first time, followed by brunch the week after.
The two words we will focus on are FRIED CHICKEN. Whether you're coming for brunch or dinner you must order fried chicken for your table. It is unbelievable. I do not know how they do it. Until last week, Hill Country was my favorite place for fried chicken in the city – which it still will be for the 'fast casual' category. However, for a lovely sit-down fried chicken you must go to Blue Ribbon Bakery. Well worth the $28, and the portion is ginormous so you can definitely share and I would recommend doing so.
The bread is also fantastic. It's made fresh downstairs, and a perfect way to begin your meal. Also thoroughly enjoyed cocktails – the Gold Rush and there were some fantastic iced tea cocktails as well.
I will say for dinner we ordered a grilled avocado for an appetizer, and it was not that impressive. It was an avocado sliced in half served on a small plate. It was yummy, but the presentation was lacking.
Anyway, come for the fried chicken. And bread!
Blue Ribbon Bakery's brunch is a perfect combination of casual and upscale. It's the kind of place where the waiters wear ties, but somehow you don't feel underdressed in a sweater and jeans (to be fair, it was freezing the day we stopped by!). The restaurant itself is very small, but not overly intimate – I can imagine a morning out with the girls just as easily here as a Sunday brunch date. The brunch menu is relatively small, but delicious. They definitely excel with their eggs. I got the shrimp and bacon hash, which was just divine. Huge chunks of slab bacon, juicy shrimp, and perfectly fried home fries with two poached eggs on top. Delish. Boyfriend got their challah French toast, which looked very nice, although French toast is not really my thing.
Drinks were fine, but nothing special. The $12 bloody mary seemed a little watery for my taste, and it's a small glass, but hey, classy place. Overall it's a little pricier than my everyday brunch, but a nice place for a little splurge.
As far as crowds, we got here around 11:30 on a Sunday morning and were seated immediately. I think we saw a couple bigger parties (5+) waiting a bit, but it didn't seem like anyone waited too long while we were there.
We had a good dinner here, all things considered. Cute restaurant in the Village with nice looking and attentive waiters/waitresses. The food, overall, was well prepared. I had the chicken and country pate- both really tasty.
That said, they really overcooked my friend's steak. But not only did they fix the issue right away, they brought out another dish while he waited. In short, they care about what they're doing.
My only comment would be that this place is a bit pricey and the food, while tasty, wasn't that inspired. We didn't find anything to be too special here. But we still appreciate a restaurant that does everything that they do with an eye toward perfection. If we're in the area we might give it a second blush.
Lunch. Weekday. My new jam. Always loved this place because of the in house bakery, the delicious food, and the awesome service.
Tried the pulled pork sandwich with avocado on toasted challah bread today. It's worth getting on my laptop to write about. So good.
Most pulled pork sandwiches are a bit too sweet or a bit too soggy – this one is the perfect combination of soft and savory with a tiny bit of texture throw in because of the toasted challah bread. It was delicious.
Also really enjoyed the latte. Solid lunch place in the West Village.
Good place for brunch, albeit on the pricier side. Poached eggs were the main focus of the brunch menu, but they had French toast and yogurt/fruit as well. The brunch menu was lacking a bit of variety.
I ordered the poached with mushrooms, spinach, and bacon. I liked it because it was a nice balance of veggies and bacon/eggs. I found my friends chorizo hash to be too overwhelming. The French toast was good as well.
I planned a birthday dinner here for my husband with a party of 7. I talked to the chef and made sure there would be a lamb shoulder feast for the family!
We were given a private dining room downstairs, right across from the baking ovens. It smelled heavenly walking down, and the room was perfectly sized for our party.
The service was very attentive, they made sure every detail was attended to.
We started out with the cocktail shrimp, chorizo, bone marrow, and cheese
The cocktail shrimp was large, and simple
the bone marrow -i didn't really get a great taste of the bone marrow, and it was really hard to get the bone marrow. I like when they split the bone marrow vertically so you just scrape it out
The chorizo had an amazing flavor, which we all loved dipping our bread into.
For the main course, we got a giant lamb shoulder which was very tender and everyone enjoyed. It came with roasted vegetables which were all fork soft.
My mother-in-law didn't like lamb so she got the fried chicken dish. It was good chicken, but $28 good? I'm not so sure
The dessert was the best thing we had all night. I think it was a walnut banana bread budding? It was delicious with the ice cream. The profiterole was underwhelming.
As we were leaving, we got to choose bread from their bread basket! I thought that was a cute treat. All in all a successful dinner, a bit pricey