44 Maple Street Croton-on-Hudson NY 10520 (Map) (914) 862-4100 www.salaonhudson.com
Sala-on-Hudson is a new Spanish restaurant in Croton. And at a recent visit, the WBC was pleasantly surprised by their brunch offerings. Finally, a different kind of brunch that lives up to our expectations!
Attendees: Shelley, Sylvia, Andrew, Reid
Patisserie Salzburg 1 Christie Place Scarsdale, NY 10583 (Map) (914) 472-8300 http://patisseriesalzburg.com/
La Renaissance Patisserie Francaise
9 Harwood Court
Scarsdale NY 10583 (Map)
(914) 472-0702
http://lrbakery.com/
Scarsdale is like Little France. Ok, so perhaps that’s an overstatement. But just as Scarsdale is home to twin Chase banks, so it is home to multiple French cafés. Our primary destination was Patisserie Salzburg. However, we also wound up sampling La Renaissance Patisserie Francaise. It was like a French café cage match in our stomachs. Which café did our guts proclaim the victor? Read on, mes amis.
Attendees: Shelley, Sylvia, Reid, Jeff
187-189 Hartsdale Avenue
The WBC is usually wary of specialty-cuisine restaurants that offer brunch. This is simply because our track record hasn’t been so good. We’ve found all too often that many places will throw a condiment from that particular cuisine on some eggs and call it brunch. But brunch it is not. We were disappointed the last time we tried a Mexican brunch. But we’re troopers, and breakfast must be had! So it was that we rambled into Vega on East Hartsdale Avenue for another Mexican brunch. Was it an egg fiesta? Or did we want to take a siesta? (We know, we know, that was cheesy…just read on.)
276 North Broadway Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 (Map) (914) 631-2984
It’s been almost three years since the WBC dined at The Horseman in Sleepy Hollow. The restaurant recently re-opened after being closed for some time, so we decided it was time to give them another try.
Attendees: Sylvia, Jeff, Shelley
It was supposed to be a blizzard. An epic snowstorm. We’d surely be snowed in all weekend. (Turns out we weren’t, but we were prepared!) Snow or no snow, we’d still have to eat breakfast…enter Shelley’s brilliant idea to have a WBC Google Hangout Breakfast. Because what could be more fun than 6 people sitting around in their pajamas watching each other eat breakvast via video chat while overusing Google’s gong sound effect (guilty party: Shelley)? Right? Sylvia breaks it down for us.
19 Main Street Tarrytown NY 10591 (Map) (914) 703-6511
When the WBC first visited the then newly reopened Mint in February 2012, we were underwhelmed by our breakfast experience. In fact, we were disappointed. But, in the name of science! (ok, in the name of hungry tummies), we decided to give Mint another try, this time with far more pleasing results. After all, this year they had an actual printed menu. Things were off to a good start indeed.
23 Cedar St Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 (Map) (914) 674-0706 http://www.cedarstreetgrillny.com/
In the space that was once a Greek restaurant now resides Cedar Street Grill on (where else) Cedar Street in Dobbs Ferry. We settled in for a warm, inviting meal on a frigid Sunday.
Attendees: Reid, Shelley, Sylvia
45 Purchase St Rye, NY 10580 (Map) (914) 921-4166 http://www.rubysoysterbar.com/
We know what you’re thinking. An oyster bar for breakfast? But look beyond the name and you’ll discover that Ruby’s serves up a pretty scrumptious weekend brunch. And the oysters aren’t half bad either.
