This past weekend I decided to take a break from my usual breakfast routine and visit a restaurant I’d heard served some of the best breakfast in the Orlando. Briar Patch, located on Park Avenue in winter Park, Fl. is an adorably quaint boutique restaurant that professes to have a wonderful menu of breakfast/brunch items and I had to have a taste.
One of the best signs that a restaurant is amazing is the amount of people waiting to be seated! I arrived at around 12 p.m, which is the prime-time lunch hour. The tables located in front of the restaurant were filled by patrons enjoying what seemed to be mounds of pancake heavenliness and french toast sprinkled with powdered sugar. I immediately knew that I was in the right place for brunch. Surprisingly enough the wait was only a minute or two and I was seated against the window, which was perfect as it was a gorgeous day outside.
I battled between a number of pancake options and a traditional breakfast and opted for the Country Breakfast. What sold me on this dish was that the meal included fried green tomatoes. And if you know anything about fried green tomatoes you know they’re southern fried goodness and I could not pass that up. The meal also included cheese grits, scrambled eggs and bacon ( which I substituted for home fries).
This meal was excellent! It combined all the comfort foods that I love and the portion was large enough for me to take half home with me. I will definitely be back and sample those pan fried clouds of goodness they called pancakes.
– Lex
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