Brunch

Brunch is a quintessential Manhattan experience. Mark and I had never been, so after our run yesterday we went to a place called Manchester Diner. Now, a lot of the major restaurants do brunch on the weekends and its no joke. There is even a website brunchinnewyork.com where you can go and read reviews and make reservations etc. Manchester Diner is a small neighborhood diner so they aren't on that site. They are also decidedly cheaper than a lot of places in the city.

Any who. We sit down immediately which is nice. I was afraid we were going to have to wait but apparently most people are still hung over from the night before and don't make it in before noon. When we first sat down they just gave us the normal breakfast menu so Mark had to ask for the brunch menu. The first thing listed was eggs Benedict. I knew that was it for me. It was a fairly simple menu with 3 different kinds of eggs Benedict (normal, smoked salmon, and crab cakes). There were a couple frittas, a Greek yogurt parfait, a Mexican wrap and a few other things.When the lady came up to take our order Mark decided he was going to be "that guy" and after asking for the brunch menu order something off the regular breakfast menu because he wanted pancakes. The food was really good. I am always slightly wary of ordering eggs Benedict because of the hollandaise sauce. But these eggs Benedict were just amazing and the hollandaise was perfect.

Brunch is definitely a new favorite and if you've never been before I would suggest it.