hi - read about this brunch in the PG a couple of Fridays ago and decided to give it a try, They serve from 10?-2 and dont take reservations (though it wasnt at all crowded yesterday). Price fixed at $16. we were not overly impressed. decor is great - redone warehouse and the service was fine, although our waiter was unpleasant. you start with a choice of ceaser salad or fruit. my friend had the ceaser and said it was fiar - either no anchovy or very little and fo course not made at table. my fruit was ok, but included just cut up cantelope. honey dew, strawberries, a sliver of plum and a few blueberries. The fruit comes in a bowl and is then served onto a flat plate - obviously no "presentation", time consuming. i would have just preferred the bowl. the ceaser was also served from a platter to the plate. not sure what all this is supposed to do. first arrived a basket of homemead bread, scones, muffins, etc. with homemade fig and rasberry preserves and brown sugar butter. all were excellent = but i would have preferred less sweet butter. Main dishes includ a choice of pastas (none too exciting), salmon over lentils ( which my friend thought just ok), chicken breasts, sausage, fried calamari etc. and what i had FRICO - which is pockets of cheese stuffed with leeks, potatoes, and mushrooms served with a dollop of greens. they were excellent - though highly caloric. Desert was a sampler of sherbets, cookies, cannelloni, tiny square of chochlate cake and some kind of pudding stuff. all were excellent. coffee/tea included. In a recent mystery by Phyllis Richman, former food editor of the Washington Post she talks of the economics of restaurents - saying how pasta and salmon were the best profit items. This menu reflected the profit motive rather well. Lois
Pittsburgh, PA