Beautiful Sunday...

Mr Risotto, the wife and I met up our friends Charissa and Bruce for a fun gorgeous Sunday in NYC. As usual, it was a great day with lots of laughs and lots of food. We hit up Kefi first for a solid brunch, but with the nice weather it made sense to stop by Grom for some gelato. We weren't finished there as Beard Papa was next door, so it only made sense to get some cream puffs. We finished off the day with shopping trips to H&H Bagels, Zabar's and Barney Greengrass - fun food day in the Upper West Side.

Our Menu

Kefi - Spinach Frittata *
Eggs were decent and filled with tons of spinach and topped with lots of cheese. Fun stuff, but I almost liked the side greek home fries better - perfectly cooked potatoes and nice roasted tomatoes.

Kefi - Greek Eggs Benedict **
This dish was so eff'n great. Poached eggs with phenomenal creamed spinach on the bottom mixed with some Greek cheese. Crispy pita chips were perfect complements to everything.

Grom - Pistachio and Straciatella Gelati **
I'm not a big fan of the West Village location because my favorite gelato - Nocciola is always disgustingly gritty. Still gritty up in the upper west side, but the Pistachio and Straciatella gelati was pretty damn good. Intensely flavored and nice and creamy. My fave gelati place is still L'Arte in the West Village thouugh.

Beard Pappa - Original Cream Puff *
These are pretty fun - cream has great flavor, but I wish the pastry was lighter. Still pretty good though.