Balthazar

“Used to come here with my parents when we’d come to NYC for a visit and it’s the place we ate dinner after we got engaged. So special to me and Keith McNally is a hoot to follow on IG. His memoir is in my TBR.”

“I'm not a daywalker and believe the only winning move at NYC brunch is (à la WARGAMES) not to play, but a dear friend comes to town for work a couple times a year and is only available first thing in the morning; Balthazar, in turn, is one of the only spots in our overlapping neighborhood where you can make a reservation for 8AM. If you're up and social at 8AM on a weekday you deserve a pitch-perfect French omelette and the city's best home fries. I go straight home and go back to bed.”