Weekend Brunch in Uptown

Il Posto’s Veggie Bagel + salad

This pre-Halloween weekend, a couple of best friends came to visit from far-away Oxford, MS, giving us the perfect excuse to have brunch both Saturday and Sunday. Best. Idea. Ever.

Where we chose: Il Posto and Oak Street Cafe. I had visited both places before, but tried new things that were equally as wonderful as the previous choices. I also realized I always lean towards bagels and bagel sandwiches when eating breakfast out, despite the fact I hardly ever eat bagels at home.

My tidbit of brunch advice at these restaurants: The bagels are fantastic, but then again everything looks great. My friends enjoyed omelets as well. You can’t go wrong.

Oak Street Cafe: omelets and hashbrowns

Oak Street Cafe

Soy lattes

Friday Favorites: Big Bad Breakfast

Breakfast is absolutely, positively the best meal of the day. I’m always hungry at breakfast time, I don’t feel weighed down from previous meals, and the standard fare is always just what I’m craving. When anyone proposes celebrating breakfast time with a special experience, I am all in. Case in point, I had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate (and yes I think that word is appropriate) breakfast with one of my closest friends and my roommate today at Big Bad Breakfast in Oxford. It was everything that name suggests.

I had some coffee, fresh fruit, buttered wheat toast and an egg, made to order. Perfect. Definitely worthy of being featured as a Friday Favorite.

The above pic is one of their t-shirts (which are also really popular and cute) with its logo. Here is the website:  http://citygroceryonline.com/restaurant.php?bbb

Satsuma Cafe in New Orleans

I’m having a grand time exploring restaurants in New Orleans.

The other day, I went to a cafe on Dauphine Street with a couple of friends. It is called  Satsuma. Read their menu at http://satsumacafe.com/. It has something for everyone. While I love vegetarian restaurants and don’t eat that much meat (mostly just seafood), I hate that my meat-eating friends are upset to find no meat if they really want it. Also, I dislike going to restaurants that center everything around meat. All that to say, I like when restaurants are creative with food and have a bit of something for everyone. I think Satsuma’s menu is a good example.

The decor is very unique as well (I promise I’m going to start bringing a camera more often!). There is a lot of interesting art and an interesting vibe. There were lots of folks doing work on computers or reading so I can see that it would be a good place to hang out for a couple hours.

I had already eaten breakfast and it was too early for lunch, so I decided to just have one of their fresh juices (I tried the Sweet Tart). There are no words. It was fabulous. Also, I was tempted to just eat everything on the menu despite the weird time of day.

I will definitely be back to Satsuma!

I think I will start reviewing various restaurants I visit in NOLA. Feel free to recommend some!