Top 6 Mouthwatering Brunch Items To Order At Wallflower In NYC

Located in the heart of West Village, Wallflower recently introduced a new brunch menu that highlights seasonal ingredients. These are some of the items you must order.

1. Heirloom Tomato Salad

As delicious as it is colorful, this dish features sliced, tri-colored heirloom tomatoes over a drizzle of olive oil. The tangy blue cheese, crunchy olive croutons, and fresh opal basil add nice flavors and texture to the dish.

2. Frittata

This crustless quiche is chock full of vegetables like asparagus, oyster mushroom, and fingerling potato that all wrap around cooked eggs and sharp pecorino pepato. The fresh greens and beets on top are great “toppings” that adds a bit of crunch to the dish.

3. Bacon Quesadilla

You will never look at quesadilla the same way again after trying the Bacon Quesadilla from Wallflower. Topped with fried egg, the quesadilla has perfectly crispy exterior and is filled with goodies like bacon, jalapeno, and pepper jack cheese. Be sure to pair it with the tomato salsa on the side.

4. Mediterranean Burger

Certainly not your typical burger, the Mediterranean Burger highlights juicy burger patty sandwiched in between rolls that are smeared with feta aioli on the top and olive tapenade on the bottom. The burger comes with a side of roasted fingerling potatoes and Greek salad with sun-dried tomatoes and olives.

5. Caramelized Bread Pudding

Featuring rich, dense bread pudding that has been caramelized on the outside, the Caramelized Bread Pudding is the ultimate way to satisfy your sweet cravings. The bread pudding is topped with drunken cream and fresh strawberries, and also comes on a plate smeared with nutella and strawberry jam.

6. Cookies & Coffee Milk

All brunch experience at Wallflower should end with this: Cookies & Coffee Milk. While it may appear to be a rather simple “dish,” Cookies & Coffee Milk is a truly unique combination you have never experienced before. The Rhode Island Coffee Milk - a combination of coffee syrup and milk - tastes like coffee ice cream on steroid, while the freshly baked cookies just melt in your mouth.

Colorful Vegetable Frittatas and Pistachio Meringue at Tatte

Kendall Square is home to a couple vintage coffee shops and bakery, including Tatte Bakery & Cafe. I don't have a huge appetite for baked goods (or at least I try to resist them), but I decided to check out Tatte because I heard the cafe also has a great lunch menu. Tatte offers an outdoor dining option, which is perfect for the sunny days in the summer.

I got this picture from Tatte's blog, but when I got there around 12:30pm, the place was completely packed that we actually had to wait for a couple minutes to find a place to sit down for two people. The bakery had an extensive display of cookies, pastries, and other sweets in addition to a full lunch menu that includes sandwiches, salad, and plates.

My friend and I decided to have dessert first. We ordered two Pistachio Meringues, which were served on a china plate with flowers. Perfect for a tea party?

Each meringue was about the size of a fist. It was sprinkled with toasted pistachio. The meringue itself didn't taste like pistachio, so I am guessing it was just a plain vanilla one. The meringue was crispy and light.

We were about half way through our meringue when the waiter brought our orders. My friend's Balkani ($8) is a roasted eggplant, feta, fresh basil, tomato, and pesto sandwich served on Ciabatta bread.

The sandwich was served on a wooden cutting board, which gave off the aura of freshness. The square-shaped Ciabatta bread seemed pretty dense. It was served as an open sandwich, with one side of the bread smothered with pesto and the other topped with basil and feta cheese.



I had Vegetable Frittata ($13), a colorful assortment of housemade vegetable frittatas served with creamy yogurt sauce and fresh cucumbers. The three vegetables were sweet potato, zucchini, and cauliflower.

I was afraid the dish might be too heavy for lunch, but the frittatas were super light and fluffy! I loved the slightly mushy texture of them. Each frittata also had a distinct taste of its respective vegetable. I think my favorite was the sweet potato. The only downside about the dish was that the frittatas were topped with large chunks of sea salt that made the flavors too strong.