So I finally had the pleasure of having brunch at Barque. As per my previous review, this experience did not disapoint. My partner and I both got the Barque Benny. It comes on a piece of cornbread with brisket instead of an english muffin and back bacon.
So we were the first ones in there on Sunday morning. We tried to go on Saturday around 9:30am but they didn't open until 10:30. Needless to say we weren't going to make the same mistake twice. We got to sit on the patio and enjoy the morning sun with our coffee.
The food came out in good time. My only complaint about the whole thing is the corn bread could have been a bit thicker. The brisket was as it always is: tender with good smoke penetration and enough fat to keep it moist. The eggs were perfectly cooked with enough runny yolk to ooze out over everythign and mix with the standard benedict hollondaise sauce.
The barque potatoes are awesome. My pet peeve is when homefries are of unequal size and the smaller pieces are crispy and the bigger pieces are too starchy and undercooked. All the potatoes were nicely crispy and covered in the same rub that the meat gets slathered in prior to smoking. Delicious.
It came with some nice fruit and an arugala salad with fennel bulb sliced nice and thing and orange wedges. I like that the salad came in its own bowl so as not to get all wilted from the heat of the hot food.
The bill came to about 40 bucks for two with coffee which isn't too bad a price for brunch in this city.