Boulder County Gold – BEST BRUNCH: Brasserie Ten Ten

BEST BRUNCH: Brasserie Ten Ten

September 26, 2011 By Boulder County Gold

Winner

1011 Walnut St., Boulder, 303.998.1010
www.brasserietenten.com

While this French-inspired eatery started serving up yummy meals in 2003, it’s Brasserie Ten Ten’s decadent weekend brunch that has really caught on. Thanks to executive chef Anthony Hessel’s (who also heads The Med) immersion in French culture and cooking overseas, the restaurant maintains a lively social scene that feels like a true brasserie. “It’s a place to have fun, eat well, enjoy your friends and relax with a glass of French wine or Belgian beer,” says spokesperson Peggy Romano. The atmosphere is only trumped by the wide variety of scrumptious late-morning edibles. Favorite entrees for sweet and savory taste buds include fresh fruit bellinis, eggs Benedict, and the pan-roasted chicken and waffle with herb and peach syrup (back by popular demand). Salads, soups, steak frites and crepes also crowd the menu. New items include a country scramble and scrambled eggs with Long Family Farm pork belly and local farm-fresh vegetables. The menu changes seasonally but the solid service, thankfully, does not.

Runner Up

Lucile’s Creole Cafe
2124 14th St., Boulder, 303.442.4743
www.luciles.com

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BEST Brunch: Lucile’s Creole Cafe

September 16, 2009 By Boulder County Gold

Winner

Lucile’s Creole Cafe www.luciles.com 2124 14th St., Boulder, 303.442.4743 518 Kimbark St., Longmont, 303.774.9814

BEST Breakfast: Lucile’s Creole Cafe

Ask Rose Fuller which menu item is the customer favorite, and she answers without hesitation: Eggs New Orleans (fried eggplant slices with creole sauce, poached eggs and hollandaise). “Though our eggs Benedict will give any other eggs Benedict in town a run for their money,” the Boulder Lucile’s principal host adds with a laugh, and then pauses for a moment. “You know, there are lots of great dishes, but people come to us for our biscuits and jam, our beignets and coffee.” The truth of the matter is you can’t go wrong. If any of you reading this haven’t yet experienced Lucile’s, there’s nothing left to say. You simply must go to understand the distinctively decadent, immediately addictive creole cuisine. For the rest of us who regularly go out of our way for the chicory coffee, Eggs Sardou and the best grits this side of the Mississippi, here’s something else to love about Lucile’s: The restaurant started a farm in Niwot to grow its own food. “Our daily and weekend specials have been fresh from the farm,” enthuses Fuller. “We’re on our way to being more organic and self-sustainable.” And I’m on my way to Lucile’s. See you there.