The brightly lit restaurant was bustling with clientele. Window seats overlooking the street prove a serene spot for solo diners. We were seated downstairs where the décor remained clean and simple, if not somewhat bland, with woven vinyl placemats, white linen napkins, dark hardwood floors, exposed wood beam ceilings and delicate light fixtures. A hi-def plasma TV on each floor stood out with the channel set to the local news.Coffee and water were offered right away and refills were prompt throughout. The speed at which our brunch was delivered was less than prompt, but we felt well taken care of while we waited. I was beyond impressed with the menu offerings. The dishes appear to remain true to Little Italy's Italian roots while satisfying classic American brunch cravings. Scali is the toast of choice and from the delicious sounding truffle scrambled eggs to the Italian vegetable frittata, to the French toast with brandied pear compote, to waffles with fresh fruit and crème fraiche, on paper they have laid out delicious sounding breakfasts dishes.If you're the pancake type, take your pick from apple, blueberry, banana or chocolate. If you're the lunch at brunch type they offer a Spaghetti Carbonara, a Caprese salad with pesto and scrambled eggs, and a Milanse style veal or chicken cutlet topped with 2 eggs any style. The marriage of favorite Italian dishes with eggs is intriguing, but not as much as the Eggs Benedict served with your choice of lobster, grilled shrimp or lump crab.
Hell-o and welcome to the neighborhood.
A huge sigh of relief followed as I noted the reasonable prices. Dishes average between $7-$10, with the basic egg breakfasts beginning at $3.95 and the steak and eggs clocking in at $14.95. Our Seafood Eggs Benny seemed reasonable at $12.95. Adam chose the lobster and it was the shrimp for me.Hell-o and welcome to the neighborhood.
They are slated to serve dinner in the near future. I'm just happy they got the ball rolling with breakfast! Caffe Nuovo fills a neighborhood void by offering North Enders an affordable sit-down brunch. With an impressive classic-Italian-meets-well-rounded-American menu, all they need now is a cocktail counterpart. Perhaps a liquor license is in the works? For their sake and mine, I sure hope so!
Sounds like a great new spot. I want to try their carbonara!
ReplyDeleteThis place sounds great! I'm going to have to check it out. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found this place but there are plenty of great places in Beacon Hill for brunch...and I'm pretty sure I know someone who will bribe you over with Bloody Mary's beforehand...just saying!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool about Frank DePasquale. Way to show neighborhood support! The place looks charming.
ReplyDeleteCreamy hollandaise - yum! I think Boston is lacking in brunch places in general... especially on Saturday. I'd love to check this place out!
ReplyDeleteI love brunch places. When I think of Italian breakfast/brunch, I always think of Nutella (actually, I think of Nutella pretty often) and really good coffee. I haven't tried eggs benedict with shrimp yet but it sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I totally agree about the lack of breakfast options in the North End! Now I have another reason to go there...like I really needed that. The eggs benedict looks delicious!
ReplyDeletewow this place looks great, you must be so excited about a new, inexpensive breakfast spot!
ReplyDeleteplus the italian / breakfast combo!! that just makes me so happy. ive never seen a veal culet with eggs before but i don't see why it wouldn't be fabulous.
egg benedict!!! my favorite!
ReplyDeleteThis place looks amazing! You had me at jumbo shrimp. :)
ReplyDeletethis place looks like a winner.
ReplyDeleteLove the intricacy of the dish, visually nice and I bet tasty. I love breakfast out
ReplyDeleteJoyously runny eggs... woohoo!!
ReplyDeleteI think I might have bitten the bullet and gone with carbonara for breakfast!
Sounds like a great little spot.
that eggs benny looks BEYOND delish. I am a sucker for good bfast!
ReplyDelete"he is just helping out the owners and hoping to see this spot succeed." read: "I have secretly invested in this restaurant, and I'm standing around to see whose legs I have to break if it fails." LOL! No, that would totally happen in Providence, mafia capital of the northeast, ha ha! Looks fab, any variation on eggs benedict and I'm in! XX!
ReplyDeleteokay seriously if i lived in that neighborhood i could eat breakfast for 3 months and never get bored. the menu looks ridic!!
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Sounds like a great find! And eggs Benedict with lobster? oh man...
ReplyDeletesounds great! those eggs look perfect!
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