A Brooklyn Life

For whatever reason, I haven’t made it over to Fort Greene as much as I’d like–might it be my laziness combined with the inconvenience of the G train? Regardless, I was thrilled this weekend when a friend suggested brunch in the ‘hood. We started at Liquors, which was either closed for a post-holiday vacation or is really closed. Next to Ici, which caught my eye in Adam Platt’s list of his favorite New York restaurants.  The wait being what it was, we sent a reconnaissance crew over to Luz. No wait for a table of five had us plunked down in the darkened back corner of the restaurant considering an inventive Latin-hued cocktail list and weighing the merits of poached eggs atop yucca cakes and Caesar salad with chicken croquettes. I sampled the tortilla espanola, more of a fluffy quiche than an omelet as the menu describes–its topping of coriander creme lifting it from the normal world of brunch to something a little different. The "something different" showed up in the juevos revueltos, too, scrambled eggs and smoke salmon dressed with avocado and a lime sauce. While this was not the most revelatory Latin meal of my life, it was a nice switch from the usual eggs and bacon, and not having to wait for brunch really is a priceless commodity in New York. Bonus: For $6, it’s all-you-can-drink mimosas.