Williamsburg Brunch Deathmatch: The Popular Harefield Road Vs. The Underdog Il Passatore
For some ungodly reason I was awake at 10 a.m. this past Saturday. The best way to take advantage of such a predicament is NOT to hang the contents of the bag of clean laundry from which you’ve been fishing for underpants for the past week (true story), but to get brunch at a local restaurant that uncomfortably overflows with your fellow sleepyheads come 12 p.m. Harefield Road on Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg is such a place — the sidewalk crowds make it impossible even to inquire about the estimated wait on Sunday afternoons. Saturday at 10:30 a.m., however, is a whole ‘nother story. We waltzed right in.
For $12, you get coffee or tea, an alcoholic morning beverage (mimosa or bloody Mary, which in my case translates to “slight agita or laying in a pool of my own bile”), and a meal. I’m no less hypocritical than those 40-year old bitches who order their tall latte with the contrasting soy milk and whipped cream combo. I opted for the omelette, which I requested to be egg-white only and stuffed with mushrooms, tomatoes, and CHEDDAR. Always gotta have a balance.
