Posts Tagged ‘Breakfast Brackets’
Round two of the search to find the best breakfast in Memphis is underway. If this were March Madness, Round Two would be the Elite 8. This week, downtown’s Blue Plate Cafe faces off against Midtown’s own Barksdale Restaurant. The competition was fair – each restaurant was graded by the round two criteria (orange juice, [...]
Welcome to round two of the Breakfast Brackets, where the herd is thinned and all bets are off. Today, two Memphis breakfast stalwarts, Bryant’s and the Arcade stand before me. Only one will continue on in the hopes of becoming Memphis’s best breakfast spot.
Bryant’s
3965 Summer Ave
Memphis, TN 38122
Order: Potato pancake, one plain biscuit, orange juice, [...]
It’s game eight of the Breakfast Brackets, everybody! Today, Beale Street soul kitchen and fried-food emporium takes on suburban family cafe West St. Diner. Who will move on to round two?
West St. Diner
2076 West St
Germantown, Tenn.
Order: Coffee, orange juice, scrambled eggs, bacon, a pancake, grits, and a biscuit.
Coffee: West St. Diner’s coffee was utilitarian, but [...]
It’s game seven of the Breakfast Bracket Challenge. That means that there’s only one more match up left in the first round. Today, the Midtown branch of CK’s Diner faces off against downtown’s new darling Bardog Tavern. Let’s get it on!
CK’s
1698 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
Order: The Paul Bunyan breakfast – scrambled eggs, bacon, grits, toast, [...]
It’s game six of the Breakfast Brackets, y’all. That means only two more match-ups before Round Two starts. Woot! Here’s round six – downtown’s Beignet Cafe vs. Bagel Company of Memphis in east Memphis.
In this corner,
Beignet Cafe
124 East G E Patterson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Order: Coffee, the Country Breakfast
Coffee: In true New Orleans style, the coffee [...]
The first round of the Breakfast Brackets is now officially over. After the first round ends, the winners will compete in round two, where they will be judged on the meal of my choice, service, cleanliness, price, and orange juice.
With no further ado, let’s take a look at the contestants.
Ladies and gentlemen, today, we see that bastion of greasiness, ancestral breakfast home of dozens of hung-over hipsters the Barskdale Restaurant face off against midtown-ish late night favorite Republic Coffee.
In this corner, the Barksdale Restaurant.
Barksdale Restaurant
237 S Cooper St
Memphis, TN 38104
Order: Two eggs scrambled, grits, bacon, biscuits, one pancake, coffee, a small OJ.
Coffee: The [...]
It’s game two of the breakfast brackets. In one corner, a relative newcomer to the Memphis breakfast scene, known for its coffee and bakery, behold Cafe Eclectic!
Facing off against Cafe Eclectic is an old standby, a stalwart Summer Ave. classic. Ladies and Gentlemen, Bryant’s!
Remember that each category is judged on a scale of 1-10 for [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s the first game of the first round of the Breakfast Brackets. Let’s meet the contestants.
Memphians are an opinionated bunch. I asked a simple question – “Who’s got the best breakfast in Memphis”. I got at least two dozen answers, a lot of persuasion and a healthy dose of smack talk.
There had to be a better way. A somewhat scientific system for determining who’s breakfast reigns supreme.