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definitely a real NY bagel .. the bread basket at Balthazar is pretty awesome too :)

bagel & lox

How can it be anything but lox and bagels with cream cheese.

Omelette with roasted garlic, cheddar and tomatoes.

bagels.

Does a delicious bloody mary count?

has to be a dim sum brunch.

second the dim sum

The omelet with caviar at the original Brasserie on 52nd, but that's just a memory now... sigh... so it will have to be a bagel with a schmear, preferably from some place in the Murray Hill neighborhood.

Luxuriously silky sturgeon.

I'll have to print the menu for you. From The River Cafe :

Fruitwood Smoked Salmon
wild strugeon caviar, smoked salmon tartare
house baked mini bagel,quail egg,
fresh herb dressing

Crab and Shrimp "Duet"
Maine crabmeat with
cucumber and citrus~sesame dressing
crispy marinated shrimp with chili and ginger

Hot Smoked Rainbow Trout
horseradish crust, Maine crabmeat and endive salad,
grapefruit vinaigrette

Fishers' Island Oysters
on the half shell with shaved lemon granite
topped with Osetra caviar $15.00 additional

Melon Salad
baby greens, local vegetables,
ripe melon, aged and fresh goat cheese,
balsamic vinaigrette

Terrine of Foie Gras
Port and ginger poached plum, cracked pepper brittle,
brioche melba toast

Butternut Squash Soup
Autumn spices, seared Maine diver sea scallops,
toasted pumpkin seed oil

Caviar Service
Royal White Sturgeon $85.00
traditional garniture, toast points, tiny corn pancakes

Buttermilk Pancakes *
wild huckleberries and Vermont maple syrup

Belgian Style Six Grain Waffle *
caramelized bananas, Tahitian vanilla bean frozen yogurt

Poached Eggs Benedict
griddled brioche, house cured ham & Russet potato hash,
tangerine hollandaise sauce

Farm Egg and Lobster Omelette
diced Maine Lobster, caramelized new onions, house baked English muffin,
'Boschetto al Tartufo' cheese

Atlantic Halibut Fillet
crispy Parmagiano risotto cakes,
corn puree, fresh Burgundy Summer truffle vinaigrette

Branzino Fillet
Mediterranean sea bass, chorizo and shrimp "stuffing",
smoked tomato petals, petite zucchini, charred lemon confit

Duck Steak and Egg
crispy duck breast, coddled duck egg, wild mushroom 'chasseur' sauce,
grilled duck sausage

Scottish Salmon
crushed pumpkin seed crust,
creamy lentils with Black Forest bacon,
roasted parsnips with violet mustard sauce

Slow Roasted Suckling Pig
house smoked petite chop, ragout with red wine braising juices,
maple whipped sweet potatoes, toasted fresh marshmallow, crispy fried egg

Prime Sirloin and Short Rib
charcoal grilled sirloin, tender braised shortrib,
russet potato puree, Pinot Noir sauce , crispy shallot rings

That will get me awake and up in time for brunch. Seriously.

Only valid in the continental US? Are they all going to be like that?

Smoked salmon is definitely my favorite part of brunch. I love any kind of quality smoked fish.

bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers, and a drizzle of lemon infused oil

mmmm dim sum

The natural choice is bagel and lox, one of the best comfort foods imagineable. Sometimes though I will make myself a giant bacon egg and cheese sandwich.

I'll go along with the delicious Bloody Mary!

A seeded bagel with cream cheese, lox, capers and a thin slice of tomato. Pick me, pick me! I'm homesick for NYC food. I live in the Midwest where there are no good bagels. I promise to share with my co-worker, another NYC ex-pat.

Bagels.

hot steaming NY bagel, cream cheese and good lox :)

Bagel and lox.

coffee and a bagel w/ cream cheese and lox

A Kossar's bialy, halved and toasted, smothered with Russ & Daughter's horseradish cream cheese and a thick layer of whitefish salad, Gaspe salmon, and wasabi roe. Best eaten in two parts: the first half while people-watching on the bench out front, and the second half mid-way through a movie at Sunshine.

I love pain au chocolat. NYC is the only place I've found in this country that has croissants worth eating!

I would work my way uptown, starting with a bagel slathered in whitefish salad from Tal Bagels at First and fifty-something, followed by blintzes at the Stage, and then my Aunt Karen's latkes on the Upper West Side (this would have to be a brunch during Hanukah).

A toasted sesame bagel with lox, a little bit of cream cheese, slices of Bermuda onion, and some good fresh black pepper! Preferably eaten with family or my closest friends. :-)

dim sum, without question.

bagels with lox and cream cheese

My answer is a bit complicated because I don't just associate brunch with food. To me the atmosphere makes the food. I think authentic New York had to be the old school Shopsin's. Attitude and crazy rolled into a pancake or sandwich. Seriously anything from that 17 page menu is/was the New York brunch food. If you had to break it down to things you could only get in New York though, obviously the bagel from Ess-a-Bagel.

Any brunch items at any local diner where the menu includes unlimited mimosas and/or bloody marys :-)

Definitly -a pitcher of bloody marys and bagels.

A bagel and egg sandwich: a toasted sesame bagel spread with butter and topped with two eggs scrambled with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, and paprika, alongside homemade homefries and a bloody mary!

My favorite brunch dish is a frittata of any sort. I like the combination of savory veggies and cheese in an egg dish. I had a great artichoke and leek frittata at Nice Matin recently.

two poached eggs on a toasted english muffin, accompanied by mesclun salad with tomato, pinenuts and a balsamic vinaigrette. plus coffee.

Bagel and cream cheese

Definately a real New York Bagel.

eggs florentine.

The chorizo hash at Beast! But with such a wildly non-kosher favorite, do I deserve anything from Russ & Daughters?

B, L & CC – bagel, lox and cream cheese.

An everything bagel from Ess-a-Bagel with cream cheese and Nova lox. Whitefish is OK too.

NY bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon... swoon!

The "goldie lox" eggs from Sarabeth's. Perfectly cooked eggs, salmon and cream cheese. Simple, understated, and amazingly delicious.

coffee, onion bagel, cream cheese, tomato, good

If I lived closer to Russ & Daughter's, I'm sure that would be my go-to New York brunch, but I love Sable's on the Upper East side. It has some of the best Smoked Scottish Salmon in the city. Smoked salmon on a sesame bagel with cream cheese and onions. Yum.

bagels

Bialy with cream cheese, smoked trout, a bloody mary with Cholula. Or, 2 croissant and a cafe creme.

eggs benedict

smoked salmon on a bagel with tomato, red onion and capers ... but with sour cream instead of cream cheese. c.c. is way too thick.

smoked salmon on a bagel with cream cheese, tomato and onion

Pumpernickle bagle with scallion cream cheese

I would have to say creamy scrambled eggs, good sausage, buttered toast, crispy, salted hash browns and a large glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice.

lox on a warm, untoasted Ess-A toasted oat bagel with scallion tofu spread, lemon ricotta pancakes with fresh berries and real maple syrup, of course some boozin' -- the four flowers juice at Sarabeth's (banana, orange, pineapple, pomegranate) and champagne for my own favorite version of the bellini.

My favorite has got to be dim sum!!!

Since I live in the midwest where bagels are different, I always try and get lox and bagels when I'm in New York.

Eggs benedict are hard to beat no matter where I am.

Fried Chicken at the Five Points

If you're talking "New York Brunch" it would probably be a bagel with cream cheese, lox, capers and onions. But if it's a brunch eaten in New York, I'd go with the catfish and grits at Pies & Thighs.

Bahn Mi when hungover :)

I would say anything that contains scallion cream cheese.

A real bagel with cream cheese, lox, tomato and red onion. Here in San Francisco, I cry every time I think about what I'm missing!

jump on the bandwagon! bagel, cream cheese and lox

Is there a right and a wrong answer to this question? Just to change things up around here, I'll say the short rib hash at Stone Park Cafe in Park Slope. Damn that hits the spot. (Although it does set you up for a day of savory burps.)

Bialy

Oh, it's all about the bagel and shmear...oh, hold me.

I could probably eat a pound of bacon all by myself! (Gosh, I REALLY hope that doesn't disqualify me from the smoked fish sweepstakes !!)

a walk through Zabar's on a weekend morning, with a side of bialys and a trip to the olive bar.

Kossar's bialy with a little cream cheese.

Anything from Russ and Daughters. Sable, lox... I also take the creamed onions from the herring and use it on lox or by itself on a bialy.

Depends on mood. Mimosas and oysters on rare occasions.

Otherwise: Fresh squeezed orange juice, then strong coffee, one bialy, one bagel. Cream cheese. Smoked salmon.

Preference replaces younger love Sarabeth's butter w strawberry preserves on little warm biscuits.

bagels, smear, and a bloody mary.

My favorite New York brunch food has got to be lox and cream cheese.

leftover pizza or a salt stick with butter from Bagel Oasis

lox and cream cheese on whatever i can get

I may not be original, but bagel, lox and cream cheese is the best. I prefer some capers and very thin slices of red onion on that.

My favorite bruch was the brunch at the Concorde hotel in the Catskills...they gave you everything in MASSIVE quantities! Lox, bagels, herring in cream sauce, chopped liver, whitefish, kippers and on and on and on...boy do I miss that place :-(

An almond croissant from Claude's on West 4th St.

Bagels, Lox and Cream Cheese. or smoked whitefish and butter on a rye bagel.

Or a slice of good pizza - cold!

exactly that: smoked salmon, cream cheese, good bagel. i live in texas now, and have had to say goodbye to bagels...

To me, a bagel and a schmear of lox spread is everyday fare--when I want a special New York brunch, I lhead to 'ino for the truffled egg toast. With their excellent coffee, it's the best.

Thr Brunch the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck NY in the late 70's and 80's when It was owned by Larry Forgione.

It would be, hands down, a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onions, tomato, and capers.

What else but rugelach and hot coffee!!

Duck Steak and Eggs at the River Cafe is hard to beat.

I walk to three blocks to Russ and get smoked whitefish salad and bialies. Oh, and salmon and farmer cheese and cream cheese and eggplant salad, too!

I love good smoked salmon. I make it for the boyfriend's breakfast pretty often.

I am a very classic brunch eater- Eggs Benedict (hopefully with home fries & some field greens on the plate). A mimosa would be a nice side. I don't prefer any place over another, as long as the eggs aren't overcooked.

Zabar's smoked whitefish salad on an H & H bagel. O.M.G.

Lox, bagels and cream cheese with a coffee from Zabar's!

bagel and lox witha bloddy mary on the side

a cup of fresh fruit salad, toasted bagel with lox & cream cheese, and a cup of coffee

Spinach Bourakus with sliced egg and hot sauce from House of Pita during the week if I am hungover.

Bagel and lox w/ a glass of freshly squeezed OJ.

I'd have to go with coffee and any bagel I could get my hands on.

You just mentioned my favorite item: a good bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese, and pickled onions! Oh, what I wouldn't give for an awesome bagel these days.

Well, my fave has got to be dim sum at the Golden Unicorn, but the normal standby is a bagel with chive cream cheese. I never get tired of either!

I've never had brunch in NYC, so I'll go out on a limb and say a REAL bagel w/ lox.

french toast...or an almond croissant...or a bagel w/ cream cheese and lox. pretty much anything involving pastry or a bread product.

+239509 on the lox, bagel, cream cheese (and capers and red onion if they're handy) with some nice, dark coffee.

The dictionary definition of "Perfection" has a picture of this very meal right alongside it.

bagel - lox - cream cheese - capers - onion - ETC!

A fresh, hot bagel which melts the cream cheese, chased with hot, dark (as in no cream or sugar) french roast coffee, tall size.

Eggs and onions is a great deli brunch dish.

My very very favorite New York brunch is the $12 deal at Patois on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Not only do you get unlimited coffee, tea, and mimosas, but the poached eggs over duck confit hash is to die for.

A full tea set at Alice's Teacup. Actually, I'd be perfectly happy with a pumpkin scone with caramel sauce, but greed always wins over good sense. At least, I can comfort myself by thinking that all the antioxidants in the tea must be doing me some good.

Though I rue the pots of tea during our after-brunch-movie-marathon.

This is the PERFECT way to spend my NY Weekend. Scones, tea, and movies.

Challah french toast, vermont maple syrup, and a fresh squeezed glass of orange juice.

Cheesecake! lol

Count me in please.

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Any omelet from Sarahbeth's with a big pumpkin muffin, yum! Or if I'm hungover sometimes I just need a juicy, medium-rare burger.

Most definitely a lightly toasted sesame bagel from Ess-A-Bagel (1st Avenue & 22nd St.) with a heavy schmear of cream cheese, thinly sliced Nova lox, a slice of tomato and a slice of red onion.

Darn, I'm salivating thinking about it - and I'm on the wrong coast to go get one!