Bubby's Tribeca, NY

Bubby's was a marvellous gift from my friend Emily (a gen-oo-ine New Yorker). She sent me a list of recommendations with this one marked as a 'must not miss'.

I had done a wee check on their website and a few reviews and discovered that they are very well known and that as we were going on a Saturday, we would be up against throngs of thirty somethings and their children. Happily Insomnia was still my middle name and as Fee is famous for waking up before she even goes to bed, we arranged a 9.30 meet.

We couldn't have picked a better time. The restaurant was almost empty and we had our pick of tables and the full attention of the staff.

Bubby's prides itself on its home-style American recipes and home cured and prepared meats. They also make their own pressed juices. Fee and I each tried one and they are worthy of being served at any detox retreat. Of course the health benefits might be marred somewhat, if like us, you insist on following them with carb and proteintastic breakfast platters.

If juice is just too healthy for you, then joy of joys, they also have brunchy cocktails - Mr Beedub had a Bloody Mary served in a jar and pronounced it delicious. We were rapidly growing to love the fact that no self-respecting NY Brunch menu is complete without a tipple or two.

What we ate:
After having seen several Eggs Benedicts pass me by in the preceding days and considering it is my single favourite dish, I decided it was high time to order it at Bubby's. They did a very respectable job, most notably offering hash browns as a side and a super tangy hollandaise. No tricks or gimmicks, just the old faithful.

On my request so I could taste it, Mr Beedub ordered our collective favourite dish - Heuvos Rancheros. The joy of this Mexican lovely is that it will never, ever be the same twice and ordering it is like breakfast roulette. This time the gamble paid off and it came resplendent with beans, green rice and a spicy ranchero sauce suitably hot enough to keep Himself quiet.

Fee went American Traditional and ordered the Griddle Special. A genius choice if you are wavering between sweet and savoury for it comes with pancakes, eggs, sausage and bacon. The portion was pretty damn huge.

Yankee opted for the Bubby's Breakfast, selecting fried eggs and bacon with a side order of Cheesy Grits. Now I have never tried grits before so I was desperate to stick my fork in. Yankee could clearly see the look on my face and so he kindly let me. Truth be told I will never a Southern Belle make - the lumpy corn texture didn't agree with me -but the flavour was good.

There are some other cheeky little surprises that make Bubby's a fun place for the under 2 foots and taller...

Hidden downstairs en route to the loos, you will find a genuine Pac-Man arcade game and an original ink and paper photo booth. It took Yankee 15 minutes to wrestle us out of there.

Just in time too - the Saturday Brunch set were rolling through the doors and our quiet morning haven was starting to bubble...

Bubby's
120m Hudson Street
NY 10013
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