• About
  • Blog
  • Working together
  • Testimonials
  • Contact

Girl Gone Travel

Girl Gone Travel

North America
/
November 16, 2012

Brunch at David Burke Kitchen, NYC

Enjoyed this post? Give it some love and share!
Share

Before Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast many families such as mine were preparing to celebrate Halloween.

And helping us in starting off those celebrations was David Burke Kitchen. My family and I were invited to carve pumpkins with expert carvers and mingle with David Burke himself at the David Burke Garden and afterwards we were welcomed to enjoy from their hearty and delicious brunch menu.

David Burke Kitchen is celebrated for its focus on locally-sourced ingredients and incorporating them in the American cuisine one is served there. The restaurant was named Forbes 2011 All-Star Eateries with an award of three stars. David Burke Kitchen opened in February 2011 and is located at The James Hotel New York.

Designed by James Beard Award-winner Thomas Schlesser,the restaurant is located on the lower level of the hotel. It is airy, spacious and bright. Its industrial design exudes warm colors that inspire diners to hang out maybe a little longer than they had planned. The bar serving brunch favorites, such as a the bourbon-mixed Bloody Mary might also encourage some lingering.

Everything I tried here was delicious.

We had the option to try their $29 prix fixe brunch, but decided instead to order individual items from the menu. We started with the burrata and the charcuterie platter. Nothing, I mean nothing beats starting your meal with a nice bite of burrata cheese melting in your mouth married with the crunchiness exterior of freshly baked sour dough bread, topped with salami. It’s almost too much.

Bacon Bloody Mary with bourbon/organic tomato/maple bacon

Maplebrook Farms Burrata with grilled sourdough and olive oil. Also shown: Charcuterie with sopressata, finocchiona & coppa.

Our main dishes were just as delightful and pretty much what an unforgettable brunch experience should taste like. We tried one of their specialty eggs Benedict versions, the Kitchen Eggs Benedict with crisp Italian sausage and sweet polenta along with garlicky spinach and tomato Hollandaise. ZOMG. It’s also good to go with a larger group so you can taste different things, because the Organic Egg Lobster Scramble with chorizo or vegetable and their Steak and Eggs with steak chili and home fries are a must try!

Steak and Eggs with steak chili and home fries

But leave room for dessert, the menu of which is too tempting to ignore.

There isn’t much for a kids menu, however, every Saturday David Burke Kitchen hosts a Pancake Social, where you have a a selection of pancakes to choose from along with other brunch items.

Thank you to Chef David Burke for hosting us, for the Halloween fun and the delightful culinary experience!

David Burke Kitchen 23 Grand Street Soho, NY 10013 Phone: 212.201.9119 Reservations recommended.

[subscribe2]

Related

Enjoyed this post? Give it some love and share!
Share
Pin this Post
Share this Post
Carol Cain

Brooklyn native Carol is happiest when on an adventure, whether close to home or farther away. She is a small business owner and travel writer. In addition to creating Girl Gone Travel, she is the Founder and Principal of Brave World Media, a social media marketing, communications, and branding agency. She's mom to three wonderful sons and wife to a handsome Irish/Scot. She lives, works, and plays in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NY.

You May Also Like...

Christmas Tree Hunting in Long Island, NY

December 12, 2008

Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, NY

December 10, 2008

Winter afternoon in the Bronx Zoo, NY

December 16, 2008

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Previous Post
A Santa Barbara Wedding
Next Post
Holidays at Hershey, PA

Categories

  • Asia5 Post(s)
  • Caribbean17 Post(s)
  • Central America4 Post(s)
  • Europe54 Post(s)
  • North America318 Post(s)
  • Oceana1 Post(s)

About me

Hi! I'm Carol! I am an award-winning travel blogger, a keynote speaker, and the Principal and owner of Brave World Media, a social media marketing, communications, and branding agency. I a wife to a handsome Irish/Scot and a mom to 3 sons. Welcome to my blog where I share stories of my travels and professional public relations insights and advice. Thank you for reading and for your support!

Carol Cain

Contact

  • caincarol@gmail.com

Follow @girlgonetravel

Our neighbors are harvesting the grapes. The proce Our neighbors are harvesting the grapes. The process is busy and noisy but also exciting and fun to watch. 

This cloudy morning seems to have calmed things down a bit, but not for long I am sure. These families work hard!

Bonus: they set up roadside stands so we can purchase and taste them 🍇 I highly recommend picking some up if you see some in your drive. 

#fingerlakes #lifeinthecountry #newyork
The rain has been so good. More, please. ❤️ The rain has been so good. More, please. ❤️
I want to take moment to send out love to my fello I want to take moment to send out love to my fellow Latinx and immigrant community. 

To send strength to my community of glorious misfits who are out in the world making good trouble and emboldening us to not give up hope on our dreams, our livelihoods, our future, our country, our people. 

The country our parents worked so hard to get to so that we could fly. A country they helped build and bring to prosper. A country our communities help to feed and house and care for. 

I am my immigrant parents dream come true, and my children are a continuation of that dream. 

I just want to remind all of us who represent the targeted, of our worth. Of the value of our contributions. In our languages, our culture, our insights, our work ethic and skills and knowledge. Of the things we bring to the table.

I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, or to us. But, as someone whose family lived through a dictatorship, I have an idea of how this story will end. And all I can advise is that we remain on the right side of it, our convictions unaltered, our core values untethered. Our spirits unbroken. In these stories, the monsters might scare us, and even harm some of us, but they never, ever win in the end. 

I am living proof of that. ❤️ And every time you succeed and feel joy, you are too. Pa’lante, mi gente.
Signs of autumn 🍂 in the Finger Lakes. Signs of autumn 🍂 in the Finger Lakes.
A wonderful weekend was had. We worked hard, but t A wonderful weekend was had. We worked hard, but then we rested even harder. We celebrated a successful cafe pop-up and a birthday in the city we love with people we love even more. Feels lucky, and we are grateful. 

#newyorkcity #newyorker
We are celebrating @travisjcain today on his birth We are celebrating @travisjcain today on his birthday but also for all he does for me and our sweet little family. Here we are in a lux NYC hotel, enjoying early morning room service to start his day. 

This weekend Travis navigated the chaos of New York City traffic with our cafe trailer in tow, for what was my insane dream to do a pop-up in the city. And he did so beautifully and safely. 

To say that my dreams and wild pursuits in life have kept this man *stressed* and on his toes for the 20+ years we have been together is an understatement. And while we may butt heads, in the end he doesn’t say no and supports me and uplifts me. 

An amazing father, and those who are lucky enough to call him friend know he’s a treasured one. A talented artist and creator. And we love him to pieces. 

Happy birthday, my beautiful Travis. May life give you all you deserve and all your dreams, even if peace while being married to a crazy dreamer like me isn’t one of them. 🤣🤭 I love you. 

#birthday

Copyright © 2025 Girl Gone Travel | Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice