Seasonal, best possible local ingredients, dominate the menu that changes with the seasons. Capella, a winner of the Garden State’s Culinary Arts Rising Star Chef award. You can ask for wines from California, Oregon, New York State, Sicily, France, Galicia, Germany’s Mosel, Alto Adige, Tuscany, Greece, Spain, Portugal… wherever distinct wines are made Chris has bottles, including retsina, the resinated traditional Greek white wine that, according to me and Chris, it’s the best tasting turpentine you can ever drink. There are four distinct dining spaces in three levels: the Rathskeller in the basement, it used to house the jail cell for Morristown, and now serves as a beer hall and private event venue the Washington Room on the second floor, in the original living quarters of the mansion, it is perfect for a relaxed dining experience the Vail Bar, a 1920s cocktail lounge, just behind the grand staircase and the Oyster Bar and Patio whose menu features a wide variety of seafood, house made charcuterie, cheese, and small plates alongside traditional entrées, and that’s where we were seated for our brunch.Ĭhris Cannon, owner of the restaurant and James Beard Award winner, is also the sommelier his wine knowledge is extensive and he has in his cellar a vast number of very distinct bottles. On a recent Sunday morning we went for brunch to Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, a restaurant situated in the lovely Vail Mansion, an Italian Renaissance Palazzo in Morristown.Ĭhris Cannon created a 15,000 square foot space in the mansion that includes the main entrance – it now serves as the Oyster Bar – and the magnificent staircase that leads to the building’s upper level. Each country and ethnic group seems to have their own particular preferences. As far as dishes are concerned… in Jamaica you could have ackee and saltfish in Israel fatoot samneh (pita bread fried in clarified butter) in Mexico, chilaquiles and huevos rancheros and so on. Coffee and tea are nowadays ubiquitous, drunk in most cultures. If you are in Punjab, India, a preferred brunch dish could be aloo paratha or bhakri, both stuffed flatbreads, and beverage would be lassi, made with diluted yoghurt either salty or sweet when mixed with honey in Istanbul, the preferred beverage would be salep while you munch on your simit, a sesame-covered round like a thin bagel. In the United States, the classic brunch menu could include steak and eggs or bacon and eggs or ham and eggs, eggs Benedict, bagels and cream cheese, pancakes, corned beef hash, bagel and lox (smoked salmon), eggs Sardou, sopaipillas, and a number of other dishes washed down with a Bloody Mary or a Mimosa or a Bellini, plus a cup of coffee or tea.īrunch is also very popular in Asia, and includes congee, dim sum or other dumplings fried or steamed, filled buns and other quickly cooked dishes, fresh fruit and salads, all washed down with tea. It is usually a weekend ritual that allows a leisurely meal later in the day than breakfast, and includes a number of different dishes and beverages. The brunch took place during September 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic started to ease up.īrunch is a portmanteau word of breakfast and lunch that originated in England and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.
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