Somewhere between the $19 eggs Benedict and the $14 mimosa that arrives in a glass the size of a thimble, New York brunch lost the plot. Fourteen restaurants across the state never got that far off track, and two people can prove it for under $25.
Manhattan to Niagara Falls, the list holds. Real tables, real portions, real coffee that gets refilled without a separate line item on the bill.
The spots here did not stumble into affordability by accident. They made a decision that good food and reasonable prices belong in the same room, and then they stuck with it while the rest of the brunch market went in a completely different direction…