This past weekend, I embarked on a weekend trip to New York City to stay with my brother’s girlfriend in Harlem. Weeks prior to the trip, she asked me what I wanted to do in my brief 48 hour stay. I answered promptly without hesitation: hit all the best NYC food spots. She embraced the challenge with exquisite grace.
While we indulged in old NYC bagel hotspots, trendy bakeries, and upscale Italian cuisine, I want to home in on a truly remarkable meal from a new-ish brunch joint in Soho called “Banter”.
Banter bustled with brunchers, inside and out. After tying ourselves over with sweets from a nearby chocolate shop, we were more than ready to chow down when we received the best type of text: “Your table is ready!”.
The pink and neon lights glowed heat onto our outside table in our side-street trolley type of table, a hosting style many New York restaurants adopted during the pandemic. I began with a mimosa, because duh, and my friend ordered an iced matcha lemonade, both tart and tasty. We got lost in the chit chat of dreams, what I would do after graduation, and her experience living in the Big Apple for the past year.
While the menu contained tempting breakfast foods, my body was craving something green (Note: the previous day’s lunch was a generous slice of Milk Bar’s confetti cake, enjoyed outside on a bench, each bite relished as I basked in the city sun. I live for balance).
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