Maggie Brown has a funky decor with 30's style art deco wallpaper, comfy patent leather booths, and lots of light streaming in. Like other area brunch spots, they have a lot of outdoor seating in a covered patio in the back. The music was a combination of every popular indie pop group of the moment. They only offer a brunch menu on the weekends until 4:30 but it has a good assortment of both brunch and non-brunch things, so you have plenty to choose from. Yet you might feel restricted since they only give you the brunch menu.
Onto the food. I got the Grandma Harriet, scrambled egg with fresh dill, tomato, and onion. The dill made this dish go from standard scrambled egg faire to utterly delicious. When I make eggs on my own, I will certainly be adding in dill! The standard sides weren't anything special. It came with a small mixed green salad, home fries, and toast. The home fries weren't really home fries but small pieces of a hard baked potato with some herb added in. A bit of false advertising if you will. The potatoes were fine but I was looking forward to home fries. I substituted the plain toast for biscuit with raspberry jam for $2 more and it was completely worth it. The biscuit was soft, flaky, and certainly not out of a Pillsbury can. The raspberry jam was super tasty and I ended up putting it on the eggs too.
Justin got a salmon bagel platter aka bagel with lox and cream cheese. It also came with a side mixed green salad, lettuce/tomato/onion adds, and capers. While the lox was perfectly done - just the right amount of salty - the bagel was a big disappointment. It was just a plain untoasted boring bagel. Even a quick trip through the toaster would have improved this bagel. It also had some strange ridges - questioning where they even got this bagel. They had some different and interesting combination mixed cocktails but I made it a sober brunch. Next time, I will be trying one of those drinks.
It's a hit or miss place - with the dill scrambled eggs and biscuit being a bit hit though lots of other things being a big miss.
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