Highlights:
Stellar service
Trendy dining at casual prices
Drawbacks:
Often a long wait to be seated
Price Range:
Brunch items $8-$12
If you're willing to brave a trip down the Market-Frankfurt line, Stephen Starr's Jones at 700 Chestnut Street offers an expansive combination of breakfast-lunch fare that provides a moderately-priced hangover helper. The most common gripe about Jones is that it's so packed that one should expect a 15- to 30-minute wait. However, once seated, the service is surely impeccable.
A Jones brunch essential is to start with the irresistible monkey bread that will provide you with more Cinnabonesque calories than you know what do with.
If you're in the mood to find the "Vote for Pedro" spirit deep inside of you, go for the Huevos Rancheros -- eggs on black beans and corn tortillas with melted cheddar, roasted tomato salsa and avocado ($8) -- or the El Paso Eggs which are beef chili with scrambled eggs , applewood bacon and cheddar. ($9).
For those more inclined to start their day with lunch, the grilled portabello sandwich with roasted red onions, basil and provolone on focaccia with roasted red pepper mayo ($9) is a guaranteed hit. To appeal to the kids who had to skip the gym to come to breakfast, Jones offers a protein plate equipped with grilled ham, turkey sausage, applewood bacon and cheddar scrambled eggs ($9.50).
For the Kosher kiddies out there, the toasted bagel with lox, cream cheese, tomato and red onion ($9) as well as the smoked whitefish bagel with cream cheese, tomato and red onion ($8.50) each give Izzy and Zoe's a run for its money.
So for "comfort food" at decently comfortable prices, spend a Sunday morning at Jones and you won't regret it.
