[Photographs: Nikki Goldstein] Joaquin Baca's brunch at Brooklyn Star is one of my all-time favorites in the city, so when I heard that he was designing the new brunch menu at the much-loved West Village bar, Wilfie and Nell,... More

[Photo: MadPark News] Awhile back, I had a mad hankering for some good duck hash that I'd been unable to quiet, mostly because not too many people make it—or make it well. But I found solace last week at... More

[Photo: Nikki Goldstein] If you hadn't heard of last week's brunch treat, Resto's Dutch Baby, here's another global pancake that may be new to you: the kaiserschmarrn. It shares the Dutch Baby's Germanic roots (hailing from Austria), but the... More

A cheddar-ham biscuit with a soft-boiled egg: how could this be bad? No big surprises, it's pretty perfect and available all day at Iris Cafe in Brooklyn Heights, which opened a couple months ago on a sleepy brownstone block.... More

[Photos: Nikki Goldstein] Until last weekend's visit to Resto, my only encounter with the Dutch Baby was at the Original Pancake House, where you wait 45 minutes for a gigantic apple-studded bowl of crisped dough easily the size of... More

[Photo: Carey Jones] Danny Meyer's new Maialino may be one of the most cheerful spots in New York, with the kind of ample light and park views that take the stress out of any weekend morning. Expensive for dinner... More

[Photos: Nikki Goldstein] At most Mexican restaurants, brunch menus don't look much different from the lunch and dinner versions. Yerba Buena Perry made it a point to break that rule—for one, the chicken tinga arepas ($12) were rather unusual.... More

[Photo: Carey Jones] I haven't been able to stop thinking about these pumpkin pancakes ($14) at The Breslin, so strong is my ambivalence toward them. Wherefore the internal conflict?... More

[Photos: Nikki Goldstein] I'll be honest: my expectations were never too high for Tipsy Parson's brunch. Given the lukewarm reviews (and their unpredictable schedule in the first few weeks), I went mostly just to investigate sweet potato beignets—an idea... More

Editor's note: It's been a long, yummy year on Serious Eats: New York, but with new posts every day, it can be hard to keep up! So we're recapping the greatest hits of 2009 in The Year That Was. Click... More