Breakfast near Rittenhouse Square

[Philly Ray]

My wife and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary at Lacroix on Thursday evening and we will be staying over at the Rittenhouse Hotel afterwards. We could just have breakfast at Lacroix on Friday morning, but I'd like some suggestions for other places. I was thinking maybe Parc. Any others?

[Philly Ray]

We ended up at Parc, and while the food was good, the service was just so-so. Our server took our drink orders (an iced tea and a cappucino). My iced tea arrived and it seemed to take forever for the cappucino to make it to the table.

Then, my wife received the wrong dish. But since the one she ordered and the one she got both had poached eggs, we didn't realize this until after a few minutes. By the time we flagged down the server and waited for the correct dish, I was pretty much done with my meal. So much for enjoying breakfast together.

So while the food at Parc was good, the service was a real let down after the amazing meal we had at Lacroix the night before (review of that coming soon). Ultimately, we kind of regretted not just going back to Lacroix for breakfast. But there's always next time...

[Holly Moore]

Consider A.Kitchen at 18th and Walnut. They bake their own English Muffins, which are excellent. My favorite breakfast is the Gruyere popovers with poached eggs, country ham and hollandaise.

P.S. Why don't more restaurants do popovers? Rephrase. More popovers, please.

[cwdonald]

Perhaps the same reason restaurants don't do more Yorkshire Pudding... need to be hot out of the oven, and very easy to screw up.

[Holly Moore]

Understood. But there was a time in my formative years that popovers were more common and could drive customers to a restaurant. I hate to think that skills have diminished over time.

[PhillyA]

It's been a year or so since I've been, but I used to do a simple breakfast at Parc a couple times a month. I loved it.

[Buckethead]

I like breakfast there too, especially the little basket of baked goodies.

[DaisyM]

Happy Anniversary! A short walk to Parc would be perfect. Love their baguettes.

[urbanfabric]

I'd say either room service at the hotel (it's all coming from the Lacroix kitchen) or Parc. If you want something not as fancy, Le Pain Quotidien on Walnut (although a chain) has some nice simple options.