I've done it before, but I can't imagine ever getting enough of Locanda Verde's brunch menu so long as they keep Andrew Carmellini and Karen DeMasco. Especially since there are so many stellar options for sweet tooths like myself!
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with blueberries and meyer lemon curd. The pancakes were fluffy and light. The lemon curd, made from the sweeter meyer lemons, was such a remarkable topping that I almost forsook the syrup.
Toothsome Blueberry Doughnut - the cake doughnut kissed with just the right amount of fruity blueberry glaze and a slight crunch to the outer layer was as close to a perfect doughnut as I have ever tasted. It was somehow light but still a bit chewy. The glaze added depth and the doughnut was not too sweet. Seasonal and inspired, I'm already craving another one.
The Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut was good. There was an excess of sugar; it seemed the doughnut was too heavily rolled in the stuff. But the texture was right; it was still a little crunchy on the outside and moist and soft on the inside. Unfortunately, the mounds of sugar (and probably cinnamon, though I mostly just tasted granulated sugar) overpowered how good the dough seemed to be.
Was I ashamed to have brunched my way through a Sheep's Milk Ricotta and burnt orange toast, an entire order of Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with blueberries only to follow it up with multiple doughnuts? Not really.
377 Greenwich St., NY (212) 925-3797
