Saturday Brunch Service Begins at Plates in Larchmont

Plates, a New-American-menu restaurant in Larchmont located across from the Metro North train station, introduced Saturday brunch on Jan. 16, 2016. Plates had been serving Sunday brunch since it’s early days of existence.

The Saturday menu includes traditional brunch fare such as buttermilk pancakes, omelets and Eggs Benedict, and dishes exhibiting a more creative approach such as a chicken and waffle combination with spicy honey ($18) and a plateful of scrambled eggs accompanied by house-smoked brisket, tortilla chips and barbecue beans ($14).

The restaurant is located in a historic structure, more than one hundred years old, not far from the Larchmont train station. Originally built as a rest house for New Haven railroad engineers and conductors, the building had been converted to a speakeasy during Prohibition and then to a restaurant by George Carl named “Carl’s on the Park” in 1950. Matthew Karp, owner/chef and his wife Wendy bought the property in 2004.

Wine at the Saturday and Sunday brunches is discounted by one-half.

The brunch menu at Plates also includes:

• New Orleans broiled oysters ($12)
  
• A home-made pastrami Reuben ($14)
  
• salads starting at $8, pasta, sliders
  
• A variety of burgers, mini short-rib tacos, and bottomless barbecue
  

“A lunch must”

A deviled eggs, jalapeno and sriracha combination, called a “brunch must” by Karp, is priced at $6.

The children’s $10 menu (for kids 10 and under) includes burgers with French fries or a salad, mac and cheese, Margherita pizza, pasta, and pancakes. All kids get a scoop of ice cream on the house.

Cocktails cost $7 each and include a fresh-squeezed orange-juice mimosa, a classic Bloody Mary, a honey vodka/OJ Screwdriver, and a pomegranate-and-mint vodka lemonade.

Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Plates is located at 121 Myrtle Boulevard, Larchmont, NY 10538, 914-834-1244.