Review: Lucile's Creole Cafe

For those who love brunch you have probably been to or at least heard of Lucile's, a creole inspired spot on the corner of Alameda and Logan.  Having never been but always heard great reviews from friends, I wanted to make sure that I hit this spot before leaving denver.

We nibbled on a large buttermilk biscuit while we waited for our food with a variety of housemade jams, strawberry (amazing), blueberry, apple butter (too much cinnamon, it was like eating a christmas air freshener) and orange marmalade (not my thing).   You could see bits of melted butter throughout which brought a salty but addictive quality to the gigantic biscuit.

The Eggs New Orleans is a dish with fried slices of egglplant topped with creole sauce, soft poached eggs, hollandaise (on the side) and breakfast potatoes.  The creole sauce was more like a mild chunky tomato sauce but nevertheless was delicious over the soft discs of fried eggplant.  If you know me, I would never choose potatoes as a side (except french fries) but these potatoes which i'm pretty sure were cooked in bacon fat infused wonderful flavorful into these bland starchy vegetables.

Beignets, which are fried pillows of dough were just that, fried, delicious and dusted with plenty of powered sugar.

Overall the food was delicious.  My only pet peeve is when restaurants/servers offer you something like "would you like to add cheese to those potatoes" and then you end up with a surprise charge of an extra $1.40 when the bill arrives.  Not a good practice.

Lucile's Plate Score: 8.5