Years ago Aarti and I had this genius idea of wanting to open a brunch place that only served small plates. We always struggled with the fact that sometimes you don't want an entire plate of pancakes or french toast as your main brunch dish but would like just a bite of it. Wouldn't it be great if you could share a bunch of fun brunch dishes and try a little bit of everything? Well, lo and behold, this is exactly what Sotto 13 is. It's a great brunch place for a big group of people and gives everyone a chance to try tons of different fun dishes.
Their menu is all small plates format - it's mostly brunch dishes like eggs in a variety of ways, french toast, potatoes, bacon and they also have non-brunch small plates like lasagna, meatballs, and scotch eggs. They are also famous for their boozy brunch deal. For $29 you get to pick 2 dishes and 1 side dish or 1 pizza and unlimited mimosas or bellinis for 1 1/2 hours. If you plan on drinking more than 2 drinks, it's worth getting the boozy brunch. Unlike most boozy brunch places that have watered down drinks, the drinks here are pretty decent and I even saw them pour entire bottles of cheap champagne into the pitcher so I knew I was definitely going to get a buzz from the meal. Jenn and I were the only 2 at the table who decided to do the boozy brunch, so we decided to split the forger pizza, the french toast, poached tuscan egg, and a side of bacon. The other girls split a variety of dishes from the kale salad, cacio e pepe eggs, french toast and some other dishes. The service was a bit slow at first because almost every table there had more than 4 people and most people were drinking and wanting to get their glasses filled.
But once the dishes started coming out, they kept coming. The french toast sticks were nice and fluffy and were simply fantastic with the berry compote and syrup drenched all over it. But the 3-4 bites I had was perfect and soon I moved on to another dish. The bacon was nice and salty and a bit undercooked in the middle and crunchy on the ends - just the way I like my bacon. The poached egg was a bit more difficult to share with someone because it's literally 1 poached egg on a piece of rosemary focaccia on a small plate. We did our best to cut it in half and to share it but unless the egg is scrambled it's probably best to leave poached eggs to be eaten on its own. The pizza was huge and definitely more than enough for 2 people if not more. The forager was topped with wild mushrooms, ricotta, chives and truffle oil. How can you not love a pizza topped with all that goodness? The pizza is of the thin variety but the crust and dough held its own with all the toppings on it. All the meanwhile, the wait staff is religiously topping off your giant goblet of bellinis.
While I wouldn't say that this is the best or most innovative brunch food, it's definitely one of the most fun brunch places I've been to in a while. The sharing concept is great and the boozy brunch is most definitely boozy. I would definitely highly recommend this place if you have a large party and not so much if it's just you and one other person. Total bill: $38/pp with the boozy brunch option including tax and tip
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