Stowaway
At Stowaway, a southern-influenced operation that opened in Greenpoint late 2021, it's listed as the Shoreline Breakfast: All of the dishes with a choice of bacon, smoked and cured on-site, or house made sausage for $17. The medium-density sage sausage patty is substantial, the scrambled eggs are properly fluffed, and the thin, slightly greasy hashbrowns are reminiscent of fast food favorites.
The hash brown from the shoreline is replaced by a copiously battered fried chicken thigh in the Hen House Breakfast ($15). It has a good crunch and is nicely prepared, if lightly seasoned. Additionally, the chicken is offered as a sandwich on Stowaway's intriguing buttermilk biscuits in a southern style. The biscuits’ interior’s a little denser than expected, especially given their photogenic finish, but they’re still a fine vehicle for the chicken, painted with a dash of bright yellow bread and butter pickle aioli and paired with sweet heat peppers.
Small plates like the deceptively generous portion of terrific fried okra with remoulade ($8) and the airy pimento cheese on grilled rye ($10) are lovely as starters, sides or as first-class snacks at Stoways’s cozy marble bar.
Stowaway achieves the exact notes that create a neighborhood cafe-bar where it's easy to imagine becoming a regular, sipping hot and iced coffee and tea drinks in the morning and beer, wine and cider a bit later on. It offers a lot on its relatively brief, brunch-leaning menu, and its bountiful Shoreline Breakfast in particular is a home run any time of day.
- Phone: +1 917-612-3260
- Google rating: 4.9/5.0
- Opening Hours: Tue to Wed 09:00 AM – 04:00 PM, Thu to Sun 09:00 AM –10:00 PM
- Website: https://www.stowawaynyc.com/
- Location: 159 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
