Time Out on Brunch, Playboy on Lunch

The Pizza Al’Uovo at Motorino, part of one of the best deals in town.

We've covered New York City brunch here and there, perpetually getting those bloggy defibrillator paddles to ask time and again whether or not all those filled-past-capacity mimosa hours are ever actually worth it. While it's still not clear why brunch even exists, brunch springs eternal. Thankfully, the kind folks over at Time Out New York have put together some epic roundups on those magical, egg-poaching hours in this week's issue, breaking things down into nine categories such as no-wait spots and best biscuits. There's a section on deals, like Mercadito's massive $15 fresh fruit mimosa, rice, beans, and entree superplate. Another section measures the door-to-door travel time of one prospective brunchee waiting in line at the popular Clinton Street Baking Company with another trekking out to Forest Hills to a underdog spot called Just Like Mother’s. Perhaps most useful are details on four alternative brunch cocktails. That section, however, leaves out Clover Club's entire "Liquid Brunch" menu, probably the most innovative brunch talking point to emerge in a long time.

TONY's Starship Brunch closes out with some sandwich art from Jon Chonko of the newish site Scanwiches, which brings us to one last tidbit: someone apparently asked, and now Playboy has named the 10 Best Sandwiches in America [SFW]. While the Sloppy Joe— a (non-ground and sauced beef) concoction stacked of turkey, roast beef, rye, cole slaw, Swiss, and Russian dressing on rye concoction from South Orange's Town Hall Deli makes the cut, the new fangled Sloppy Bao from Baoguette is nowhere to be found. In fact, the only NY contender on Playboy's best sandwich list is none other than the time-tested pastrami on rye from Katz's Deli.