Brunch in Chelsea

I’ve read that the new chef at Amuse (108-110 West 18th St. bw 6th & 7th Ave.) makes this old fashioned dish called carpetbaggers steak. It’s a steak with a pocket cut into it filled with raw shellfish. His version packed oysters in a Guinness brown sugar sauce. Sounds interesting. But brunch is a decidedly more traditional affair. Since it’s Chelsea, expect $15 eggs, but they are delicious $15 eggs. Focaccia was the freebie bread. I had regular old eggs, sunny side up, with a chicken breast that had been lightly battered and perfectly fried. It’s a nice alternative to the standard steak and eggs breakfast. It came with home fries and a screwdriver. The homefries were browned just right. Ted had the salmon eggs benedict with home fries and a Bloody Mary. In all, a pretty straight forward meal. Not sure we’d go back, but it’s nice enough if you’re in the area and are looking for a sit-down brunch. They open at 11, and it gets loud quickly, so go early. The best part of the meal was leaving to pick up my new bike at the flea market just down the street.