Brunch with friends: Stone Park Cafe Vs Barking Dog

Last weekend I got the joy of brunching both Saturday and Sunday. Woohoo! But which was the better brunch joint?

Hitting 5th Avenue

As you may imagine, Park Slope is chalk full of brunch places and other eateries. After seeing a company class with the American Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House, I headed back south to have brunch with my friend Casey.

We went to Stone Park Cafe, a place he always wanted to go to. As I seem to be eating a lot of omelets lately, I went for the poached egg on bluefish cakes with wilted spinach. Oh that yellowy goodness of the perfect poached egg. I gave my potatoes to Casey (who loved that idea) as I didn't need them. The veggies were enough.

The waitresses and waiters were super friendly and kept our coffees regularly filled. Only downside was that we were sat next to a group of yummy mummies who brunch who'd had quite a few cocktails. Boy were they loud but that is the slope for you!. (Note to self: this makes me sound like an old curmudgeon. I don't believe I am.)

Dogs, dogs and omelets

On Sunday I was due for a long awaited catchup with Elisabeth. We were meant to meet at noon at Penelope's but it was rammed, an hour wait and I was stuck on the other side of the pride parade. I did get to see Mayor Bloomberg waving a flag in the parade so I'm glad I got stuck for a bit.

We settled on Barking Dog. As you may imagine, dogs are welcome to sit outside as their owners enjoy a meal and the whole interior is dogs, dogs, dogs. One of waitresses had a cat shirt on - definitely a place with a sense of humor.

Though everyone was nice it wasn't anything more than a dog themed Denny's. They mixed up my order so it had cheese in it (damn my allergies!) but they quickly replaced it and were nice enough to give me fruit salad instead of potatoes and biscuits.

Elisabeth had cream cheese and fruit stuffed French Toast. She said it was OK but most of it was left on her plate. Cute, not bad prices and was good in a bind but we're definitely going to try Penelope's next time.

I definitely think Stone Park Cafe won food wise but I loved the cheeky fun of Barking Dog. If I had a family in tow I think Barking Dog would have been a better choice but as I didn't, I'll leave it for the history books.