Everyday Eats: Oven Baked Pancakes at Soda & Swine
Erin Jackson
Meatball and pop shop Soda & Swine now serves brunch. The menu is lean (just 10 options in total), but all-inclusive. There’s an omlette with asparagus, goat cheese, and bernaise sauce, a meatball slider topped off with an egg, and can’t go wrong options like a Greek yogurt and granola parfait, three egg plate, or biscuits and gravy. It’s all good. Even so, I’m going to advocate reading all the way to the bottom of the menu, where you’ll find a trio of German-style oven baked pancakes ($8 each).
The light, airy ‘cakes are less floury and more eggy than a traditional hotcake, with a crisp edge and a tender middle. Executive Chef Jason McLeod says they’re like a hybrid between a souffle and a Yorkshire pudding: essentially, a fat crepe. Get ’em sweet (topped with lemon, sugar, and maple syrup, or apples, cinnamon, pecans, and caramel) or savory (with salty cubes of bacon, broccoli, and brie).
Everyday Eats: Oven Baked Pancakes at Soda & Swine
Erin Jackson
Caffeinated beverages are crafted with beans and leaves from Coffee & Tea Collective, and there’s fresh-pressed OJ, but get a maple sugar brûléed grapefruit ($3) instead. The pink segments of double-sweet citrus are so laden with juice, they quench just as well as grapefruit in beverage form.
Everyday Eats: Oven Baked Pancakes at Soda & Swine
Erin Jackson
Soda & Swine is located at 2943 Adams Ave. (map). Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Want an adult beverage with your brunch? Order at the Soda & Swine counter and eat inside Polite Provisions, next door.
