Breakfast Chronicles: Barrio

This may be the final Breakfast Chronicle before the big day when my friend Yena comes to visit. With my Birthday last week and add on Fiona’s visit, how can I not want to go somewhere special for a Sunday Brunch before the baseball. A while back I had asked for recommendations on twitter where to go. The first thing that my usual source came back with was Barrio and purely based on one dish. Pork Belly Benedict. So I figured that with a chance to impress and a special occasion, it fitted perfectly. The wierdest thing to start with though was that I made the reservations (as it was recommended I do so for a Sunday morning in case) via Twitter. Pretty easy and the process was painless, if not a little bit weird. In the end we really didn’t need one as the place was pretty quiet when we got there, but hey, doesn’t really matter.

Barrio is in Capitol Hill and just around the corner from Skillet, but a few one way streets through me off and were almost late after having to try and find a park. The place was quiet and I already knew what I wanted to ordering for me was no issue. The menu was pretty good, albeit wierd to be in a modern Mexican restaurant for breakfast. The coffee is Caffe Vita so that is always a good thing. But this should give you an idea of the decor:

From Fiona's Visit

But I know you all want to see the one thing that everyone else does…. the goodies

From Fiona's Visit

That is the Pork Belly Benedict and it was AMAZING. I wanted to lick the plate it was that good. I could of inhaled it if it wasn’t trying to savour every bite. My friend Dan’s Burrito looked good as well:

From Fiona's Visit

3 of the 5 people though had the benedict and all loved it! The French toast that my friend Fiona had looked pretty good as well. All in all a great meal! I was so tempted to steal the coffee cups they were nice and big.