Pomme Frittes....Heaven in a Potato

The Pomme Cafe and Wine Bar
44 North Central
Clayton, Missouri 63105






The Pomme is hardly a diner. It is in fact a nice wine bar and restaurant but there are very few places to have a decent breakfast in Clayton. There have been times over the past years when The Seven Gables was putting on a fancy, expensive and well appointed breakfast. The Chili Parlor on central next to the news stand has always been a hit or miss proposition. We have been relegated for years to various Hotels for a decent breakfast and they have been generally pricey and annoying. Recently First Watch Joined the scene in Clayton but I will save my rant against that place (which will be extensive) for later.
So the Pomme. It opens around 7. I say around 7 because unless the young man is there it is hit or miss till about 7:15 or 7:30. Try not to show up early. They set the tables with linen napkins and water glasses. The place is divided into two sections and it is the most northerly portion that is open for breakfast. it is an intimate space with hard wood floors and a full bar running down one end. You can sit at the bar and eat or you can sit in one of the half booths that run up the other wall. They also have four 2-tops outside in the nice weather.

The service once you are in is high quality. Attentive veering to very attentive. they have excellent black tea iced tea similar to Starbucks. There are a number of nice and classy things about the places food that I like. They have thick and fruity smoked bacon. They have two types of toast (cuban and 5 grain, not 4 grain but 5 grain) and their eggs look divine. But what might you ask is the best thing about the place? The hash-browns. THE HASH BROWNS! They serve a beautiful little hash brown patty (looking like a crab cake) comes out brown and crisp on the outside and moist on the inside. Perfect! They are like steak house hash browns you would expect from Ruth’s Chris or Mortons. They are HEAVEN.

If the guy opens up they normally have an aspiring young female writer, actress or artist who shows up around 7:45. Generally these girls/women look like they have just fallen out of bed and they add nicely to the ambience. Breakfast seems to consistently run to about 11 bucks which is a little pricey for daddy but as a weekly treat with a good friend it is impossible to beat in Clayton. Impossible.

Here is their web site:

http://www.pommerestaurants.com/cafe/

here is their breakfast menu.

Breakfast
• croissant or house-made muffin
• 2
• toast, english muffin
• 1.50
• pratzel's bagel
(add cream cheese .50)
• 1.50
• yogurt
• 2
• yogurt parfait
• 4
• fresh fruit
• 3
• granola
• 3
• oatmeal with apples & raisins
• 5
• quiche with fresh fruit
• 8
• bacon, egg & cheese sandwich with fruit
• 9
• scrambled eggs, hash browns & toast
(add bacon, sausage or ham 3)
• 8
• english muffin with herbed cream cheese,
smoked salmon & fresh fruit

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This place is a winner. 8 1/2 Slingers on the 10 scale.