Category: Breakfast

Kavarna Coffeehouse - A Downtown Oasis

5/3/2022

The first warm Saturday of the year invigorated me to go out and enjoy the great City of Green Bay as well as I possibly could, and the best way to start a day of exploration is with a cup of coffee. Kavarna has been on the radar for a long time. The Broadway district is home to many different restaurants and shops I have yet to explore during my time here in town, and Kavarna was no exception. While my husband and I waited for the shops in the mall to open, we stopped in for a quick breakfast and drink.

Upon first glance, it looks like a very small coffee house. There is, however, significant seating behind the counter. The front area of the building is deceiving. Don’t be too scared if you arrive and find most of the first tables you see completely full. There may be somewhere to sit left yet. We showed up in the odd moment between the early risers and the brunch crowd, so getting a seat wasn’t so hard for us.

We didn’t have to wait long for our delicious drinks that would carry us through a day of adventure. I ordered a simple oat milk cold brew like I often do at Green Bay’s coffee houses, anticipating the warm day to come. Without a flavor shot, it provided me with the opportunity to sample their house cold brew unadulterated. The sharp, slightly bitter taste of the coffee was exactly what I wanted. I didn’t need any additional sweeteners or flavor shots to enjoy myself. It was exactly what I was looking for in my cold brew.

Their cookie for the day was a chocolate chunk cookie that I ordered for myself as a waystation between the early morning and the anticipated early dinner my husband and I would have at the end of our west side adventures for the day. The name tells you what you’re getting: chunks of chocolate, not little chips. Just enough dough to hold them all together and enough salt in it to counter balance the sweetness of the milk chocolate.

My husband was not so conservative in his morning choices and ordered a mushroom and spinach egg scramble wrap to get him going for the day. I stole a few bites of the creation and slightly regretted my own choice. The wrap was crunchy in contrast to the egg scramble of the interior, all of which was well seasoned. Every bite had spinach and mushroom. What a great quick breakfast!

Kavarna is slightly out of our way for a frequent experience, but as far as Green Bay’s coffee houses go, their breakfast options are among some of the best that we’ve enjoyed with local coffee. Any daytime excursion to the Broadway district would be incomplete without a visit to Kavarna. Keep an eye out for them during the farmer’s market season. They’re often out on the street during the Wednesday night market serving drinks to keep you wandering the vendors.

We’ll be seeing them again very soon for just that. Thanks for a great start to a great day.

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The Creamery Serves Up Brunch by the River

3/4/2022

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New Years Day, we had a group of friends with us for the holiday. Brunch options were limited on the holiday, and the group of football fans descending upon the city for the Packers game the next day already began to arrive. We walked up and down the streets of downtown trying to find a table that we could get into in less than an hour. The Creamery, on that day, was not that place. The line was out the door. The wait was longer than an hour for four people.

It was not that way when my husband and I returned a week later during one of the coldest days of the winter so far. We were seated immediately, and upon truly entering the restaurant, I understood why it was such a popular destination New Years morning. The windows look out over the river walk, and the snow from the week before created a perfect winter morning. I began my meal as I often do in Green Bay, with the Old Fashioned off the menu, and we ordered a bowl of fries as an appetizer.

The large bowl of fries can come plain or served with a number of toppings. We went for the pesto, parmesan, and balsamic reduction combo that we have enjoyed at other locations in town. It served as a proper introduction to the restaurant and let me know what to expect from my meal. Crunchy fries and potent flavors were a sign of what was to come.

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Scratch Restaurant - Independence, OH

12/13/2021

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The morning after Thanksgiving, it can sometimes be hard to have an appetite. My husband and I had a little time to ourselves, however, and with his father at work and his young siblings still in bed, we took the suggestion of his family to visit a little place called Scratch Restaurant not too far from our hotel. We checked the menu before leaving the hotel and decided this would be the one for us that morning.

We arrived to a little restaurant in a short strip, filled with other families and couples stopping in for breakfast that morning while they had their loved ones in town. Only one waitress was on staff in the small dining room, but she worked hard to get everyone seated and cared for despite her position. My husband and I were seated at a high top with our coffee, and we had some time to look over the menu while the waitress took care of other customers.

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Kavarna Coffeehouse - A Downtown Oasis

The Creamery Serves Up Brunch by the River

Scratch Restaurant - Independence, OH

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