We returned to the market on Sunday to have brunch with the lovely Miss Anna at Lowell's, the over a century old dining establishment known lovingly as, "the living room of the Market". Lowell's slogan, "ALMOST CLASSY", is an apt description of the unpretentious atmosphere of wood stain interiors coupled with delicious dishes. A 2005 NY Times review described Lowell's in this way: "The coffee is rich and flavourful, the waitresses kind, and the salmon scramble -comprising hot smoked salmon with eggs and green onions accompanied by thick, buttery sourdough bread -is as perfect as any entrance drug as anyone hoping to tempt addiction to West Coast salmon could devise". I, of course, ordered the smoked salmon scramble. I was not disappointed. Mallar had the Dungeness crab omelet and Anna the blueberry pancakes.
Perhaps on my next visit I will try the Hangtown Mary (a Lowell's original, it's a Bloody Mary with bacon-infused vodka and a raw oyster)!
1 comment:
Gosh, why dont they have unpretentious restaurants like that out here? It costs an arm and a foot just to get something remotely warm (instead of the usual cold sandwich, rye bread and herring business).
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