Pomodoro

Location: Pomodoro, Washington St, Brookline, MA
Meal: Sunday Brunch

Pomodoro is a small space in Brookline, 2 doors up from Matt Murphy's. I've been there for dinner before, and yesterday, I met the family for brunch. There were 3 adults and 2 kids (one in need of a high chair). Without reservations, we waited about 20 minutes for a table. The place was very busy and noisy as there was a jazz band playing, but it wasn't too noisy to talk without yelling.

The brunch menu offers more than 10 choices, each $10. Choices ranged from a yogurt, granola and fruit bowl to shrimp and asparagus bake. Two of us went for the Pork Confit with Roasted Vegetables and Scrambled Eggs. The pork was a confit because it was slow-cooked in duck fat. This made it quite savory and delicious. The pork was shredded, then mixed with vegs like potatoes, onions, green peppers, etc. and stacked, with scrambled eggs on top of the stack. We both loved this and ate the entire serving.

My brother ordered the Petite Steak with Poached Egg and Hollandaise. I tried a piece of steak and it was very flavorful. Lots of seasoning on the steak, and a really good hollandaise.

One of the kids ordered tortellini with butter. We could smell the butter from the other side of the table but this kid wasn't sharing. The other kid brought his own graham crackers.

I'm telling this out of order, but that's because I wanted to get right to the entrees. While I was waiting at the bar for the rest of my party, I snacked on some bread and olive oil. There was foccaccia and thick toasted italian bread, and a large plate of olive oil with green and black olives. Some of the olives were tiny, like the size of a pea. Pretty tasty. This was awesome.

The coffee was okay. Not awesome.

They also serve fresh-squeezed OJ, which was downed very quickly by my sister-in-law and nephew, and mimosas and bloody marys.

I'm definitely planning a return trip.