Josephine House

Josephine House looks like an adorable New England bed and breakfast. The inside is small but didn't feel cramped. Service was snappy and friendly; our food was out in less than 5 minutes.

Erin ordered a fresh squeezed grapefruit juice and I was like, "I'll have one, too!" You only live, once am I right? And boy was I right: this little mother-cusser was perhaps the highlight of the meal -- and that's saying a lot because the rest of the meal was quite good!

Grapefruit juice that's actually fresh squeezed

Erin got a cinnamon roll. This wasn't just any cinnamon roll though. The pastry was thin and layered like a croissant and baked in butter and sugar so that the papery layers were almost like baklava. Really cool spin on a classic.

Nutella pastry

Here it is folks. I scanned down the list of breakfast items for the most expensive thing and what do you know: king crab avocado toast. Obviously ordered this thing. But went one step further and upgraded with a poached egg on top -- put an egg on it! yeah, yeah! That egg set me back a pretty penny but it was worth it to get the yoke permeating down through the layers of fresh garden veg, succulent crab and creamy avocado. Did I mention the bread? It was set upon a foundation of thick-cut, home-baked Texas toast. Classy. This dish suffered only one small setback: a layer of mushed peas between the bread and avocado. 

Avocado toast tower

Erin's pancake. I can't really say much about this pancake because I only had one bite and it'd gone cold already because I was too busy blathering about one thing or another and I didn't the piece Erin had passed over. Seemed decent though!

Lemon ricotta pancakes, pre-buttered and syruped

This meal was really good. I liked that each dish was prepared with so much care and had something surprising to offer. Barely had to wait. Great ambience. Best to go right when they open.

4.236 aemon stars!