Ball Square Cafe

Holy fuck there are lines at this place.  There are so often lines there were fucking heaters in the awning above our line.  The coffee is self serve even when you sit down partially to let line-standers drink coffee while they wait.  If you hate lines this is not the brunch for you.  On the plus side: this place has heaters and coffee for you when you stand in line, so as waiting outside for a table at a brunch place goes, it’s pretty damn comfortable.  My little party of three waited for about 20 minutes for a table at 10:45am on a Sunday.  We were attempting to arrive early to skip the wait when we did this, and were clearly utter fools.  Ah well.  Ball Square Cafe is small, but they apparently own a deli next door that was being used only for overflow seating when we went.

Seriously though, coffee in line!

I didn’t mind the line too much with my purple marshmallow coat, coffee, and lovely people to chat with.  The wait also gave us time to decide what we were all going to have before we sat down, so we got our food pretty quickly.  Our waitress was awesome and memorized my order when I told it to my friends so they could order for me while I ran to get a coffee refill.

I, as I am sure you are shocked to hear, went for the french toast.  A pear and goat cheese french toast, to be exact.  They have many delicious-sounding options, but I’ve never heard of a stuffing quite like this.  The slices were ginormous and I only finished two of them.  I completed the delicious meal with real maple syrup and bacon.

Those white lumps are Cool Whip. 😦 Not my store-bought whipped cream of choice.

My friends had the Eggs Benedict with Hash and the Caramelized Banana with Walnuts Belgian Waffle, which I sampled and were both lovely.  Their eyes were a better size in comparison to their stomachs, so they were able to finish their meals.  I, on the other hand, got to take my last slice home in an adorable container and relive this glorious experience as part of lunch on Monday.

So many noms, you guys.

I recommend this place unless you can’t deal with lines without whining constantly/breaking into hives/flipping the fuck out.  They have a picture of one of their lines as a header on their website.  A line is going to happen here.  But for those who are willing to chat standing up for a bit, it will be well worth it.