Diving into brunch at Louie's

For our April meeting, our little club met at Louie's Wine Dive for brunch. Thanks to Erin for this fun selection.

Louie's is an easy six-block walk from our house, making it very convenient. There weren't many people having brunch that breezy Saturday morning, so we nearly had the place to ourselves.

A great thing about eating brunch at 10 am (as opposed to breakfast at the time) is that you can order a cocktail. I had a bloody Mary, which was excellent: lots of spice and the perfect amount of vodka.

The brunch menu was fun, with some twists (like mascarpone-apple stuffed French toast) as well as your basics, like biscuits and gravy. I went with the mac-n-cheese-stuffed omelette, because, frankly, when would I ever again have the opportunity to order such a thing? It was ho-hum: the mac-n-cheese was bland and the egg reminded me of the college dinning hall. That said, the side salad of roasted tomatoes, goat cheese and balsamic vinagrette was out of this world. And when was the last time you said that about a salad?

I was a little apprehensive about taking a one-year-old to a wine bar, but it worked out just fine. Service was good. I would go back for a fancy brunch, though for my money, I prefer straight-up breakfast food at the Classic Cookie next door.

My score: 4/5.

Louie louie WHOA OHAA WE GOT TO GO!!!

Louies wine and dine a nice little place right on the corner of gregory and 75th st. Its a place that I have always wanted to try and when I heard we will be going for breakfast and having unlimited mimossa's I was in Heaven!!!

We get there and of course even though we were running late, we were the first ones to arrive. We get seated and order our first of many mimossa's. I look over the menu and decide on country fried steak YUM! But was told sad news that they discontinue the Country fried steak. So i ordered my 2nd choice a french toast that was filled with cream and cheese and apples. Maybe this is the mimossa's talking but I enjoyed it very much so! I actually enjoyed everything everyone had, with the exception of grandpa's biscuits and gravy, it wasnt terrible, but it wasnt very good, which is disappointing because I love BG! <3

After all was said and done I liked happy gillis food better but the fact that this down the street and was still very good. I will be returning and maybe even stay for a couple extra drinks! 3.5 for me!

Louie's Wine Dive

Brunch is certainly not the first thing I think of when I think about a wine dive, the do brunch and they do it well. I had the Apple Mascarpone French toast.  The coating was crisp, the filling sweet, with a nice apple crunch.    Topped with a little syrup, a perfect brunch dish.  The decor was very pleasant, with a mix of bar high tables and lower regular tables.  A back section can easily be used as a stage, for  music.   Though I did not try any other dishes, I had a mimosa which was quite good.   I would definitely like to go back for wine and lunch or dinner. Louie's wine dive is no dive. I gave a 3.9/5