Bruce & Son

Long Island


Local favorite for affordable food that wows. The brown-sugar bacon is expectedly satisfying. LI bounty features throughout (heirloom tomato sandwich, roasted baby summer squash) and there's an excellent grass-fed burger ($14). The breakfast sandwich (folded omelette, aforementioned bacon, pickled spring onion, Gruyère, watercress and dijonnaise on brioche) dances between savory and sweet like a runaway teeter-totter. Good morning!


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