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Steak and Eggs for Brunch at Via

Steak and Eggs for Brunch at Via on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Steak and Eggs for Brunch at Via on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

This month Worcester Foodies went off the beaten path of our usual Tuesday night dining and ventured to Via’s Sunday brunch. Our party of 15 hungry foodies had a fantastic table reserved in their outside patio, which in my opinion is one of the nicest outside eating spaces in the city. That said, I think the ambience in the bar is amazing as well. The Ahlquists did a fantastic job with that building.

Our large group was waited on by two servers who were highly attentive, pleasant and helpful with the menu.

Flight of Bubbles served with a fruit cup at Via's brunch on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MAThe Sunday menu has a variety of morning alcoholic concoctions including the usual Bloody Mary, called Smoking Mary, and some unique options like a Flight of Bubbles or the Tangerine Dream as well. I was cooling the engines from the evening prior and chose a French Roast coffee, which to my delight was very good. If you’re going to do Sunday brunch, have a slamming coffee. They did.

For an appetizer I chose the Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, per recommendation of our waiter. After a very long wait; everyone else had their apps., the server delivered my shrimp and apologized for the wait but said they were waiting for the shrimp to thaw out. Did he really just say that? He did. OUCH! At $19 a half dozen, they were OK, not worth price.

For my entrée I chose the Steak and Eggs, again following my server’s advice. I chose scrambled eggs and a cooking temperature of medium rare for my sirloin. The steak was prepared perfectly with a fantastic lemon pepper aioli drizzled over the pieces of meat, served over a bed of hash browns that were to die for. The eggs were cooked perfectly and were accompanied by a side of caramelized onions that complemented everything on the dish. This dish was excellent… except, it was warm at best, more on the cold side. Unfortunately I think my dish was prepared first and sat on the line while the other dished were finishing up, as my accompanying foodie’s dishes were all hot and very good.

I appreciate the difficulty involved with serving a large party, and so I am overlooking the temperature of my dish and focusing on the taste, the quality, the ambience and the service, all of which were very good. Therefore, I would highly recommend Via’s Sunday brunch, and look forward to trying it again.

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Steak and Eggs for Brunch

Steak and Eggs for Brunch from Via on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Steak and Eggs for Brunch from Via on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Via’s brunch had me decidedly undecided on what to get. So many things on the menu that I wanted. Much like a kid in a candy store, I had to do the little “I don’t know what I want” dance for a while before settling on one. I chose the steak and eggs. What I think was a “safe” choice for me.

Our group was the first to arrive. The early ambiance of the day was a bit on the cool side, but nice enough to sit outside on the patio at a large table. Because it was a bit cool, they had some nice heating lamps above us so we could either turn them on or off as needed. That was a nice touch. Our early morning food revelry was just getting started.

Our waiter was a very nice young man who was up for our jovial nature and was quick with the answers for our many menu questions and was very helpful in making suggestions. The service was quick and polite. All the staff we met were on task and ready to help in any way.

We started our ordering with the house made Zeppole. These are basically small donuts similar to munchkins, but a bit bigger. They are rolled in sugar cinnamon for your taste buds delight. I was only going to have one or two, but ….you know… I had a few more. I’m not ashamed. I loved them.

After ordering some drinks and enjoying each others conversations, our meals were served. Mine was presented very nicely with the steak sliced and fanned about the plate with hash brown cake, caramelized onions, fried egg and drizzled lemon aioli.

The steak was cooked very nicely and I love eggs. I felt the hash brown cake was a bit over cooked perhaps? Seemed a bit hard. I like it when my hash is easily pulled apart with a fork. I don’t think I should have to cut into it with a knife. That being said, maybe it is supposed to be that way? Not sure. The rest of the meal was great. I easily ate it all and felt very content afterwards.

Overall, the meal and of course the great company made the day and I would definitely go back to have some of the other meals. Most especially the Porchetta Eggs Benedict was certainly looking amazing and I have to have that next time!

Perhaps my decision to make the “safe” choice was not the best, but not bad either. I should have listened to my inner voice saying, “get the porchetta!”