Blue Ribbon Bakery Goodbye Dinner

Last night, a group of friends and I bid adieu to our friend leaving the country for a short while.  She's off to London! How exciting! We celebrated her last night in NYC at Blue Ribbon Bakery.  

We were a large-ish party and were seated in the private room downstairs.  For those unfamiliar with this restaurant, the downstairs room is across from the bakery.  Which means it smells insanely good throughout your whole meal.  I'm not talking about good smells because it's a restaurant, and that's what usually happens.  I'm talking about freshly baked bread.  And butter.  I mean, come on.  What is better?

Our table in the sweet little room:

Bakery:

 Much anticipated bread and butter:

A variety of dishes from our night...

The hummus plate:

Seared duck with honey orange green beans:

Our guest of honor enjoyed the cheeseburger:

Grilled salmon with asparagus and mustard vinaigrette:

Seared big eye tuna with tomatoes and shaved cauliflower:

 Brussels sprouts with Parmesan cheese:

Sweet potatoes:

Surprisingly, not one person ordered the fried chicken they are known for...hopefully our friend makes up for that with plenty of fish and chips in London! 

At the end of the night, our waiter mentioned there was extra bread upstairs.  As in bags. And bags. And bags of Blue Ribbon Bakery bread leftover from that day.  I helped myself to one more than one variety.  Brioche French toast tomorrow, anyone?  And, let's be honest - by anyone...I mean Boo. 

What do you do with day old bread?

xx,

The Future Mrs. Wolf