Bottega Louie

The atmosphere is almost perfect. It feels like a European venue with the little round tables and the high ceilings, the white walls with echoes of conversation richochetting about. The atmosphere would be better if there were more beautiful people around - or at least somebody dressed to impress. Instead the place is populated with the bearded everyman urban youth types accompanied by plain Jane (or is it Jayne these days) in their sensible shoes and formless cloths. These people would serve as background noise to anybody resembling interesting, if there were anybody interesting around. The brunch food is edible. The menu unispired with egg dishes and lattes. The best part of my breakfast was the Bloody Mary, which also happened to be the most expensive thing on the table, coming in at $12.


Leaving the place, we bought a box of 11 little marange cookies for $22. The cookies were of various colors and flavors. They look like little hamburgers. All in all, the experience was pleasant, if unimpressive.