Crepe shell filled w/ shrimp, saffron rice, garlic & onions; then topped w/ smoked tomato creme.

(It should have a sunnyside-up egg also but it was left off for clarity)

All I can say is, what a breakfast!

New Year, and new specials. Sweet Potato Pancakes with homemade Orange Compound Butter.

To be clear: we add sweet potato to the pancakes, top them with the Orange Butter and a slice of orange, and serve you some of the most amazing pancakes you’ve ever tasted.

Oh, don’t worry. We still give you a pitcher of locally tapped, 100% pure New York Maple Syrup so you can sweeten to taste. And when I say taste, I mean plenty of that great Carmen’s flavor.

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Eggs–pancakes, eggs–pancakes, can’t decide? How about Hole-In-One Pancakes? With a side of bacon, thanks!

From Carmen’s Café, bringing you great breakfasts all day since 2004

OK, Steak & Egg, be a noodge. I asked Carmen to make me a mini.

Perennial Carmen’s favorite returns! Hurry up, they are going fast.

What better breakfast is there, and it’s great any time of the day!

Huevos Benedictus normally comes two to the plate, with home fries. Carmen thought we could get by with just one (diets, you know). Ha! We just put in the order for another pair.

They are so good, we should order another pair APIECE.

Rich, full bodied flavor in a traditional seafood stew.

Clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp & whitefish in an herbed broth over saffron rice.

Seriously, you have to taste these to believe them. They are s-o-o-o-o far over the top it’s incredible!

Both, actually.

Strong and bitter and sweet, just the way you like it.

The perfect way to start your weekend brunch: try a bloody Mary, Mimosa, or Cosmopolitan Carmen’s!