Amazing New Orleans Brunch at Maison Premier, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
I don’t usually rave about a restaurant, but after an amazing New Orleans–style brunch at Maison Premier, I have to. Aside from an odd greeting at the door — “I can’t find my iPad” — the experience was perfection straight through dessert. We were seated outside on one of those long-awaited days when dining al fresco finally felt possible again. Colin Glensora, the service director, introduced us to absinthe through storytelling, show-and-tell and, of course, libations. He first brought us inside to see the bar area, where a beautiful four-spouted absinthe dispenser sat prominently at the front bar. Rather than serving us there, however, Colin recreated the ritual tableside with [...]
