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Happy Plates Restaurant Review: Feast and Forest

Happy Plates Restaurant Review

Happy Plates Restaurant ReviewOPEN: Breakfast & lunch: Tuesday through Friday. 7am- 2pm.

Brunch: Saturday. 9am – 2pm.

CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

GOOD FOR KIDS: Yes for breakfast. Yes, if your kid is a slightly adventurous eater for lunch.

DATE NIGHT: Closed at night but great for a lunch date.

PRICES: $3 – $14 entrees.

PARKING: Easier first thing but harder as the day goes on.

ADDRESS: 212 24th Street North, Birmingham, 205-920- 1862. www.feastandforest.com

If you haven’t tried out Feast & Forest, opened last fall by Kristen Farmer Hall of Baking Bandits and chef Victor King (Highlands Bar and Grill, Brick and Tin), you’re missing out on some of the best breakfast/lunch/brunch/any time options in town. Feast & Forest is part bakery and part café so you can grab-and-go or sit down to enjoy. Its location in the heart of downtown means parking is sometimes tough, but remembering that there are Nutella Poptarts waiting for you inside makes the walk so worth it (plus, you know, exercise or whatever).

The small size makes this restaurant ideal for lunch with your nearest and dearest versus a large group, but there is an upstairs with couch seating if you and a few friends want to lounge. You can also sit on the outside patio in this 9o degree “fall” heat (if you’re crazy) – or just observe how cute it is from a safe distance.

Breakfast offers hot items as well as several amazing pastries like strawberry tarts, sweet or savory scones that are flaky and delicious instead of hard-as-a-rock, and the aforementioned Poptarts. No judgment if you eat dark chocolate chip and sea salt cookies for breakfast, though.

Lunch menu items include pork empanadas, summer vegetables, grilled cheese + heirloom tomato (!!), and the chicken pesto sammich. If they have it, try the chicken salad and avocado sandwich – wow.

Saturday brunch has all the classics: Eggs Benedict or deviled, biscuits topped with all manner of deliciousness, and loaded waffles.

Order a handcrafted soda if you want a cute, striped paper straw (but they also have regular drinks and regular straws). F & F is constantly adding new items so ask about specials and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for the latest. Especially if you like sitting at work and wishing you were sitting at a restaurant eating Nutella Poptarts instead.

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