Plum on Park Great Place for Breakfast, Lunch and Saturday Brunch

Natalie Colledge has breathed new life into the old Park Street Dinner and created a delightful retro, stylish, cafe, coffee shop called Plum on Park,  in that cute little dinner at 16 Park Street in Montclair, NJ.

She has been open for awhile now and I am sorry I have gotten there soon, I will be a regular from now on.

This is the kind of place every town should have for breakfast and lunch. They offer a wonderful brunch on Saturday too.

We arrived for lunch at a little after 1:00 this past Saturday afternoon. The restaurant is so cozy and offers Gemütlichkeit, a new word I recently learned. Its "closest equivalent in English is the word "coziness"; but also includes a sense of belonging, social acceptance, and cheerfulness in a place with an absence of anything hectic. Although Plum does get busy at times, it was perfectly quiet and tranquil when we were there.

On the specials menu was a true Irish breakfast with eggs, Irish soda bread, bangers, tomatoes and beans. Had I not been planning a big dinner I would have loved to dive into that.

Instead I enjoyed a delicious bacon, tomato, avocado, herbed mayonnaise, arugula on rye sandwich with some mixed greens.

The bacon was surely natural, nitrate free, and perfectly cooked. The avocado perfectly ripe, the tomatoes tasty but longing for the farmers market, the herbed mayo was great and the bread very very good.  I loved it.

The greens had a very light but tasty dressing.     

There are many interesting sandwiches open faced, closed  and pressed on the menu which also includes soups, salads and breakfast.

Diana had a cheddar and mushroom omelet which looked plain but tasted delicious. Nice fresh flavorful eggs and zesty cheese and tasty mushrooms.  

There is usually a special omelet of the day and a variety of egg dishes that sounded scrumptious, I will be asking for the Chorizo Scramble with home fries and rye toast  next time I am in for breakfast. 

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Plum on Park

4 Park St.Montclair NJ 07042973

973-744-7100

Comments

[Peter Conway]

Thanks very much SK.

[SK]

I discovered the Plum on Park restaurant quite by accident but now it is part of my restaurant life. I am a writer who lives some 40 miles away but find myself always drawn back to the Plum to either work on a project or have one of their outstanding salads or both. The atmosphere is always friendly and casual with outstanding food and I find myself forever disappointed when it's time to leave or they shut down at 3 PM (wish they stayed open longer). If you haven't been there, go. Today. You'll love it. And then you'll come back like I do.