Eggs Benedict is two poached eggs and a slab of Canadian bacon on a toasted English muffin, draped in warm hollandaise. The classic New York brunch plate, invented in the city in 1894.
Eggs Benedict was created in New York in 1894, when stockbroker Lemuel Benedict, hungover at the Waldorf Hotel, ordered buttered toast, bacon, two poached eggs and a hooker of hollandaise; maitre d' Oscar Tschirky put it on the menu (replacing toast with English muffin and bacon with Canadian bacon). The dish became the brunch-menu canon across the city in the 1940s and 1950s. Today every Manhattan and Brooklyn brunch spot runs a version; Sadelle's in Soho, Five Leaves in Greenpoint and Buvette in the West Village all keep the form (Sadelle's plates a smoked salmon variant alongside the classic).
3 editor picks for Eggs Benedict in New York City, ranked by editorial score. All New York City signature dishes · Eggs Benedict across every city.
Sadelle's ★ 4.5
soho · 463 W. Broadway, New York, NY 10012
Sadelle's on West Broadway runs the city's most theatrical Jewish brunch in New York City. Located in Soho. Open daily 09:00-15:30. At 463 W. Broadway.
Buvette ★ 4.4
west-village · 42 Grove Street, New York, NY 10014
Jody Williams's Grove Street gastrotheque has poured espresso and steamed eggs in the West Village New York City since 2011. Open daily 08:00-23:30.
Five Leaves ★ 4.3
greenpoint · 18 Bedford Ave., Greenpoint, BK, 11222
Five Leaves on Bedford Avenue has run Greenpoint brunch in New York City since 2008. Antipodean-style all-day breakfast, ricotta pancakes, fish-shop ceilings.