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OT: Best bacon egg and cheese in CT

WhereistheDove? said:
Tasty Yolk (bunch of locations) makes some great ones. A little stepped up from your basic bodega-style but well worth it.

But agreed with Fishy, really hard to separate yourself otherwise. People wax poetic about Country Cow deli in Fairfield, and it’s…. Good. Tastes the same as 75% of NYC bodegas and tons of other delis in CT.
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2nd Tasty Yolk. Get the chorizo sandwich too.
 
Waquoit said:
That's why I asked. It's all "product".
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Yeah it's really bad. I will say I do think sushi is getting better around here. There's this little spot in Brookfield called Amai sushi and it's incredible. I'll take good sushi over good Chinese any day
 
superjohn said:
No it doesn't, you actually have to have the proper oven for great pizza which people don't have at home and there's a skill to making the proper dough.
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I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a pizza thread. But as someone that eats a lot of BEC sandwiches the variability is such that it is also a worthwhile discussion.
 
I’m a big fan of Hartford Baking Eggwich: Local egg, breakfast potatoes, tomato jam, and cheddar on a brioche. In particular, the potatoe and tomato jam just make the sandwich. I could eat 3 if it wouldn’t break the bank.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
I’m convinced people only think that highly of country cow for nostalgic reasons or because they’ve never had another BEC. Lived in NYC for years and it’s indistinguishable from pretty much any corner bodega. It’s good. Any competent BEC is good. But there’s literally nothing unique about it.
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Disagree. Rolls are as fresh and delicious as they could possible be. Double yoke egg and excellent bacon. Bodega can’t compete. Sorry dove
 
Slick said:
Disagree. Rolls are as fresh and delicious as they could possible be. Double yoke egg and excellent bacon. Bodega can’t compete. Sorry dove
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So to be clear, the differentiation is a fresh hard roll, eggs, and crispy bacon?
 
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JMick said:
Fried runny eggs are much better than bodega crepe styled eggs imo
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I’ve had plenty of fried runny eggs at a bodega. That’s the whole point with a BEC. Cooking a good fried egg is not some gastronomic feat. I could teach someone to do it in 5 minutes. There’s just only so much you can do with a basic BEC on a hard roll.
 
CTFaninCali said:
I’m a big fan of Hartford Baking Eggwich: Local egg, breakfast potatoes, tomato jam, and cheddar on a brioche. In particular, the potatoe and tomato jam just make the sandwich. I could eat 3 if it wouldn’t break the bank.
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Sounds good. Looks like they have a lot of good sandwiches.
 
We moved to Richmond in 1997, was in and out of West Hartford for many a year prior, there was a great breakfast place on NMain…Sally and Bobs. They sold out to family members, website says sold again to no family. Buttered and grilled hard roll was a mainstay. Loved their BEC.
 
CTFaninCali said:
I’m a big fan of Hartford Baking Eggwich: Local egg, breakfast potatoes, tomato jam, and cheddar on a brioche. In particular, the potatoe and tomato jam just make the sandwich. I could eat 3 if it wouldn’t break the bank.
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Hartford baking company is really good, but overpriced for the simple BEC. I'd recommend trying it if price isn't a factor. Personally the Bacon Jam you're referring to I thought was revolting.

Halls Market in West Hartford makes a great BEC for 6 dollars all day until they close, that's my go to when I don't feel like making it myself. I like their butchery as well, usually leave with something to make for dinner later.

But @Fishy and @superjohn are right, the best one is the version you make at home. You can have any bread you want, american or cheddar cheese should be a household staple, Eggs are cheap per serving, so get yourself a decent bacon(which also comes in different sizes and "flavors" so try and change things up).
 
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I have two - Allegro’s in Hartford- they use great quality rolls and split and grill high quality sausage and use two eggs.

Harvest Bakery Simsbury They use homemade croissants that are awesome grilled with butter and two gesso with great quality bacon or sausage, you will want another one it is so good
 
JMick said:
Fried runny eggs are much better than bodega crepe styled eggs imo
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Fried runny eggs or fluffy eggs cooked polenta style are equally good IMO.

It's better making a bacon, egg, and cheese at home because too many places ruin the eggs by doing them crepe style or they cook them over medium to over well and you don't really get the runny yoke to sop up.
 
JMick said:
Yeah it's really bad. I will say I do think sushi is getting better around here. There's this little spot in Brookfield called Amai sushi and it's incredible. I'll take good sushi over good Chinese any day
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I mean pretty different cuisines.
 
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If you are making it at home this bacon, and it ain’t cheap at Whole Foods (I hate this place it’s too expensive in general) is very good.

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