Max Brenner…Max Brenner…Max Brenner….
There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home,
There’s no place like home!!
I LOVE THIS RESTAURANT!!!
It is exactly what I have always wanted to find/create in a dessert
restaurant. (I even wrote my senior
college finance thesis on opening a dessert restaurant and here it
is!). Where do I begin?
Let’s start with just the facts, mam:
12+ locations in Israel, 24 in Australia and 3 in the USA (NYC, LV and Phily). Locations coming to
a city near you as they hired an ex-Cheesecake Factory exec. to help with US
growth. Boston is next (yes, there is room for Max’s
and Finale!).
Max Brenner crosses a chocolate shop with a
chocolate themed causal dining restaurant. Most
things on the menu have some chocolate component- including the cocoa dusted French
Fries. I had the bacon, lettuce, tomato
and avocado sandwich (with the fries) to start. Avocado was more of a creamy
spread than I expected, but tasty. Other menus items looked very legit.
Note: On one episode of Man vs. Food, Adam pulled out a win by
ordering French Fries to accompany his Ice Cream Sundae Challenge. Adding the salt allowed him to get through
the wall and finish all of the sweet dish. I knew I would need to pull that trick out
one day and did it ever pay off tonight, as I sampled several of the desserts on
this menu. This trick worked out all the better
for me because the fries I ordered had a dusting of chocolate on them…
thanks for the tip Adam : )
The chocolate pizza with marshmallow and toffee toppings was
huge and AMAZING. The Milk chocolate iced Grinita drink was UNBELIEVABLE. Hot chocolate (which I sampled) is milk chocolate ganache melted, WOW.
And then the store: SO CLEVER. They have branded and created items that make this a virtual Williams-Sonoma for chocolate. I stocked up for the winter with ever option they sell. Specially designed mugs for holding hot
chocolate close- got it. Well thought out single portion stacked fondue bowls
for carefully melting chocolate- got it.
Alice in Wonderland milk shake “mug” with straw – got it. Chocolate to put in all of these devices and some to eat out of the bag - got it all.
I can’t wait to have one of these in Dallas-hopefully soon.
(Hear that Nancy and David- go get them, please). Otherwise, I will be using many frequent flyer
miles to visit…
PS- Max, may I have a “no waiting in line” pass, please.
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