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Have you started planning the menu for your Thanksgiving dinner? Are you looking for some dynamite dessert recipes that will satisfy your guests' collective sweet tooth? Be sure to check out this amazing round-up of 50 Thanksgiving dessert recipes on Taste As You Go! This post was updated with new links and photos in November 2021. Ahhhh...  November.  I have been waiting for you (and all that you bring) for months . Specifically, I have been counting down to that glorious day spent with family and loved ones around a long table packed to the gills with platters and bowls of comfort food and happy memories. Of course, I'm talking about Thanksgiving. This year, we're spending the holiday with my family in Connecticut and I. Cannot. Wait. You better believe I'm going to use my pregnancy as an excuse to eat three full plates of food plus  five slices of whatever we've got going on at the dessert end of the meal! (Because I'm eating for two, right??) In

Market by Jean-Georges - Boston, MA

Interior of Market by Jean-Georges in Boston, MA - Photo by Taste As You Go

While doing some research for an upcoming trip, it occurred to me that I rarely eat in the restaurant that's located in the hotel I'm staying in while on the road. A few exceptions that come to mind are the dinners I grabbed during trade show season on the nights when I was too tired to explore other options.

(Spending consecutive long days in a convention center breathing stale, recycled air can take its toll on you.)


Market Breakfast at Market by Jean-Georges in Boston, MA - Photo by Taste As You Go

Another exception would be this breakfast that I ate at Market by Jean-Georges, located in the W Boston, the hotel that graciously hosted Stephen and me while we were up there for our pre-honeymoon long weekend. We knew we wanted to eat before making our way over to the train station for our return trip home, but the idea of picking up something quick didn't sound terribly appealing. For the sake of convenience, we got a table at Market instead.

Crispy Potatoes and Tomato Salad at Market by Jean-Georges in Boston, MA - Photo by Taste As You Go

I ordered what is probably considered to be the best "deal" on the breakfast menu -- the Market Breakfast. For $22, you get two eggs, crispy potatoes, tomato salad, and toast along with your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage and your choice of juice, coffee, or tea. Ordering all of those items a la carte will cost you $26, so... well... you do the math.

The eggs were cooked perfectly and the toast was generously buttered, but the potatoes were nowhere near "crispy" -- they were barely warm -- and the bacon was severely overdone. I did enjoy, however, the the tomato salad, as it added a freshness and brightness to the meal and helped balance out the richness of the eggs and the greasy saltiness of the meat.

Do I think $22 is a reasonable price to pay for the meal I ate? No. I can get almost exactly the same meal, minus the tomato salad, at one of our favorite brunch spots in the Lehigh Valley for less than half that. But, given Market's location at the W, the price, unfortunately, makes sense.

I just wish they hadn't cooked the hell out of my bacon.

Market by Jean-Georges
W Boston
100 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 310-6790 | Online Reservations | Map

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