ROCHESTER — Breakfast is at all times an excellent supply of consolation meals for individuals at any time of the day.
At Benedict’s Morning Heroes within the skyway downtown, the cooks make meals that present that consolation but in addition a style of various cultures cooking blended collectively to create one thing new.
“We have now numerous distinctive takes on our breakfast,” mentioned Rikki-Lynn Buenvenida, assistant common supervisor of Benedict’s. “With our eggs Benedict, we provide eight totally different varieties. Many individuals are joyful that we provide so many choices as a result of there are lots of people with dietary restrictions coming to and from Mayo, and we do what we will to accommodate all the pieces.”
The bountiful quantity of choices for these with and with out dietary restrictions helps to attract in a relentless move of individuals to Benedict’s every day. It additionally permits for the cooks to get extra experimental with their dishes in comparison with these at a conventional breakfast diner.
“What I’ve observed from our primary chef is that he loves to combine two totally different cultures collectively in dishes,” mentioned April Duong, assistant chef at Benedict’s. “We have now some Hispanic salsa or we now have Italian pesto and we attempt to combine it with conventional dishes to present individuals the fashionable feeling of an eggs Benedict meal. For instance we now have plain french toast however we like so as to add cream cheese into it of individuals’s selection.”
The cooks and staff at Benedict’s take an important pleasure in sourcing all their components for dishes regionally. One such provider is Larry Schultz Natural Farm, an egg farm close to Owatonna.
“The Caprese Benedict actually stands out as the most effective tasting with the heirloom tomatoes, basil pesto hollandaise and contemporary mozzarella,” mentioned server Allison Siewert on what she recommends to patrons as the very best dish to attempt.
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On prime of the contemporary, regionally sourced components at Benedict’s, the cooks make all the pieces from scratch every day from their monkey bread to their huevos rancheros.
“We don’t have any microwave in our restaurant, so persons are at all times getting their meals as contemporary as potential,” Buenvenida mentioned.
Benedict’s had not achieved a lot promoting popping out of the COVID-19 lock downs in early 2021. A lot of the restaurant’s progress in reputation in that point got here from word-of-mouth suggestions from patrons.
Since that point, Benedict’s is packed from 7 a.m. till shut every weekend. The eatery’s reputation and nonstop move of enterprise has introduced within the want for enlargement, which will likely be accomplished someday between February and March.
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“We can have round 40 extra seats for diners and a personal, banquet room that individuals can reserve that may match anyplace from 20 to 30 individuals for conferences,” Buenvenida mentioned on the enlargement.
Benedict’s is one in every of 30 totally different eating places in Rochester taking part in Expertise Rochester’s Restaurant Week. Specials for the week embrace a selection of any non-alcoholic beverage, one in every of three appetizers (mini doughnuts, monkey bread, or deviled eggs) and one in every of three entrees (traditional eggs Benedict, smoked trout Benedict, or Caprese Benedict) all for $25.
