Black Duck Spirits & Hearth Minneapolis

My breakfast sandwich obsession continues, this time via the new @blackduckmpls brunch menu. This bliss-inducing iteration evolved during chef/owner Jason Sawicki’s days of cooking in his pre-Black Duck food truck, @faregamene. Long story short: He had hired a transplanted New Yorker to help him out, and she often talked about how much she missed the bacon-egg-and-cheese sandwiches that were an a.m. staple at her neighborhood bodega. In Sawicki’s version, all of the necessary components from that classic NYC framework are present and accounted for, and selected with obvious discernment. The bread, a toasted focaccia, is terrific, which comes as no surprise, as its baked by the skilled folks from @patisserie46. The dreamy and decadent bacon hails from @petersoncraftmeats. A special shout-out to the egg soufflé, notable for its impressive height, airy texture and richly eggy flavor; too many egg sandwiches that go the soufflé route register “vacuous” on the taste buds, but not this one. Kudos also to the prodigious amount of American cheese, so gooey that it almost comes off as a sauce. And yes, there’s a sauce, a souped-up mayonnaise. The whole shebang has a @neimanmarcus-goes-Northeast aura until you get to the @kohls-like price tag: $10. The only possible downside is its limited availability: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Another absolute brunch must are the pancakes, fashioned from an extraordinary heirloom blue corn flour that Sawicki sources from @farmandsparrow in North Carolina. They’re four bucks a pop, and, truly, they’re not to be missed). #breakfastsandwich #breakfastsandwiches #eggsandwich #baconeggandcheese #focaccia #bacon #northeastmpls #nempls #brunch #weekendbrunch #obsession. Less