Barbra Austin

I have been to Le Bal two of the last three three of the last four Sundays, for several reasons. First, there is the coffee, about which much has been written already. Then there are the scones.

It’s likely that the Brits invented brunch, and now two former Rose Bakery cooks are working on perfecting it at Le Bal Café.

Is Coco & Co always as full of young women as it was yesterday afternoon?

All I wanted to do was make rhubarb upside-down cake. The universe (at least below 14th Street) was not on my side.