Who says a delicious, hearty breakfast can't be classy and well-presented, too? Always on the quest for a great West Side breakfast, we checked out Il Mito Enoteca's Sunday brunch on 69th and North.
Served from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., Chef Michael Feker's brunch is the perfect mix of breakfast and lunch, plating up heaping helpings of eggs and waffles, braised fish and ribs, and more.
We ordered the green eggs and ham; a bacon, egg, potato and roasted red pepper pizza; and a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon. Everything was plentiful and delicious, especially the green eggs, which were colored -- and flavored -- not with food coloring, but with basil, parsley and other herbs, leading my toddler to call them "pesto eggs."
The breakfast pizza was a crispy thin crust cheese and tomato sauce pizza with the makings of a traditional omelet sprinkled on top. Odd as it might have seemed at first, the combination worked.
Especially decadent is the whipped cinnamon butter that accompanies the warm bread and, even more so, the chocolate hazelnut butter that comes with the crumbly cinnamon flat bread appetizer. You might feel a little guilty, thinking you ate your dessert first!
Of course, all of this comes in the inviting Il Mito Enoteca space and with the attentive service you expect from a quality restaurant. Chef Feker is, as always, on hand, popping into the dining room to make sure his customers are happy and satisfied.
On the last Sunday of August, all of his customers appeared both happy and very satisfied. I know for sure that three of them most certainly were.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
