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best
of 2007
BEST BREAKFAST
Edom Bakery & Grill, Edom. The extensive breakfast menu includes – take a deep breath and then read this – salt-rising, rye, dark Russian, raisin, banana, zucchini, and carrot-pineapple breads; an assortment of muffins including cranberry nut, Hawaiian, cinnamon chip, and blueberry; lox and bagels with capers; eggs benedict; and an assortment of eggs with biscuits, gravy, Belgian waffles; and fresh seasonal fruit.
BEST SALAD
Edom Bakery & Grill, Tyler. Choose from shrimp Louis salad, chopped salad, blackened chicken Caesar, strawberry fields (with optional grilled chicken), quiche Lorraine, chicken salad plate, and an outstanding house salad and dressing. The “country gourmet” menus also feature eggs benedict, lox and bagels, frittatas, half-pound ’burger, barbecue, seafood, Italian specialties, steaks, and surprises. Baked goods are a staple.
BEST CHEF
Jackson York, Edom Bakery & Grill. Jackson York, a certified executive chef, joined Edom Bakery & Grill full time after previously hosting the grill’s once-a-month gourmet dinners. Educated in French-Continental cuisine, he now specializes in “country gourmet” after moving to Edom from Fort Worth, having met co-owner Annie Berry, with her husband Bud, at a couple of cooking classes he taught.
So, what’s it mean to be the “best?” Some pride, probably some additional business earned from years of hard work or good luck or circumstances, or an idea just too good to forget. To be known as the “best” is a challenge for the “winners” to maintain excellence and for everybody else to aspire toward. Or, simply, for those that already are excellent to become a little more visible so that others will know how good they are.
That said, here are the choices for the “Best of the Upper East Side of Texas for 2007,” chosen by readers and staff deliberations. Each of these is a good starting point for readers’ own explorations.
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