Lincoln Station
“A group of friends and I randomly ran into this comfortable and cute place with gorgeous windows after our visit to the Brooklyn Museum.”
“If you can wade through the sea of bloggers sitting at their laptops sipping lattes, the food is excellent.”
“Delicious– just writing this review to say the farro salad at Bar Corvo is my favorite thing in the world, and they recreate a version here perfectly!”
Lincoln Station
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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My fiancée and I come here quite a bit, usually for breakfast/brunch or a quick coffee. I've got mixed feelings:
– a lot of the breakfast items and sandwiches are winners. The avocado egg sandwich is delicious and spicy, on a substantial whole wheat bun. The meatball and rotisserie chicken sandwiches are also really good. I'd skip the plain egg sandwich, which comes on a weird sweet roll with the option of a slice of boring fatty bacon.
– the iced coffee here is delicious, but the hot coffee is crazy bitter. I've never seen more people returning to the counter after sitting to get some Splenda or sugar. I think it might be something wrong with their coffee makers.
– prices are kind of all over the map. The sandwich prices are pretty much in line with those in the area for a substantial sandwich with quality ingredients, but the aforementioned tasty iced coffee is $4.50 for a smallish cup, yogurt/granola is $7, and oatmeal is $6–odd things to mark up so hard.
– plenty of seating, including a couple small tables outside, though this does seem to be a popular place for groups to show up and take over a lot of space post-museum or -garden. Expect to meet friendly dogs (like ours) sitting outside waiting for their owners.
After visiting the BBG with my family, we decided to stop here for lunch. This spot is very casual, you walk up to order your food and then they bring it to the table. They do serve beer, as well as coffee/espresso and regular soft drinks. The menu is pretty small but all of their options sound equally delicious.
We got the following stuff and I don't think there were any complaints..
-Pulled pork sandwich (this has a serious kick to it and its a huge sandwich, I enjoyed it).
-Brisket sandwich (my sister said it was good, I had a taste and agreed but found the pulled pork to be a more flavorful sandwich personally).
-Roast chicken sandwich (I didn't try it myself but my other sister loved it and ate the entire thing!)
-Fried broccoli side (which is a big portion was easily shared by all of us, it was really yummy and I think my favorite side out of what we ordered)
-Mac & Cheese (you can definitely tell it was homemade, made with penne pasta, it was good)
-French Fries (served in a bag and were your standard fries, pretty good but I like mine a little bit more well done).
I enjoyed an IPA on tap with my food (didn't catch the name) but it was good. I would recommend giving this place a try if youre in the neighborhood.
FYI – its not cheap.
I'm still savoring the beautiful delicious decadent breakfast sandwich I just had… this is how all breakfast sandwiches should be. This is the new standard. Brioche bun, real perfectly cooked eggs, cheese, homemade sauce, and thick cut bacon. As I write these mere words they ring mediocrity and simplicity, but be not fooled… it was the finest and fairest of them all.
I took it to go and the sandwich didn't make it around the corner. I sat on a bench outside and ate it like a ravenous beast that hadn't hunted in days. I began the 2016 new year with this Lincoln Station sandwich; this is how all things and all years should begin. With legends becoming a reality.
Enjoy a well-done cappuccino as well to wash down the feast.
upon the recommendation of a friend, we visited lincoln station. the food is honest, unpretentious american food. not really new american. american. i had the kale and white bean soup, which had a good amount of parm in it (i guess that's one take on the soup. i was thinking it'd be vegan, but in the end, didn't mind) and the lasagna was substantially-sized — larger than your usual restaurant portion, done in the expected stick-to-your-ribs fashion. since i had initially ordered the rotisserie chicken and they were running behind on the rotisserie, the server tossed in a consolation chocolate chip cookie for good measure. again, nothing fancy. an honest, chewy, perfectly baked, not oversugared, medium-sized chocolate cookie. my friends had some beer as i devoured my lunch. the tables are small (think conversational european cafe), but thankfully, since i was the only one eating, i could take over the table. it worked out. the atmosphere is neighborhoody, and cozy, which was much welcomed after the hell-has-frozen-over outside temps of yesterday. while not particularly diet-food-healthy, i also didn't find the food overly (or repulsively) greasy. given what the menu offers, i believe the items are within range of what one might otherwise expect from eating a gigantic portion of lasagna. don't hop on the scale right afterwards. maybe remember to hit the gym. that's what i'm up to later today at least. service was okay — the counter staff seemed pretty busy, and it's an order-at-the-counter-and-seat-yourself joint, so yes, you might have to wait a little to get the staff's attention. that said, i didn't find the service particularly lagging or unfriendly, either. more middle-of-the road. 4 stars because i needed extra blubber on me to survive before i traveled back to boston, and this hit the spot. and while not mind-blowingly done, the food was reasonable, and not unlike what a friend who knows their way around the kitchen but isn't brilliantly showstopping would do. sure, the prices could have been a little slimmer — maybe 12 on the lasagna versus 16 would have been my ideal price point. then pricing up for brooklyn, and gentrification, and popularity, because the place can afford to do so.
the only caveat i saw was how the small bathroom, according to my friends, was about 20 degrees colder than the cafe. which isn't so great on a super cold day where you literally could freeze your ass off. that said, given NYC, there is quite a range on bathrooms, and neither size nor quality nor upkeep, etc, have much to do with the food or ethos on hand. be glad that there is one, basically. good enough for me.
Aaaaaah. Lincoln Station! I think owned by the same people who have Bar Corvo? One of my absolute favs.
I love coming here on a BEAUTIFUL day, getting a sandwich and eating it on the steps of the Brooklyn Museum right around the corner.
All the sandwiches are fair, and they have a delicious rotation of soups! But the fries, OH THE FRIES! While the seasoning is alright the TEXTURE of these badboys is divine! I mean fo realsies. Crispy and perfectly fried on the outside, while still keeping some substance in the middle. delicious I could eat them for days!
Prepare yourself for crowds of laptop clickers spacing themselves out on the communal table, though they don't allow laptops on the round tables which helps. Also pretty sure they serve beer? So you can get a nice little buzz on while you people watch.
Overrated hipster place that I won't visit again . Egg sandwich that cost you arm & leg and it's mediocre ! Yeah no thanks never again! Buh bye !
I'm a big fan of Lincoln Station. I like that you can get a chicken for dinner and grab a tasty treat for yourself to eat on the walk home.
Mostly thought, I really like their sandwiches. Breakfast or lunch, both as delicious. The braised kale or other greens (it changes) is amazeballs. They ALWAYS have delicious veggie options. So both me and the big guy can eat well. He says their bbq pulled pork is a reorder for sure. As is the chicken.
It always comes down to the chicken, doesn't it?
Food was okay but it was cold. Ordered the pulled pork and got a cold mess but the flavor was good. I enjoyed the fries. Someone else ordered a diet coke and was definitely overcharged. Coffee wasnt great. Don't plan on coming back here.