Winner in the Park — Restaurant in New York

On my early morning walks I’ve started stopping here and once a week I’ll get breakfast. Many dogs and their owners from the Long MeDow stop by, and groups of cyclists often recharge with a coffee.

The egg and cheddar sandwich on their house made English muffin leaves all other breakfast sandwiches behind. It tastes buttery, and is sometimes messy and always delicious.

And today, after noticing they had a pasta salad, I bought one to take home. It’s the pasta salad I’d make myself once a year - Mayo, onion, other bubbly bits, and a corkscrew pasta.

Some day I’m going to have to try a lunch sandwich. Until then, the egg and cheddar will suit...

As an English person myself I can speak with authority here, the English muffin at Winner is perfect. Also as a countryman of Gordon Ramsey I can also testify that the scrambled eggs on the muffin are set to perfection. And as a Miss Piggy fan I can also say the ham is delicious.

More importantly the staff this morning were very friendly and when I realized my muffin was missing its ham quickly gave me another one with ham! I am a very satisfied customer.

It does get busy on the weekend however on a sunny week day morning this is the best brekkie and service in Brooklyn.

Dog friendly, so if you don’t like dogs this...

It was so wonderful when Winner took over this unused space by the Picnic House. But even though there’s literally no competition within walking distance they really have to try harder to maintain fresh quality of coffee. I’ve found the fanciest baristas don’t necessarily make the best coffee, it all depends on how clean the equipment is kept and water quality. Local newsstand can be amazing (and actually is decent) because they clean everything all day. Something went wrong here. We had to throw both cups away completely. The bread and sandwiches live up to the name, and are worth having. They just need to fix the...