The Scene With five outposts around town, Sarabeth's Kitchen has become a well-known and reliable spot for casual dining at breakfast, lunch or dinner. This Madison Avenue outpost has a citified rustic decor featuring small pastry cases, mullion windows, bentwood chairs and brass touches. The Food Lines form early on weekends for chive-scrambled eggs, pumpkin waffles lavished with sour cream, sticky buns and raisin scones and quality baked goods. Lunch and dinner follow similar patterns-seasonal highlights include a robust autumn-vegetable salad with apples, cheddar, celery root and the cornmeal-crusted crabcake with julienne beets, sweet peppers and watercress. Desserts include simple winners like the candied pecan tarte and the spicy gingerbread ice cream.

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