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    Purple Finch Cafe

    3.8 (365 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Rose M.

    Stopped by for breakfast. Cute set up. Full bar. Indoor and outdoor seating. You can bring your pup to sit outside. Large selection. Slowish but great, friendly service. I had the classic egg benny with sausage. Hubby had a scrambler. Portion was large. FRESH squeezed OJ reminded me of my trip to Europe. We will def come back.

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    Christopher R.

    The wait was 20 minutes. But its understandable given their delicious food and great service. Classic breakfast diner vibes with a variety of menu items. They also sell mimosas and specialty coffee drinks. I ordered the eggs Benedict with sausage. Next time I will do the bacon instead because it looked perfectly crispy. The Hash browns were just how i like them, crispy , thin , seasoned with flavor. Possibly a cajun seasoning. So yummy. I will be returning!!

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    Jay B.

    Most of the time whenever my wife's coworkers try to recommend a place for us to eat, I'm rarely impressed with their choices. Not to slam their personal preferences or anything. It's just that their palates tend to be quite different from ours. For instance, we prefer all of our food to be seasoned. But, I digress. In this particular case, I was SO glad they recommended we try the Purple Finch Cafe for breakfast. In fact, I praised wifey's coworkers' recommendation several times as I was savoring my near perfectly cooked scrambler on this fine, sunny morning. And they say Northerners don't love flavor in their food. As if! But seriously folks, PFC is a stellar representation of Bedford refinement in dining and cuisine. The prices are what you'd expect (for the most part) and the service was sublime. There are two minor complaints I have, which I'll mention toward the end. But ultimately, wifey and I were very pleased with this one. One of the biggest things to catch my eye was the fact that this place not only serves omelets (typical), but also does scramblers (not-so typical). You'd be amazed how difficult it is to get your eggs done like this. But for those who don't know, a scrambler is exactly as it sounds. I prefer these to omelets because it's like....all the ingredients are fully blended in with the egg, so to speak. Whereas an omelet (no disrespect to any omelet lovers out there) is more like an egg coated burrito with the cheese, veg, and meats as innards. Almost like juxtaposed components, if you will. Along with the scrambler, I had homefries, a waffle, and bacon, of course. TL;DR - all of these items hit their mark. But then...we come to the two things I liked least about this visit. First of all, the portion of bacon was, I felt, a bit modest. Perhaps this was done intentionally because Bedforders are health conscience? I dunno. But...I love bacon. And I presume a "normal" portion is around 3 slices or so. Yeah, naw. They only gave me two. Now, to be fair, this bacon was cooked to perfection! I asked for crispy and got precisely that. So, the bacon itself was a 10 out of 10. I just wish I had more of it. Secondly...and....I can't believe I'm saying this in the state of NH - they ran out of real maple syrup. Which leads me to ask one question: HOW?!?? Here's the thing. Not only do we live directly next to the largest producer of real maple syrup in the country (shout out to my Vermontonians); NH also has TONS of grocery stores that offer....wait for it.....REAL MAPLE SYRUP!! So, I can only assume that someone goofed up hard on their weekly inventory and failed to account for the popular demand of real maple syrup. If you're not familiar with the locale, literally every single resident in New England will request this stuff over the manufactured shit. Now, I know what you're thinking. "Of course, they ran out! Are you mad?" The thing is though....they could have prevented this fairly easily. I wonder if they'd have minded if I had walked in with my own real maple syrup from the local grocery store. (´~`) I'm seriously half tempted to try this next time. Syrup rant aside, the decorum is rustic and very much New England style. Also, if I didn't mention it before, the Mimosas were excellent. Server was wicked nice, too. She was very apologetic about the syrup faux pas, but it's not like we blame her anyway. I just think it's silly to run out of something the state of NH has plenty of to go around. Okay. Sorry. Maple Syrup rant REALLY over this time. Promise. I actually just remembered a third thing I didn't care for: the salt shakers. So, it seems the kosher salt flakes don't fit well through the holes on the shaker. Which mean we had to ostensibly pop the bottom plug off, sprinkle the salt into the palm of our hand, then distribute it manually that way. It was tedious and unnecessary. I'm beginning to think there is a pro-health conspiracy in Bedford. I wanna return one day and maybe even try out a breakfast sandwich or something. It's worth mentioning they have two entrances: one for take-away and the main one. Just be sure you're entering the adequate side for your food endeavors. Overall, a solid choice for breakfast. I'm giving the Purple Finch Cafe 4 brilliantly blended scramblers with all the fixins out of 5.

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    Diana G.

    The aesthetic is so cool and charming at the same time. Our waiter was very polite and attentive, checking in at the appropriate times and always friendly. We started with the bam bam bites - absolutely fantastic, nay magical! I then tried the birds's nest. Tasty, but nothing special. The portion sizes are quite generous. This place will be in heavy rotation.

    Nick D.

    . Definitely highly recommend a place. Great staff everything was pretty well good burgers just a little more done than would alike but overall really good place to eat

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    1 month ago

    Great place! Very cool vibe! Super clean! Samantha was fun and attentive!outstanding!

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    I love this place. The wait staff are always accommodating, and personable. Always fresh and healthy options available.

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    Do they take reservations for Sunday Brunch?

    Not for short parties.

    Do they have mimosas?

    I saw people drinking mimosas today. Def had orange juice in champagne glasses

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