Aurora, Williamsburg

We ate brunch recently on the enclosed patio of this hip restaurant in the heart of Williamsburg. The setting was charming, relaxing and rustic, almost like a mini-vacation. Very nice service, with three or four people bringing us our drinks, food, refills, checking in to see if we had everything we needed. The food was excellent. Two of us shared eggs florentine (perfectly poached eggs on a bed of sauteed spinach on sog-resistant focaccia) and duck confit hash, which was like the world's hippest riff on corned beef hash. Both dishes came with excellent home fries, I could have used a few more of them. But they also came with crisp green salads, lightly dressed in vinaigrette. The menu didn't mention the salad, so in addition to being tasty, it was a nice surprise. Coffee, bloody mary and juice were all good. Even though the place was busy, we were seated 15 or 20 minutes before our reservation time, and we no pressure to leave. The patio tables are nicely spaced, we could chat and not feel like we were oversharing with our neighbors.