Park Slope isn’t exactly Deadwood, especially at Sunday brunch. But that doesn’t diminish the splendor of Stone Park’s hangtown fry. The fabled dish of eggs, fried oysters, and bacon, said to have been concocted during the California gold-rush days, is as fit for a celebratory Dakota claim jumper as for an outlaw stroller dad from the Slope.

Stone Park Cafe
324 Fifth Ave., at Third St., Park Slope, Brooklyn
718-369-0082

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