When I spot a drink trend, I spot a drink trend.
A while back, I noticed that egg creams were popping up on the menus at hip places like the Brooklyn Farmacy, Fort Defiance and Henry Public. I suggested a story of the phenom to Edible Brooklyn, which not only said yes, but asked for two versions: one on the egg cream scene in Manhattan (old school) and one on Brooklyn (new school). The Manhattan piece came out Sept. 1, and this week the Brookyn article came out. And no sooner does it hit the stands than new items about yet more new egg cream purveyors, like this and this, crop up.
Here's the article:
