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George Weld opened Egg on April 21, 2005, in a tiny spot on North 5th St in Williamsburg that we shared with a hot dog and hamburger stand. The hot dog place, Sparky’s, opened at noon, and George worked out an arrangement with the owner to run a breakfast spot in his space in the mornings. That arrangement worked pretty well—most of the time—until Egg started getting reviews: first in New York Magazine, then in the New York Times, then, it seemed, everywhere. Egg was swamped, and in 2007 took the space over in full. In 2007 Egg also bought land in the Catskills which grew into Goatfell Farm, where we grow produce to use in the restaurant and share with others. In 2009 Evan Hanczor arrived as a line cook, and eventually came to lead the kitchen and become a partner in the business. In 2012 Evan and George opened Parish Hall, a critically-acclaimed but short-lived restaurant on North 3rd St, highlighting seasonal American food with a focus on the farmers of the northeast. In 2014, with Egg bursting at the small shell of North 5th St. and Parish Hall closing, we moved Egg down the block into the much-larger space, where we continued to serve breakfast and lunch until late 2020, when COVID forced us, like so many others, to close our doors. Little Egg is a place to share our love of good food in the morning in a little bit smaller space…a poetic full-circle back to Egg’s early days.

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