Best brunch places in Long Island City: The weekend starts here

Hugue Dufour’s rich, ribald fare, listed on blackboards in the terrifically kitschy public-school setting, can be as challenging as any avant-garde artwork—to your arteries as well as your sense of adventure. The menu, which changes daily, runs to veal brains, blood pudding and big, seared slabs of foie gras. The poultry comes clawed, the bibimbap riff covered in more colorful streaks—chili sauce, maple syrup, yuzu mayo—than a Jackson Pollock. Museum shows can be hit or miss. The best art in the building might be on the plate.