Beer-battered chicken fingers and a white picket fence—I’m sold! It’s such a quaint little place and almost doesn’t belong in Manhattan, but for comfort food done well and not diner-style, Good Enough To Eat serves up food that is better than good enough.

What a perfect way to start your much, much better day in New York City. This Upper West Side eatery specializes in breakfast, and you can get your day started as early as 8 a.m. Their pancakes are sure to make you forget that yesterday ever happened, and if yesterday involved copious amounts of alcohol, all the better. These cakes – or even their grits – are sure to soak it all up with syrupy goodness. My friend, Shanna and I have rolled into Good Enough to Eat more than once in less than presentable garbs and unreasonably large sunglasses just to get our day started out right. Did it matter that we sat by a celebrity couple while cackling in our unabashed filth? Not particularly.

Now, saying I’m obsessed with chicken fingers/tenders is an understatement. I scour this city for the best, licking my fingers and/or wiping them on my jeans all the while debating in my head WHAT is the best dipping sauce. BBQ? Honey Mustard? Ranch? These are the predicaments I wrestle with. Good Enough To Eat serves up some of my favorite fingers: beer-batter dipped! Okay, probably just as bad for you as KFC, but whatever, independently-owned restaurant! Good cause!