: a dessert of bananas flamed (as with rum) and served with ice cream
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That includes a family-style brunch antipasti and a second course choice from a variety of brunch-appropriate entrees, including cornmeal pancakes with bananas Foster compote, eggs Benedist with potato pave and more.
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Breakfast features chorizo biscuit sandwiches ($11), shakshuka ($13) and bananas Foster crepes ($12), along with plain, chocolate and almond croissants on Sundays.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
Part of its draw, said Monterey’s chef, James Tracey, is that flambéing bananas Foster at a table-side cart evokes a kind of old-school dazzle.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Our choice today is bananas Foster.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 Jan. 2023
At El Jibarazo they are fried and glazed like starchier versions of bananas Foster ($4).
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021
For instance, the Court of Two Sisters (four courses $40), best known for its buffet before the pandemic, is highlighting a la carte Creole dishes like turtle soup, crabmeat gratin and bananas Foster.
—Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Breakfast features chorizo biscuit sandwiches ($11), shakshuka ($13) and bananas Foster crepes ($12), along with plain, chocolate and almond croissants on Sundays.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
Part of its draw, said Monterey’s chef, James Tracey, is that flambéing bananas Foster at a table-side cart evokes a kind of old-school dazzle.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Our choice today is bananas Foster.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 Jan. 2023
At El Jibarazo they are fried and glazed like starchier versions of bananas Foster ($4).
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021
For instance, the Court of Two Sisters (four courses $40), best known for its buffet before the pandemic, is highlighting a la carte Creole dishes like turtle soup, crabmeat gratin and bananas Foster.
—Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
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“Bananas Foster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bananas%20Foster. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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