I love Brunch!  Do you have a favorite place?
The Clinton Street Baking Company is a  bakery and is a good place for brunch
Are they a national chain?
Nope is a bakery and resteruant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York.
I will have to remember that for the next time I am in New York.  Thanks for that tip!
No problem! The lower east side has really changed in the last 10 years. The national trust for historic preservation put it on their list of Most Endangered\ Places
Are there many places there to eat brunch besides The Clinton Street Baking Company?
The Contiential Baking Company might be good. They were one of the first to make fortified bread!
Fresh baked bread sounds delicious.  Do they also bake desserts?
Continental Baking Company
The Continental Baking Company was one of the first bakeries to introduce fortified bread. It was the maker of the Twinkie and Wonder Bread.
Through a series of acquisitions and mergers it became part of the former Hostess Brands company.
History.
The bakery was founded in New York City by Robert Boyd Ward in 1849 as the Ward Baking Company. In 1921 William Ward, the grandson of Robert, took over the company.
He renamed it the Continental Baking Company in 1925.
Continental
Clinton Street Baking Company &amp; Restaurant
The Clinton Street Baking Company & Restaurant (CSBC) is an American bakery and restaurant. It is located at 4 Clinton Street (between East Houston Street and Stanton Street), on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York.
The restaurant is noted especially for its pancakes, its burgers, and its biscuits and other fresh-baked goods. In December 2010, "The New York Times" described it as a "brunch magnet," and "The New