Hattie’s

Ohhhh, Hattie’s. Nothing like a little southern influence to lighten up the Bishop Arts District of Dallas. Anything from breakfast to lunch items will satisfy any craving.

Don’t go here without ordering the fried green tomatoes or a fried green tomato sandwich, a southern classic, that is completed with smoked pimento cheese, applewood smoked bacon, and iceberg lettuce on sourdough. Naturally, they have a delicious pulled pork sandwich, and the sirloin burger with Maytag blue cheese as my personal favorite is delicious.

As for their entrées, many adore the pecan-crusted catfish that comes with mashed potatoes and lemon butter sauce. And how southern can you get when you order their shrimp and grits or their home-style bacon-wrapped meatloaf?

If you’re feeling more on the eggs side of things, I would recommend the poached eggs on Hattie’s crab cakes or the Hattie’s hangtown scramble, which has bacon-wrapped fried oysters and red chili hollandaise sauce. If you’re more in the sweet mood, try the sourdough French toast complete with bananas foster sauce.

Basically, If you would like a classy southern relaxing morning, Hattie’s is the place to go.

 P.S. Word on the street is that you can’t leave here without getting a Brandy Alexander. Try one!

Sangria Mediterranean Tapas and Bar

Nothing like a little bit of live music and Spanish kick to your weekend morning! Sangria Mediterranean Tapas and Bar is a lovely, casual and laidback way to start your day with $1 mimosas or sangria. Placed on Cole Avenue close to the Knox-Henderson area, you’ll find yourself coming back to this neighborhood hang out with a red awning draping over a porch, and for dinner too for their awesome tapas.

Sangria’s menu is full of Spanish variations of eggs served with a side or fruit, delicious breakfast potatoes, or rustic bread. You can create your own omelet with some unique choices of asparagus, chorizo, ham, mushrooms, manchego, and piquillo peppers, have your classic eggs benedict, a beef peccadillo Cuban style with poached eggs and pimento hollandaise, migas, heuvos rancheros, breakfast tacos, or the Greek breakfast with spanakopita in country filo, tzatziki sauce, two fried eggs. If you’re feeling sweet, the sweet potato pancakes have a delicious run-raisin-fuji apple compote and vanilla bean butter, or the vanilla French toast is always a solid option. Sit back, relax, and have a few inexpensive mimosas. It’s a great way to start the day.

The Place at Perry’s

Sitting beside the Gables Villa Rosa, The Place at Perry’s has an instantaneous ritzy feeling, with its high ceilings and modern décor. On a sunny day beneath these red awnings, you can find an ideal brunch accompanied with mimosas, bloody marys or their orange sun, aka a mimosa with aperol, or you could snuggle up on the comfortable booths inside on the not-so-warm days.

The eggs at Place at Perry’s will have you coming back for more, with the California Benedict, complete with shaved turkey, poached egg, English muffin, pico de gallo, avocado and hollandaise. The Omelet de Oscar also have rave reviews with it’s sliced mushrooms, grilled asparagus, jumbo lump crab, red bell pepper, and béarnaise. You really can’t go wrong with the other options too, the filet benedict, the crab cake benedict, or the classic eggs benedict. All so good! 

Their specialties include awesome Fort Worth style steak and eggs, huevos rancheros, and the fabulous BBQ shrimp and grits. Anything you order, you won’t be disappointed. You can always order from the side menu—my recommendation? The truffle salted skinny fries of course. If you’re not in the eggs mood, I can’t complain about the chicken and waffles, and the Chef Jaime’s bread pudding is out of this world!

Be sure to visit The Place at Perry’s—they have great service and presentation. Get Dallas brunchy and betchy! You’ll be back for more.

The Grape

 

While driving on Greenville, you might look right past it. It’s basic storefront with red awnings and a covered porch just look like any ole’ restaurant, and the name is not displayed too loudly. Believe it or not, The Grape has received sweeping reviews in many categories, with many raving reviews in magazines such as D-Magazine and Texas Monthly for the Best Burger in Texas and Dallas Morning News’ award for Top 8 Best Brunch Places. If you’re not already curious to try it, you will be if you see the line wrapped around the side 15 minutes until opening.

            Brunch features many lunch items including bistro steak frites, shredded ox tail and banana pepper hash, fried chicken biscuit, “the best burger in Texas”, crispy salmon Caesar salad, and a taco salad. Though much lunch items are available, the haystack with roesti potatoes, grilled tomatoes, scrambled eggs, muenster and avocado and sriracha sauce makes for a beautiful stack of breakfast goodness.

The country style frittata has baked eggs filled with broccoli, overn dried tomatoes, asago, goat cheese and crispy pancetta. If you’re feeling fishy, the ran-fried rainbow trout is served with eggs, frisee salad, apple smoked bacon and candied yams, or if you’re in the mood for a good sandwich, the breakfast on a bun has your classic eggs, sausage and cheese on a bun combo. 

Don’t worry, they have sweet too, like the blueberry cornmeal cakes served with whipped honey butter. They have many good side items for sharing as well, including the cinnamon pull-a-parts with pecans and caramel, or fried polenta cheese fritters.

They serve mimosas, bloody marys and wounded yellow birds along with a full expresso bar. Come early and make reservations! You’ll be coming back for more.

P.S. Order a cup of mushroom soup. They’ve been making it for 30 years and it’s unreal. 

Del Frisco’s

If you haven’t been to Del Frisco’s for brunch, you’re surely missing out. This swanky weekend bar turns into a delish Saturday morning brunch. The semi-industrial ambiance with it’s funky light fixtures and modern furniture makes it really feel like you’re doing brunch right— and in style.

Put on your wedges and casual dress and try the Lemon Blueberry Panckes, or my personal favorite, the Banana Marscapone-Stuffed French Toast, both completed with hickory-smoked bacon and syrup. More in an eggs mood? The Crabcake Benedict, comprised of poached eggs, asparagus, toasted focaccia with a Cajun lobster sauce, or The Grille Benedict, with poached eggs, thinly sliced French ham, scallions and white cheddar biscuits complete with chipotle hollandaise,

will hit the spot.

Del Frisco’s masters the presentation, with every plate looking gorgeous. They advocate mimosas! (Why not go?) They have lunch and dinner as well, with many beautiful salads and delicious flatbreads. You can basically find anything you’re looking for here, including some delicious cocktails! 

Villa-O

Nothing screams snappy-casual, classic Dallas brunch like Villa-O on a Saturday morning. Put on your wedges, sundresses, and sunglasses to sit on the covered porch with a big pitcher of mimosas. You can’t miss the large protruding covered walkway with the semicircle blue and white striped awnings from Travis Street. Attracting the young, hip uptown mid-twenties and thirties crowd, this place surely has a ritzy feel for the weekly booze brunch.

The ricotta cheese blueberry pancakes bring many people back for seconds, or you could dabble in the Challah bread French toast. If you’re in the mood for classic eggs benedict, the Italian Benedict has San Daniele prosciutto, sautéed spinach, and tomato basil hollandaise with a little side of crabmeat. Meat lovers be aware of the organic eggs bistecca with it’s natural beef, organic eggs, and roasted Yukon potatoes for a hearty start to the day.

Not in the mood for breakfast? Try the lunch specialties, such as the veal scallopini with organic spinach, lemon, capers and cooked in white wine. Try the seafood risotto diablo to spice up your life with organic camaroli rice, jumbo shrimp, calamari, mussels, and spicy tomato sauce. Pizza and pastas always present an option with much variety, from carbonara to the Villa~O woodfire neopolitan pizza.

Villa O is also open for lunch and dinner, and has an extensive drink menu. Go, relax, and have a happy Saturday! 

Tillman’s Roadhouse

Tillman’s Roadhouse lies in the Bishop Arts district of Dallas next to all the funky vintage shops and hipster-filled coffeehouses. This quirky little combination of western-vintage-earthy-swanky restaurant just screams for a unique little brunch with a southwestern twist. The brocade wallpaper, chandeliers, and avant-garde furniture combined with the wooden walls, tree ringed tables, and animal heads mounted on the wall make the ambiance the ever more enjoyable.

Relaxing on their velvety booths with many patterned pillows, one can dine on the “T” Benny, a delectable eggs benedict dish with chipotle grits, “baconaise”, and tequila-avocado relish. Or if you’re in the mood for the Stuffed Chili Relleno, the roasted green chili, scrambled egg, pulled pork, oaxacan cheese, and poblano cream gravy will definitely have you coming back for more. To start, you can do no wrong by indulging in the mini monkey bread covered in caramel sauce and cream cheese frosting. Tillman’s Roadhouse also has eggs your way, chicken n’ biscuits, breakfast tacos, and the awesome Roadhouse Skillet, complete with a sunny side up egg, sweet potato hash, cotija, homemade chorizo, and harissa sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the brunching hours, if you’re not feeling the classic brunch items, they offer some lunch items, such as burgers, turkey melts, southwest chicken wraps, or a pulled pork sandwich. 

But don’t forget your beverages! Hit up the Start This Mornin’ Off Right Menu for some mimosas, bloody marys, and house spiked lemonade! Tillman’s Roadhouse is open for lunch and dinner as well, so be sure to go have a happy, funky fun-filled Saturday or Sunday!

 

Nick and Sam’s Grill

You can’t miss the black awnings carved with the classic logo at Nick and Sam’s Grill. Nick and Sam’s Grill is a standout for posh staple in uptown for a classic booze brunch. The wrap around line says it all; it remains one of the most popular brunch spot with the hip twenties and younger thirties crowd. You’ll see everyone dressed up in their snappy casual brunch attire in their big sunglasses and wedges. There really isn’t a negative when it comes to the Captain Crunch French Toast, the Cinnamon Apple Spiced Pancakes, decadent cinnamon rolls or my personal favorite, the Toad in the Hole. The BBQ pork, the poached eggs, and jalapeno Cheddar grits, and deviled hollandaise paired with a pitcher of mimosas cannot be rivaled on a sunny spring afternoon.

 

They have a build your own omelets bar as well as a fabulous Belgian waffle station where you can add anything from berry compote, to bananas foster toppings.

Not only can you get brunch, but appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and entrees such as salmon or chicken. And for the gluten sensitive guests, they have banana pecan French toast, pancakes, warm carrot cake, and bacon eggs &cheese.

If you’re up for the diva day brunch, Nick and Sam’s is the place to go!

State and Allen Lounge

The sun streams across the wrap around patio as the young and well-dressed Uptown crowd sits with their dogs and their friends drinking mimosas. Beneath the blue awnings on the corner of State Street and Allen Street lies the aptly named State and Allen Lounge.  This restaurant has everything one is looking for the perfect neighborhood hang out—the inside greets beer drinkers and the dinner crowd, but the wrap around patio makes for the ideal brunch spot where one can sit back, relax, and people watch on a beautiful Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

 Anything is good here and all with beautiful presentation. You can get whatever you are in the mood for, from soups, salads, appetizers, chicken and waffles for the more hearty morning, bananas foster pancakes, eggs just about in any form, or you may select some token burgers from the lunch menu.  The Poach & Prosciutto attracts was a huge hit, with two poached eggs with grilled asparagus and prosciutto which is served on a homemade English crumpet with hollandaise.

They serve lunch, brunch, and dinner and have an extensive pizza menu. The burgers are to die for, and they have a full service bar as well! 

Oddfellows

Oddfellows peeks out of a row of various boutiques, cafés and vintage shops in quaint little artsy district of Dallas on 316 W. 7th Street. A white awning with a bold font extends from the entrance. Though its presence remains unassuming, the reviews rave about “The Best Mac and Cheese in Dallas” and the line continually wraps around the building. When first arriving, one is greeted by the signature gold lettering on the windows along with a friendly face to seat the customers. The rustic white walls are covered in quirky memorabilia, anything from vintage art to taxidermy. Wood lines portions of the walls. The muted coloring creates a very simplistic yet lighthearted environment. The restaurant seems like a neighborhood hang out with the slogan “Food For All”, and available outside seating covers the front of the building, as well as a bar that opens to the outside, that seems delightful on a day with fair weather.

The brunch menu’s first title “Yay For Booze!” features mimosas, bloody marys, and bellinis. From there, one can select from a wide range of Favorites, anything from beignets, migas, or fried chicken and honey waffles. The tacos have very interesting combinations (and also quite delicious), such as egg, pancetta, white cheddar and roasted leek or egg, chorizo, cilantro, and goat cheese. The gingerbread, berry chocolate chip, and red velvet pancakes also received stellar reviews from those who ordered them. And what would become a favorite brunch spot without a full espresso menu? Essentially, one cannot go wrong at Oddfellows.
Although the brunch alone could pay the bills, Oddfellows has breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a full service bar. Come hungry, the portions really make a statement!