Best Ever Sunday Brunch - Where do you go?
Mates,
Sunday brunch is a longtime tradition for many. I mention it today in particular because our kids made one that might be the best I've ever had: venison chili and cheese omelettes along with pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes. With apple butter. And syrup. That was dynamite.
To our question though, where is/was the best Sunday Brunch you ever had? Do you prefer Zingerman's? What about your local greasy-spoon that serves up surprisingly good stuff? Is there a chain restaurant that gets it done for you?
No lions playing today to turn your stomach, so weigh in on this beautiful fall Sunday.
XM
October 11th, 2020 at 7:18 PM ^
Are you from Mt. Pleasant, Yeti? I figured I might be the only one on the board from there.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:22 PM ^
We used to like Deer Lake Inn in Clarkston in the old days and a place in Lake Orion before that on M-24 whose name escapes me. Haven't had a good brunch in decades.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:24 PM ^
Great Oaks Country Club Rochester Michigan 1985
October 11th, 2020 at 3:27 PM ^
Ha, what a spot on post. My wife and I are hanging in Del Mar for brunch. Not my favorite, but will do the trick.
all time favorite was la Valencia in La Jolla before they sold the hotel.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
where in del mar? lots of places. you probably need to have a bloody mary to feel safe, keeps the germs away.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:20 PM ^
We are at L’auberge. Limited menu, but ocean view. Haha- I need to a good recommendation for a Bloody.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:28 PM ^
Gandy Dancer (having no idea if it still exists, serves brunch)
October 11th, 2020 at 5:13 PM ^
As of a few years back it did. Wonder if a high end place like that survived the covid? Im out of town now so can't do a drive by.
October 11th, 2020 at 9:16 PM ^
I had the opportunity to go there for Sunday brunch during grad school and I thought it was great! It also helped that my in-laws paid...
October 11th, 2020 at 3:33 PM ^
Carson's in Ann Arbor is pretty good too.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
Posta Zirm Hotel in Corvara
October 11th, 2020 at 3:42 PM ^
guessing i'm not the only one who had no clue where corvara is. well, here's the answer:
it's a long, long uber ride from ann arbor to italy.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:50 PM ^
Eppings in Lexington Ky is good - I like the breakfast Churros my wife likes the Eggs Benedict.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:57 PM ^
Any of 15 or 20 places in NOLA (and I don’t even like brunch) and in my experience any non-NOLA brunch place is a very distant 21st. Brunch there isn’t just an institution, it’s a lifestyle perfected over 100s of years of practice. One reason I don’t really like breakfast/lunch is that there are only so many ways to combine eggs, cheese, meat, potatoes and bread. There isn’t any one brunch in NOLA like another, and the variety and incredible diversity of ingredients will have me readily abandon my firm no brunch policy. If you go, Commander’s Palace for upscale, Le Petit Grocery for a slightly less formal neighborhood joint. I think I now need to book a flight.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:09 PM ^
Yes. Came to say Commander’s Palace. Best brunch I’ve ever had.
October 11th, 2020 at 3:59 PM ^
My Ann Arbor favorite as a student (and honestly still): Sava's; their chicken and waffles are the ish
October 11th, 2020 at 4:06 PM ^
One-Eyed Betty's in Ferndale.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:10 PM ^
It’s been a few years but my most memorable brunch was as the Phoenician in Scottsdale. Everything you could imagine plus an entire dessert room that included made to order individual soufflés. I was there on the company dime, so that made it even tastier!
October 11th, 2020 at 4:16 PM ^
Moonshine in Austin. The food was great, but I asked my wife to marry me an hour before, so I could have gone to Denny’s and been happy. I made a whole deal out of it, set up a thing at this fancy estate in town that has peacocks roaming around, but it delayed brunch (I got the timing off an hour), and my soon-to-be fiancée was nearing “hangry” levels. Thankfully, once she started piecing things together, she pulled it together haha. But, hell, those mimosas we drank later went down like victory mimosas!
October 12th, 2020 at 6:51 PM ^
ATX: Valentina's texmex BBQ, get the real deal holyfield taco.
Houston: Hugo's Sunday morning brunch buffet.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^
Had brunch at the Plaza about a year ago. Was nice.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:33 PM ^
Smash, longtime no hear. Hope you and mrs. lampjaw are doing well, glad about the move.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
I'm not a brunch person, so I can't really answer XM's question, but I'd say his kids did an outstanding job.
XM, I gather that you're somewhere in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. Hopefully it's as nice there as it is here ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City_micropolitan_area ) today.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:55 PM ^
Is very nice up here. About to go hunting.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
My top two:
-- Trader Vic's at the New Otani Hotel in central Tokyo.
-- The Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:27 PM ^
It’s a ‘c’ as in ‘mackinac’.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:37 PM ^
In Ft. Wayne there is a Latin American place called Proximo. Great food and they serve a drink called Milk Punch. My favorite there is Carnitas Benedict. Amazing brunch.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:39 PM ^
Pinehurst
October 11th, 2020 at 4:48 PM ^
If you can tolerate a wait, The Hudson Cafe in downtown Detroit has a great brunch, although I am not sure what alterations have been made due to COVID-19.
October 11th, 2020 at 4:58 PM ^
that cider mill for fresh donuts somewhere near Farmington Hills, maybe on Franklin or something? It's been 15 years since I lived there but just remember that.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
Russ & Daughters in SoHo, NYC. Everything is good, you cannot order something bad.
October 11th, 2020 at 10:48 PM ^
Can’t go wrong at Russ & Daughters any day of the week.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
Venison, eggs with hash browns at my hunting cabin
October 11th, 2020 at 8:47 PM ^
If we get to include this it'd be breakfasts after a morning of fishing on Indian Lake up near Manistique (Not the Big Boy!)
October 11th, 2020 at 5:20 PM ^
It used to be Gandy Dancer in Ann Arbor, but they had to shut down the seafood buffet because of Covid.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:42 PM ^
Three plus decades ago I had a great brunch at Oakland Hills Country Club. Don’t ask me what I ate, I just recall loving it and that there was syrup. They also had those chocolate mints that as a boy I gobbled up.
October 11th, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^
Virginia is only (-2) vs wake forest right now for anyone that cares
October 11th, 2020 at 6:09 PM ^
Stay home and make your own Brunch. Don't spread COVID!
October 11th, 2020 at 6:20 PM ^
when I lived in Hong Kong and had a decent job, there was a higher end Japanese place with a sunday brunch that included all you could eat sushi/sashimi, a noodle bar, and free flow Veuve Clicquot. Wasn't cheap but damn those were good times
October 11th, 2020 at 6:39 PM ^
Original pancake house in Birmingham is the best!
October 11th, 2020 at 9:44 PM ^
Or OPH at any of their other 149 locations? They do have good food.
October 11th, 2020 at 6:39 PM ^
Denny's. Moons over mihammies
October 11th, 2020 at 6:42 PM ^
Bongo Room in Chicago
October 11th, 2020 at 6:46 PM ^
We like Sava for game day breakfast at the bar. The brunch is outstanding on Sunday. Sava is it for us in Ann Arbor - best brunch and breakfast. Bloody’s are to die for.
October 11th, 2020 at 6:57 PM ^
Kadena Airbase Officers (or was it enlisted) Club, Okinawa. Way better than the slop we got at the chow hall on Futenma.
October 11th, 2020 at 9:49 PM ^
Chow halls/DFACs/Officers & enlisted clubs are always better on the Air Force side!
October 11th, 2020 at 7:15 PM ^
Mr. Wonderfuls Chicken and Waffles ... with Sweet Jesus Glaze of course
October 11th, 2020 at 7:21 PM ^
Small Town Grill in Pellston. Every part of the pig and eggs for 8 bucks
October 11th, 2020 at 7:35 PM ^
Perry's in Washington DC serves fine fare, with an entertaining drag queen show to accompany. Good times.
https://www.perrysam.com/brunch/
October 11th, 2020 at 7:59 PM ^
Plow in San Francisco. 
Lemon ricotta pancakes, choice of eggs, roasted potatoes, and choice of bacon or sausage.