This charming Uptown brunch has a great brunch drink special, offering $18 bottomless mimosas and bloody marys (the deluxe bloody is also a favorite). The food is on point as well, with chef Bill Prat’s shrimp and grits, country fried chicken thigh and waffle, and eggs Apolline (biscuit, smoked andouille sausage, crawfish tails, poached eggs, and hollandaise) as enduring classics.

Besides special eye openers like Pimm’s Cup and Palomas, Vessel offers $20 bottle service that includes a bottle of cava Brut or rose and a carafe of orange juice. The gorgeous former church, with its covered landscaped outdoor patio, is the perfect backdrop for chef Amandalynn Picolo’s creative offerings like shrimp and Mexican street corn, a breakfast tartine with bacon and avocado, and her outstanding Benedict — bacon-wrapped, boudin-stuffed pork tenderloin and poached eggs atop a cheddar chive biscuit, drizzled with mustard cream sauce.

The line out the door says it all. Katie’s is a neighborhood treasure, but folks come from all around New Orleans to enjoy this Mid City gem. On Sunday, Chef Scot Craig cooks rib-sticking homey specialties including grillades and grits (his gravy is tomato based), eggs cochon, and oysters Benedict. Wash all that goodness down with an $18 bottle of bubbles, fresh orange juice comes with.

The Lowcountry shrimp and grits at this rustic Irish Channel restaurant offers a portal into chef Tom Ramsey’s kitchen’s creativity: the Southern seafood favorite is served with andouille and Delta Grind Grits and bathed in a smoked tomato, creole-spiced shrimp broth. Better still, brunch isn’t just for weekends at Atchafalaya; it’s dished Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Choose from four different specialty bloody marys to sip.

This Magazine Street seafood joint from Edgar Caro, the chef behind Metairie steakhouse Brasa Churrasqueria and Uptown tapas spot Baru, is a bit of an overlooked gem, especially for brunch. There’s a $15 bottomless mimosa brunch, with menu items like the blue crab beignets, a fried green tomato Benedict, and crispy pulled pork and hash.

Broussard’s is a French Creole classic, a New Orleans favorite for nearly a century. The restaurant includes three interior dining rooms, the Empire bar, and an elegant courtyard, where you can enjoy brunch with bottomless mimosas or rose for $15 with the purchase of an entree. Highlights include fried oyster wedge, a crawfish omelette, and fried chicken and waffles. Served Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SoBou’s bottomless bella bellini’s ($25) really has legs. The restaurant’s legs and eggs brunch, featuring burlesque artists including the always eye-catching Bella Blue, offers three courses and plenty of adult beverages. Order the SoBou-zy brunch hooch punch for the table during the show: It’s a potent mash-up that changes seasonally and is served in a giant flask for the whole table to share. Chef Byron Halliburton kills it with duck legs and eggs, breakfast surf and turf tacos, and banana French toast.

Cane & Table knows that brunch without mimosas is just, well breakfast. Bubbles are $25 a bottle and comes with endless OJ. Entrees include avocado toast, biscuits and chorizo gravy, and an outstanding Cuban. The most excellent bar also served a range of special cocktails including Micheladas, and bloody Marys. Courtyard dining is an option.

Located on St. Claude Avenue in the Marigny, Morrow’s always has a crowd waiting on the weekends to eat at the hip spot that has remained popular since its opening in 2018. The menu includes lobster mac and cheese, shrimp and grits, and chicken and waffles. Bottle service mimosas are $40 with a variety of juice flavors.

Although drag brunches are on hold for now, the Country Club in Bywater remains an oasis for brunch on the weekends, served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eat and drink outside in the lush pool gardens or on the front veranda; there are plenty of boozy options. Bellinis and mimosas come six glasses to a carafe, there’s a house bloody mary and a potent brandy milk punch. Housed in a stunning circa-1884 Italianate manse in Bywater, brunch specialties include a silky corn and blue crab bisque and toothsome polenta and eggs. Lots of gluten free options.

Fans of Elizabeth’s praline bacon are SO happy to have the popular brunch spot back open in the Bywater. Brunch is served weekends from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. along with a slew of drinks including a killer and well garnished bloody mary. The fried catfish and eggs is a winner, all the waffles are good, and the campfire smoked ribeye and eggs doused with hollandaise is a real belly buster.