This Rivertown neighborhood spot from the master cake-baker behind Debbie Does Doberge recently launched an all-day menu, and it’s heavy on breakfast and brunch items. There is bananas Foster French toast, red velvet Elvis pancakes, a grilled caprese, and a beignet, bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, among other items, and of course, doberge cakes and dobites. The menu is served Wednesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Caitlin Carney and Marcus Jacobs’s fun Oak Street seafood hub now serves brunch, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Baywatch-themed menu with a blue crab omelette, shrimp and grits, and boudin beignets is served against a backdrop of old episodes of the show, except when there’s a Saints game on of course. Sangria, peach bellinis, and a shrimp-and-bacon-loaded bloody mary round out the drinks menu.

Uptown has a sunny new breakfast and brunch destination housed in the former Toast on Laurel Street. Steven Green’s menu is creative and fun, not to mention vast given the current trend toward five-item lists — a pretty shakshouka and fresh scrambled tofu bowl mix with over-the-top plates of peanut butter mousse waffles and cannoli French toast to offer something for everyone. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Entrepreneur Larry Morrow brings buzzy new restaurant and bar, Monday, to Mid City, where chef (and Morrow’s mother) Lenora Chong serves up an eclectic mix of Creole classics and Southern specialties. For Sunday brunch, choose from breakfast tacos, smoked salmon toast, a variety of waffle dishes, and lamb chop and grits, among other dishes.

The Post Restaurant brings modern, family-friendly American food to a stretch of Esplanade Avenue known for its huge, tree-draped patio (formerly home to pizza restaurant Nonna Mia’s). The restaurant serves a small menu of small plates like calamari, salad like a lobster and goat cheese salad, and sandwiches like a turkey club and fried chicken sandwich. For brunch, served Saturday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the menu changes, but might include dishes like a ham and cheese omelet, biscuits and gravy, and breakfast sandwiches. Brunch cocktails are a good call.

This charming, beautiful new restaurant in the LGD is a delight — family-owned, friendly, and elegant. It’s also already serving brunch, a rarity for most new restaurants. On Saturday and Sunday, the normally seafood-centric menu gets a mid-day makeover with dishes like stuffed French toast, boneless short ribs with poached eggs, crab meat eggs Benedict, Gulf shrimp salad, and a BLT.

Sunday brunch is a highlight at Palm & Pine, the inventive French Quarter restaurant that blends flavors from the Caribbean, Southern U.S., and Central America. An oft-changing brunch menu might include a duck boudin omelet, Texas wagyu and eggs, or chilaquiles. Cocktails are top-notch.

Brunch is served Tuesday through Sunday at this LGD neighborhood gem, now with a menu from former Bacchanal chef Lydia Solano. Both dinner and brunch got a revamp, with the former offering a succinct handful of classic and over-the-top dishes. There’s chia seed pudding with custard cardamom strudel, an oxtail cake eggs Benedict, and Spanish-style torrijas, topped with blackberry compote and plantain custard.

Great news: Sunday brunch returns to Nina Compton’s hugely acclaimed Compère Lapin on June 4, 2023. From 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Compère serves items like an everything bagel with tuna tartar and chili cream cheese, braised pork with polenta, confit tomatoes, and sunny egg; and smothered rabbit with biscuit croquette. Don’t miss trying one of the restaurant’s delicious brunch cocktails, like the In the Valley Below (Cimmaron tequila, coffee-infused mezcal, Campari, cherry, and cacao), or opt for the bottomless brunch punch for just $20. Sweet endings include buttermilk pie with strawberry compote and zeppole with pecans and rum caramel. 

The city’s newest special occasion destination is Miss River, the main restaurant in the new Four Seasons hotel. Brunch is served Saturday and Sunday, featuring creations like duck eggs Creole; beignets and ham; and poached eggs and creamed spinach on toasted brioche bread with hollandaise and caviar. Of course, the cocktails are just as over-the-top: Bloody marys with garnishes like pickled quail eggs, okra, and steamed shrimp; and mimosas served from a roving mimosa station.

This exciting new bakery and cafe in Gretna offers a unique all-day menu that works well for any meal of the day, amazingly — small plates like shrimp toast, beignets, and almond berry toast mix with American breakfast and banh mi chao, a plate of sauteed beef tenderloin served with sunny side eggs, pate, tomatoes, and a baguette. It’s open at 6 a.m. daily, but to enjoy a weekend brunch there — Dough Nguyener’s even serves cocktails — just be there by when the kitchen closes, at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

This new cocktail bar in a beautiful Bywater space opened at the beginning of June, marking the building’s first occupant since Oxalis closed in 2017. Justini’s is the brainchild of Jessica Robinson, serving a menu of colorful, pretty cocktails as well as bar snacks like tacos, salmon bites, and wings. For brunch, served Saturday and Sunday, there’s a small menu of dishes like avocado toast, fried chicken and French toast, beignet sticks, a hot sausage croissant, and catfish Dauphine.