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Where to Eat Brunch in New Orleans Right Now

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Brunch is a New Orleans pastime — it’s the birthplace of the meal, after all. From extravagant jazz brunches to essential boozy brunches and of course, drag brunches, restaurants take the meal seriously. As dining out becomes more comfortable, there are fresh menus all around town, at brand new restaurants as well as tried-and-true classics.

To help in the difficult decision-making process as the weekend nears, the Eater New Orleans brunch heat map is tracking the newest options for that special weekend meal, whether at restaurants new to the city’s dining scene or favorites launching brunch for the first time. Here are exciting new brunch destinations in New Orleans, arranged by neighborhood.

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Debbie on the Levee

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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.

Seafood Sally's

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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.

Scrambled

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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.

Shakshouka from Scrambled.
Scrambled

Mister Mao

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After experimenting with special brunches for a few months, Uptown’s most exciting restaurant now serves Sunday brunch weekly. The menu will change frequently, as does the dinner menu, but will always include gluten-free options — expect mashup dishes like hot chicken Benedict served on a Hawaiian pineapple roll with onion gravy or a Thai shrimp cake with sunny eggs, mustard greens, red curry, and fish sauce vinaigrette. Don’t miss the enticing brunch cocktails.

A spread of brunch dishes from Mister Mao including a hot chicken Benedict
Mister Mao brunch spread.
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Monday | Restaurant + Bar

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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

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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.

Chapter IV

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This brand new restaurant from Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, grandson of the legendary Dooky Chase’s restaurant founder and culinary icon Leah Chase and her husband Dooky Chase, has arrived downtown. While the Chase family may be best associated with gumbo, fried chicken, and shrimp Clemenceau, Chapter IV aims to do something different while honoring its legacy. The daytime spot celebrates brunch on weekends with live music, lively cocktails, fried oyster BLTs, fish and grits, and fried chicken sandwiches, to name a few dishes.

Beggars Banquet

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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.

Palm and Pine

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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.

A bowl of shrimp Creole with jalapeño cream cheese grits, corn, and tomato
Shrimp Creole from Palm & Pine
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Bakery Bar

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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.

Oxtail croquette eggs Benedict.
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Couvant at The Eliza Jane Hotel

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Couvant, the elegant French brasserie in downtown’s chic Eliza Jane Hotel, serves brunch Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Refined, technique-driven dishes merging French and American South flavors include a berry pain perdue; duck confit and waffles with foie gras butter; and a crawfish hash with sweet corn, rosemary garlic potatoes, and a sunny-side-up-egg. Couvant is also offering a handful of $25 unlimited brunch cocktails — bloodys, Palomas, sangria, mimosas, or brunch punch.

Brunch cocktails from Couvant.
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Compère Lapin

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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. 

Hot fire chicken.
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Miss River

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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.

Scrambled egg toast with shaved black truffles and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Scrambled egg toast with shaved black truffles and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
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Dough Nguyener's Vietnamese Bakery

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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.

The Elysian Bar

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At this hotspot located in a renovated former church complex, sit outside on the courtyard or inside in the kitschy rectory with its happy colors for dishes like a classic French rolled omelet, eggs baked in tomato, ricotta, and chimichurri; and fried grits with chorizo gravy and a sunny side egg. It’s a great spot for brunch cocktails.

Cocktails from the Elysian Bar.
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Justini Cocktails

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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.

Debbie on the Levee

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.

Seafood Sally's

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.

Scrambled

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.

Shakshouka from Scrambled.
Scrambled

Mister Mao

After experimenting with special brunches for a few months, Uptown’s most exciting restaurant now serves Sunday brunch weekly. The menu will change frequently, as does the dinner menu, but will always include gluten-free options — expect mashup dishes like hot chicken Benedict served on a Hawaiian pineapple roll with onion gravy or a Thai shrimp cake with sunny eggs, mustard greens, red curry, and fish sauce vinaigrette. Don’t miss the enticing brunch cocktails.

A spread of brunch dishes from Mister Mao including a hot chicken Benedict
Mister Mao brunch spread.
Paprika Studios/Mister Mao

Monday | Restaurant + Bar

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

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.

Chapter IV

This brand new restaurant from Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, grandson of the legendary Dooky Chase’s restaurant founder and culinary icon Leah Chase and her husband Dooky Chase, has arrived downtown. While the Chase family may be best associated with gumbo, fried chicken, and shrimp Clemenceau, Chapter IV aims to do something different while honoring its legacy. The daytime spot celebrates brunch on weekends with live music, lively cocktails, fried oyster BLTs, fish and grits, and fried chicken sandwiches, to name a few dishes.

Beggars Banquet

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.

Palm and Pine

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.

A bowl of shrimp Creole with jalapeño cream cheese grits, corn, and tomato
Shrimp Creole from Palm & Pine
Randy Schmidt/Palm & Pine

Bakery Bar

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.

Oxtail croquette eggs Benedict.
Bakery Bar/Official

Couvant at The Eliza Jane Hotel

Couvant, the elegant French brasserie in downtown’s chic Eliza Jane Hotel, serves brunch Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Refined, technique-driven dishes merging French and American South flavors include a berry pain perdue; duck confit and waffles with foie gras butter; and a crawfish hash with sweet corn, rosemary garlic potatoes, and a sunny-side-up-egg. Couvant is also offering a handful of $25 unlimited brunch cocktails — bloodys, Palomas, sangria, mimosas, or brunch punch.

Brunch cocktails from Couvant.
Couvant/Official

Compère Lapin

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. 

Hot fire chicken.
Compère Lapin

Miss River

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.

Scrambled egg toast with shaved black truffles and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Scrambled egg toast with shaved black truffles and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans/Official

Dough Nguyener's Vietnamese Bakery

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.

The Elysian Bar

At this hotspot located in a renovated former church complex, sit outside on the courtyard or inside in the kitschy rectory with its happy colors for dishes like a classic French rolled omelet, eggs baked in tomato, ricotta, and chimichurri; and fried grits with chorizo gravy and a sunny side egg. It’s a great spot for brunch cocktails.

Cocktails from the Elysian Bar.
Randy Schmidt/Hotel Peter and Paul

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Justini Cocktails

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.

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