For this edition of Tasty Tuesday I am not going to review a restaurant. Today I am going to share with you my favorite places to have Brunch. During the summer, more of my friends and associates want to meet up for breakfast/lunch instead of dinner. I don’t blame em’. I love breakfast and will eat it morning, noon or night so I never complain. However, once it’s decided we are going to meet for Brunch the next question is where should we go? This list is my solution to the breakfast/lunch conundrum.
1. South City Kitchen – This is my favorite Brunch Spot. I believe they have the BEST pancakes. They also have the BEST fried green tomatoes. I have both whenever I go. Plus they give you a big basket of biscuits and cornbread to munch on while you wait. Try the Maryland Style Crab Cakes they are excellent with the grits. Oh and it’s the only place I know where you can get banana pudding.
2. Social House – This place reminds me of my Granny’s house, except my Granny prefers to hang chandeliers instead of bicycles from the ceiling. SoHo has excellent pancakes, they make a mean salmon croquette (only place besides my Granny’s kitchen that I will eat them), but it’s the spinach bacon feta omelette that keeps me coming back.
3. Murphy’s - I go to Murphy’s for French toast and sometimes for the waffles. It’s a great brunch spot if you can stand the crowds, but people tend to linger at this spot. There’s something for everyone on the menu and they have baked goods you can snack on while you wait.
4. OK Café - This place is an old school diner and it’s very kitschy. They have a great big dollar tree, waitresses in crisp white uniforms and a confederate flag in the dining area. You should probably warn people about the flag before you decide to dine at OK. There’s always a wait at this place, but if it’s just two people you can generally sit at one of two bars. Let me warn you, if you sit at the bar in the money tree room you are going to want dessert. They guy behind this bar makes all the deserts and they have good deserts! My favorite is the Coconut Cake. I come here for blueberry pancakes (ask for your blueberries on the side), omelettes and lemonade (it rivals the lemonade at chick-fil-a).
5. Highland Bakery - I refer to it as the North Highland Bakery, but whatever you want to call it this is the best place to go if you just rolled out of bed, pulled on some flip-flops and barely wiped the sleep crumbs from your eyes. It’s very unpretentious. They have some interesting things on the menu, but my favorite hands down are the sweet potato pancakes. They should be called sinfully, delicious candy-cakes. They also have peanut butter French toast that is great and I don’t even like peanut butter. It’s a bakery so try some deserts or a cinnamon roll.
6. Thumbs Up – Last, but certainly not least is Thumbs up. I don’t frequent this place for two reasons they are cash only (I rarely carry cash and it’s against my religion to pay to retrieve my money at random atms) and the wait times can be ugly. I also prefer to go to the location in east point. When I do plan ahead and stop at my bank’s atm or meet up for brunch later in the afternoon this is the best place to go for fish n’ grits or chicken and waffles.
