S/O Do you like brunch?

[Anonymous]

I like brunch at home. Sleeping in, getting in a workout, and eating a hearty meal with coffee and nonsense TV. It’s been a family tradition for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we talk about people's favorite brunch spots with kids?

This isn't what I would have chosen at 29, but now one of our favorite places is Original Pancake House. Super kid-friendly menu and they really work hard to get people seated in a reasonable amount of time (no reservations, which we like because we don't like having to plan that far in advance). The one in Bethesda has a patio, too. They don't serve alcohol, not that kind of place.

Any other good recommendations? We recently moved to NE DC and would love recommendations for this area. Anything on H Street or in Brookland people like?

I've met friends for brunch with kids at the Busboys and Poets in Brookland, which was great, especially the outdoor seating.

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of going out to brunch. I love brunch food, love restaurants, love not having to cook, have a small circle so if we're getting together I love you, but I don't do well without eating breakfast between 8-9:30. If I eat brunch at say, 11am, then at 1pm I'm hungry and confused - do I just stay miserable until dinner at 6pm?

[Anonymous]

I love it, though I generally go for salty, more lunch-like options, never pancakes or waffles or whatever. I never eat before noon, so it works for me.

[Anonymous]

I love brunch!! Much more than a traditional early breakfast.

Our typical weekend routine, unless there is a scheduled activity that forces us out of the house earlier, usually involves brunch somewhere between 10-11:30. Kids are tween/teens, so they are happy to sleep in. We don't go out for brunch often, but I love it when we get the chance.

Pancakes, waffles, omelettes, Eggs Benedict, breakfast burrito, sausage, bacon... I can't eat anything that heavy before 10, but love the food.

[Anonymous]

Love love love brunch!!

[Anonymous]

Not really. It's not so much the types of food as the time it is generally eaten. I get up early, even on weekends (I have a puppy, and a young child), so it just doesn't feel great to me.

[Anonymous]

I love them but hardly ever do brunch. My DH is active on weekends, golf, fishing, working on the yard, etc. and sitting down in a restaurant in the middle of a nice day doesn't work for him. Thank goodness I have friends to enjoy brunch with every once in awhile.

[Anonymous]

Oooh I love it. One of my favorite routines. Ideal if preceded by sleeping in on a child-free weekend then wandering around with zero pressure until you find the perfect spot. But I'll take the crayons and chaos version, too.

[Anonymous]

Not really. I like breakfast. I like lunch. I don't like the mix.

[Anonymous]

Brunch with kids is a good way to hang out with friends or do a nice-ish meal out. If you meet at 11, you can get together with a family with even young kids because you can get it in between naps. Plus kids are usually best behaved in the AM, especially if you can hit a playground beforehand. And if you are going to take several kids under the age of 10 or so out to a restaurant, brunch feels like a more reasonable time to do it than even an early dinner hour. Brunch food also tends to be really kid friendly (my picky eater loves virtually all breakfast foods so taking her to breakfast/brunch is the rare dining out experience that feels chill).

The other go-to in our friend group for this is a beer garden with kid-friendly games and lots of room to run around. I actually prefer brunch because I don't love day drinking (makes me so, so tired, and I'm already permanently tired) and it's much easier to forgo drinking at brunch than at a beer garden. Also, beer gardens don't open at 11am and while sometimes the crowd is very kid friendly, sometimes it's not and you get side eye. Brunch is easy though -- always tons of families and large parties, so the staff and other patrons are unphased by our kids.

[Anonymous]

Yes- love brunch

[Anonymous]

Only if it is not breakfast foods and in that case why not lunch?

[Anonymous]

I love breakfast foods - I will order them any time they are on the menu, any time of day.

Brunch out with my family of late sleepers usually means being seated 10 minutes before they stop serving brunch. If I'm awake at 7 am while they sleep, I just eat breakfast like normal. I have no trouble eating 3 meals in one day and I'm not going to wait until 1 or 2 pm to eat something.

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me miss being in my 20s when brunch was standard after a night out. Best brunch food (imo) is savory, egg-based mexican dishes (huevos rancheros, chilaquiles, breakfast burritos...so good).