From scoring the cheapest bottomless mimosas to dining with the sassiest drag queens.
Brunch is decidedly a thing nowadays. But here’s the catch: you have to know what you’re looking for. Do you want lick-the-plate-clean food? Or is it bottomless mimosas first, food second? Maybe you want a (drag queen) performance with a side of eggs. No worries. DC has it covered with these top spots:
From scoring the cheapest bottomless mimosas to dining with the sassiest drag queens.
Brunch is decidedly a thing nowadays. But here’s the catch: you have to know what you’re looking for. Do you want lick-the-plate-clean food? Or is it bottomless mimosas first, food second? Maybe you want a (drag queen) performance with a side of eggs. No worries. DC has it covered with these top spots:
If you’re obsessed with food:
So you live for the perfect ricotta pancake or housemade fritatta. If you’re there for food and only food, head to always lively 14th Street for spanish-influenced Estadio, Cork’s delicious small plates, or the housemade pop tarts at the always-packed Ted’s Bulletin. Northwest in Adams Morg
an, try Cedric Maupillier's Mintwood Place for French-inspired eats and inventive food that’s sure to impress. At Osteria Morini, Chef Michael White's brunch menu starring dishes like the housemade brioche with duck confit and pistachio pesto received the honor of Upscale Brunch of the Year at the 2018 RAMMYS.
Over in Foggy Bottom, farm-to-table favorite Founding Farmers is a hard-to-get res for a reason, while Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier offers a prix-fixe menu focusing on fine French and Belgian offerings. For the only Michelin-starred brunch, be sure to visit the Blue Duck Tavern. In nearby Georgetown, Seasons and Sequoia Restaurant each offers a full array of regional and fresh offerings at various food stations – plus the bottomless mimosas to help wash it all down. For an outside the box take on brunch favorites, at Michael Schlow's Alta Strada brunchers can nosh on an everything bagel pizza topped with smoked salmon, mascarpone and all the fixings.
And if you want a presidential dining experience, both LINCOLN and Teddy & The Bully Bar (the two are sister restaurants that pay homage to the 16th and 26th U.S. Presidents) offer Sunday brunch specials, including bottomless brunch and drinks at the former and a prix fixe brunch and Bloody Mary bar at the latter.
If you don’t have all day:
Okay, so maybe you can’t spend three hours leisurely brunching your Sunday away. If you’re in the mood for a savory egg sandwich, swing by market-slash-eatery Glen’s Garden Market (located in Dupont Circle and Shaw) for one made with local favorite Bullfrog Bagels, or head to Union Market for a biscuit-based version from the Mason Dixie stand. Those in the mood for something sweet can pop by one of the city’s gourmet doughnut shops; Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken and District Doughnut are standouts.
If you want to leave a little (or a lot) tipsy:
Bottomless mimosa deals are a dime a dozen, but some places really do it right. Richard Sandoval’s restaurants - which include Masa 14 and El Centro - all offer a deal that gets you bottomless mimosas and an endless supply of delicious tapas. Go hungry. At Provision No. 14, you’ll find communal brunching (mascarpone pancakes for everyone!) as well as sharable hand-crafted cocktails, served up in a French press.
Like its sister restaurant in Dupont Circle, Mission Navy Yard is your go-to for a margarita-fueled fiesta. Tacos, tequila and bottomless guacamole – what more could you want for brunch? Elsewhere in the District, Agora has a fantastic bottomless brunch, complete with hummus and every other Mediterranean dip one could ask for, accompanied by warm, fluffy pita bread. Craving cider? At Shaw's ANXO Cidery & Pintxos Bar, $20 will get you a never-ending stream of three different ciders.
