The Brunch Bucket List 2.0

August 08, 2022

Last year, in a blatant effort to get some additional takes onto this website, we turned our little running Google Doc of future brunch spots into an entire article, and gave it the thoroughly overwrought title of the "Brunch Bucket List." Fast forward twelve months and we still don't have any other blog ideas, so let's run this back with a fresh set of spots:

The Grill from Ipanema

Adams Morgan

1858 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC

We've reviewed upwards of 70 DC brunches and not come across a Brazilian option -- it'd be nice to brunch somewhere Google doesn't classify as "New American," for once. If anything, our only hesitation is that this place looks too legit to do brunch right, but the three-course meal looks great regardless.

Bar Pilar

14th Street

1833 14th St NW, Washington, DC

We're suckers for the dangerous game of cocktails at brunch, and they're served in mason jars here, so just imagine the Instagram content.

Creole on 14th

Columbia Heights

3345 14th St NW, Washington, DC

At $65 for an all-inclusive package, it'd better be someone's birthday or something, but if there's a culinary inspiration it's worth paying a bit more for, it's New Orleans.

Union Pub

Capitol Hill

201 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC

The food options look like what brunch skeptics assume we're always paying $20 for, but if you've always wanted to brunch in the shadow of the most dilapidated train station in America, this is your spot.

The Big Stick

Navy Yard

20 M St SE, Washington, DC

$14 bottomless mimosas with a two-hour time limit is all we need to hear.

Commonwealth Cantina

Petworth

3911 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC

Brunch palomas are a new bottomless offering (as is blackberry cider), and we'll take any excuse to post-brunch in Petworth rather than downtown or Navy Yard.

Boardwalk Bar & Arcade

The Wharf

715 Wharf St SW, Washington, DC

Honestly, the $57-all inclusive menu looks both overpriced and confusing, but the opportunity for some brunch skeeball is enough to earn a spot on this list.

El Bebe

Navy Yard

99 M St SE #120, Washington, DC

The four different mimosa flavors -- including a heretofore unheard-of raspberry option -- are almost as intriguing as the brunch entrees capping out at $13.

Paraiso Taqueria

Eastern Market, Capitol Hill

1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC

Eastern Market's rarely let us down, and we'll have high hopes for this sub-$50 all-inclusive menu that includes multiple mimosa flavors and a tres leches dessert.

#10

Sababa

Cleveland Park

3311 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC

It's Sunday-only, but we live in the land of Federal holidays, so surely we'll find an occasion to enjoy these brunch kebabs and Israeli small plates, combined with a $15-bottomless mimosa deal.

Brunch Reviews

April 20, 2024

Baby Shank

U Street

2.94

It's a good thing the $30 bottomless deal comes with the freedom to pour your own champagne and multiple flavors, because we're 99 percent sure the "orange juice" was SunnyD.

March 16, 2024

PLANTA Queen

West End

3.32

We are perhaps not quite the target audience for a vegan restaurant, but after shelling out close to $25 for some entrees, we couldn't help but feel they were missing a certain something

February 18, 2024

Casta's Rum Bar

West End, Foggy Bottom

3.50

Disappointingly, the bottomless deal only covers mimosas ($25 for a make-your-own situation), so mojitos are off the table at this Cuban restaurant unless you spend $80 on a cocktail tower that purportedly serves 8.

We're like the postmen. We brunch in rain, sleet, or snow