Easter brunch 2024: Here's a taste of what Memphis restaurants have planned
Easter is coming early this year, which means it's almost time for that classic Southern tradition of grabbing an Easter Sunday brunch with family and friends.
Here are 11 restaurants in Memphis serving special dishes and drinks for Easter on March 31, as well as a few other restaurants open for the holiday that will serve their regular brunch menus.
Reservations are recommended at most locations. Our advice: Pick a restaurant and reserve a table as soon as possible.
These Memphis restaurants are serving special dishes and menus on Easter Sunday:
Belle Meade Social
518 Perkins Extd.; (901) 480-7054; bellemeadesocial.com
Belle Meade Social plans to serve its regular lunch menu along with four specials: crab cake benedict, steak and eggs, salmon and eggs, and French toast (traditional or Cherries Jubilee). Belle Meade Social is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Visit its website for the full menu.
Biscuits & Jams
5806 Stage Road, Bartlett; (901) 672-7905; biscuitsandjams.com
During Easter Brunch at Biscuits & Jams, you can enjoy brunch staples like steak and eggs or salmon croquettes, along with lemon ricotta pancakes (served with blueberry syrup) and rum boogie French toast casserole, among many other items. Make sure to give the "Peeptini" a try — it's a strawberry cream gin martini with a Peep marshmallow. Brunch will be served from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with the kitchen closing at 2:30 p.m.
Bog & Barley
6150 Poplar Ave.; (901) 805-2262; bogandbarley.com
Brunch will be served from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Easter Sunday at Bog & Barley. The full menu will be offered, along with some chef specials. (The menu had not been set at the time of publication.) Local musician Adam Heart will play piano during brunch. Reserve a table at Resy.com.
Celtic Crossing
903 Cooper St.; (901) 274-5151; celticcrossingirishpub.com
Celtic Crossing will serve a brunch menu from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on Easter Sunday, alongside a few chef specials. (The menu had not been set at the time of publication.) Call (901) 274-5151 to reserve a table.
Char
431 S Highland St.; (901) 249-3533; memphis.charrestaurant.com
While Char's regular menu will be offered for dine-in and takeout on Easter Sunday, a special holiday catering menu is available for preorder. Garlic mashed potatoes, caramelized onion mac and cheese, creamed spinach and cornbread dressing are available to order for pickup on the restaurant's website. Each feeds four to six people. Freshly baked pecan pies are also available. Order by March 28 and pick up by March 30. Char's hours for dine-in on Easter are 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Hen House Wine Bar
679 S Mendenhall Road; (901) 499-5436; henhousewinebar.com
Alongside the usual egg rolls, wings, flatbreads and, obviously, wine, Easter visitors can taste the "Cadbury cocktail," a sweet dessert cocktail with Irish cream, chocolate liqueur and a dulce de leche rim. Hen House will be open 4-10 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
Seasons 52
6085 Poplar Ave.; (901) 682-9952; seasons52.com
Seasons 52 is serving a la carte Easter Brunch from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. You can enjoy entrées including crab and cheddar quiche, upright French toast with applewood smoked bacon, apricot-glazed spiral ham, and wood-grilled shrimp and grits. Plenty of cocktails such as the strawberry hibiscus margarita, bloody marys and rosé lemonade are available as well. You can make a reservation on the restaurant's website.
Sunrise Memphis
670 Jefferson Ave. and 5469 Poplar Ave.; sunrise901.com
Sunrise is exclusively using catering this year to distribute its wide-ranging holiday brunch menu, which focuses primarily on casseroles. Choose between six sweet or savory casseroles including the Southwestern, which comes with chorizo, cotija, cheddar, pico and eggs, or the Classic, with the usual bacon or sausage, eggs, cheddar and biscuit crumbles. Sunrise is also offering a selection of pies, cheesecake, cinnamon rolls and cookies. Orders are accepted through 5 p.m. March 24, and pickup is available from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 29-30.
The Capital Grille
6065 Poplar Ave; (901) 683-9291; thecapitalgrille.com
The Capital Grille has spared no expense this Easter. Try out their lobster frittata with butter poached lobster tails, 14-ounce bone-in dry aged New York strip and eggs, and 8-ounce center cut filet mignon with white cheddar hash browns. The crab cake benedict with truffle hollandaise is a new addition this year. Have a taste of the freshly baked blueberry bread as well, and grab a mimosa while you're at it. Brunch will be served from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. You can make a reservation on the restaurant's website.
The Liquor Store
2655 Broad Ave.; (901) 405-5477; theliquorstorediner.com
The Liquor Store is already a great place to grab brunch year-round, and this special makes for a great Easter drink. On Easter Sunday, buy any specialty coffee or cocktail and get it with a Peep marshmallow garnish.
The Peabody
149 Union Ave.; (901) 529-4000; peabodymemphis.com
Easter is always a big day for The Peabody. Like every year, an extravagant Easter brunch will be served in the ballrooms on the mezzanine level from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. An extensive menu is offered containing customizable omelets, traditional breakfast food, sushi, antipasto meats, and seafood like crab claws, salmon, trout and other fish. Don't forget to grab sweets from the 32-foot-long dessert buffet, which will offer cakes, pies, ice cream, cookies and much more. The Easter Bunny will be in attendance as well.
Memphis restaurants serving brunch on Easter Sunday:
The following restaurants are serving their regular menus for Easter Sunday:
SOB: Three locations: 345 S. Main St. and 5040 Sanderlin Ave. in Memphis and 1329 W. Poplar Ave. in Collierville; southofbeale.com
Babalu: Two locations: 6450 Poplar Ave. and 2115 Madison Ave.; eatbabalu.com
Bishop: 545 S. Main St.; (901) 896-0228; bishopmemphis.com
Amerigo: 1239 Ridgeway Road; (901) 761-4000; amerigo.net (no reservation necessary)
Is your Memphis-area restaurant offering Easter Brunch? If you'd like it included on this list, email Jacob Wilt at jacob.wilt@commercialappeal.com.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: What Memphis restaurants are serving Easter brunch? Here's the list
