You're not out of options yet for an Easter brunch. These restaurants still have openings
Easter is days away and you’re still without a brunch or dinner reservation. Plenty of local places are long booked. But not to worry.
You can still get a shot at a carving station.
Check out these restaurants that still have reservations or open seating available.
Bob Evans Farmhouse Kitchen
The restaurants will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, offering its regular menu, along with special Easter meals, including the Easter Celebration Family Meal ($82.99) and the Easter Celebration Platter ($15.99) with ham steaks, slow-roasted turkey, celery dressing, green beans with ham and mashed potatoes with gravy.
Also, the chain’s Farmhouse Feasts, accommodating families of four to 10, are back for Easter.
Entrée options include hickory-smoked ham, roasted turkey and pot roast. The feasts come with a variety of sides, such as mashed potatoes with gravy and green beans with ham, house-baked rolls and a whole pie for dessert.
The dinners cost $81.99 to $159.99 and are packed cold and ready to heat.
Bottleworks Hotel
850 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 100, Indianapolis, 317-556-1234, bottleworkshotel.com
The Gallery Courtyard will host a family celebration featuring seafood, carving stations with prime rib and Coca-Cola-brined ham; made-to-order pasta and omelet stations, desserts and a mimosa bar.
Jazz saxophonist Rob Dixon will perform.
Seating times are 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m, with each group having a 2-hour limit.
Tickets cost $85. Children age 2 and under dine free.
Commission Row
110 S. Delaware St., Indianapolis, 317-550-2500, commissionrow.com
The new restaurant at the Pacers Sports & Entertainment Complex will offer Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., then re-open at 5 p.m. for regular dinner service.
The Easter buffet ($95 for adults, $25 for children under 12) has pancakes and brioche French toast with shagbark hickory syrup; scrambled eggs; a carving station with prime rib and ham off the bone; shrimp; oysters; crab claws; and pastries.
The Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms
754 N. 600 East, Fair Oaks, Indiana, 219-394-3663, fofarms.com
A special Easter brunch buffet, with multiple sittings, features French toast, a carving station with prime rib, ham, Atlantic salmon and omelets.
Golden Corral
6102 W. 38th St., Indianapolis, 317-293-6560
160 S. Marlin Dr., Greenwood, 317- 360-8200
The regular buffet is available for dine-in; but to-go family meals can be ordered online for pickup through April 7.
Market Table
The Alexander, 333 Delaware St., Indianapolis, 317-624-8222, thealexander.com
The hotel has a 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. brunch with carving and dessert stations. The pre-paid meal is $50 for adults; $18 for children ages four to 12 and free to children age three and under.
Metro Diner
3954 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis, 317-296-8262
7225 US 31 South, Unit A06, Indianapolis, 317-285-0149
302 Dan Jones Road, Plainfield, 317- 214-8715
Metro Diner has pescatarian specials — a teriyaki salmon bowl, a shrimp platter, and fish and chips — for Easter, part of its Lenten lineup.
But heat-and-serve options, for one, four or eight people, are available for curbside pick-up or delivery. The feasts ($16.49-$119.49) include a choice of roasted turkey or baked ham for the main course, along with sides of mashed potatoes and gravy; green beans; and cornbread stuffing, mac and cheese or street corn.
The deadline to pre-order the Easter Feast is Friday, March 29 at metrodiner.com/easter-feast.
Osteria by Fabio Viviani
Market District Supermarket, 11505 Illinois St., Carmel, 317-689-6330, osteriacarmel.com
The brunch buffet runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features frittatas; pancakes; charcuterie; carving and potato stations; shrimp and grits; and biscuits and gravy. The price is $40 for adults, $20 for children 12 and under.
Pier 48 Fish House & Oyster Bar
130 S. Pennsylvania St., Suite B, Indianapolis, 317-401-8898, pier48fresh.com
The restaurant will feature Easter specials lobster eggs benedict ($32) and deviled eggs, along with its regular menu, on Saturday and Sunday. Expect lobster, shrimp and grits; wagyu steak and eggs; bloody marys and mimosas.
It's serving from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Provision
2721 E. 86th St., Indianapolis, 317-843-6105, provision-restaurant.com
Easter brunch will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., but the restaurant will be open until 9 p.m.
The family-style spread – $70 for adults and $15 for children – includes lobster deviled eggs, baked brie, steak and eggs, smoked pork chops, cheddar heirloom grits, egg tarts, crab cake benedict and doughnuts.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com:@cherylvjackson.
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