Easter 2022 brunch and dinner, for takeout and dining in, at Milwaukee-area restaurants

Easter is April 17 and more restaurants are offering dine-in options for 2022. Reservations are required, with some locations offering carryout with pre-orders. Here is a list of area restaurants offering Easter brunch, lunch and dinner specials.

Apple Holler

Holiday meal packages are for individuals or groups, serving four to six. Order by noon April 8, for pickup from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 or 16, and 9 a.m. to noon April 17 at 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant. The turkey dinner ($29.95 for one; $139.95 family), the apple cider glazed ham dinner ($32.95 or $149.95) and the prime roast beef dinner ($38.95; $189.95) include mashed potatoes and gravy, honey-glazed carrots, apple bread stuffing, cranberry orange relish, mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls and apple butter, apple pie, and Apple Holler apple cider. Call (262) 884-7100, or order at appleholler.com

The Bartolotta Restaurants

The restaurant group will offer three-course Easter brunch menus at all of its restaurants, and a brunch buffet at the Italian Community Center.

The brunch buffet is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., and is $49.95, or $19.95 for children. The menu includes chef-made omelets, carved ham and beef sirloin, and assorted desserts and cakes. Bacchus' three-course brunch, 925 E. Wells St,, for $55.95 a person, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Menu choices include lump crab cake, eggs Benedict and brioche bread pudding. The Lake Park Bistro three-course brunch, 3133 E. Newberry Blvd, $55 a person, will be served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Menu choices include tart au chevre, crepe bretonne and crème brûlée.

At these restaurants, the meal is three courses, and the price per person is based on the main entrée choice: Joey Gerard’s brunch menu, 5601 Broad St. in Greendale, is served from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with options of avocado toast with Dungeness crab, salmon eggs Benedict and Key lime torte. Ristorante Bartolotta brunch, 7616 W. State St. in Wauwatosa, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., includes dishes such as burrata classica andriese, filetto di manzo and tiramisu. Harbor House, 550 N. Harbor Drive, will be open for brunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with curbside pickup available. The menu features lobster pot pie, eggs Benedict and herb roasted salmon. Mr. B’s Steakhouse in Brookfield, 18380 W. Capitol Drive, will have brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with dishes such as shellfish bisque, apricot-glazed roasted chicken breast and lemon semifreddo. The restaurant will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. with a dinner menu. The brunch menu at Mr. B’s Steakhouse in Mequon, 11120 N. Cedarburg Road, includes goat cheese croquette, seafood omelet and warm chocolate cake, available from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the dinner menu is served 4 to 6 p.m. Guests may view full menus and make reservations online for all locations at www.bartolottas.com/

Blue's Egg

The restaurant at 317 N. 76th St. has an Easter bakery menu with cakes, pies, rolls and more, for pickup from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 or 16. The menu features ham and rolls ($14), 1 pound of pulled ham on four pretzel rolls; a three-pack of sausage rolls ($12) made with whole grain mustard in puff pastry; 9-inch pecan pie ($22) drizzled with bourbon caramel sauce; 6-inch speckled-egg cake ($28) with chocolate fudge sauce, malted milk crumble and vanilla malt buttercream; and 6-inch carrot cake ($28) with cream cheese buttercream. To order and see the menu, go to bluesegg.com

Bonefish Grill

Seasonal specials are available for dining in or carryout at 18355 W. Blue Mound Road in Brookfield. The grilled shrimp skewers dinner ($17.90) is served with a choice of two sides, and wood-grilled salmon caprese dinner ($21.90) is served with gnocchi tossed with blistered tomatoes, mozzarella fondue and pesto. The seasonal dessert is carrot lava cake ($8.50) with a cream cheese molten center, served warm. View the menu and make reservations at bonefishgrill.com

Brass Key

The restaurant and lounge will offer dine-in or takeout Easter lunch and dinner specials. They include surf-and-turf dinner for two ($59.95) with a choice of lobster tail, Gulf shrimp or sirloin steak; and Black Angus filet and lobster tail for two ($69.95), or for one ($39.95). Dinners include soup or salad, potato and dessert. Other Easter dinner selections include chicken Oscar ($12.95), chicken cordon bleu ($13.95) and Virginia baked ham, roast turkey, pork loin, or spinach pie ($12.95). A children’s menu ($7.95) includes a cheeseburger, pork loin, baked ham, turkey or chicken tenders, and includes mashed potatoes or fries and a dessert. Reservations and pre-ordering takeout are recommended. 4952 W. Forest Home Ave. (414) 321-7090.

Bunzel’s Meat Market & Catering

Easter dinners can be ordered ahead with pickup from April 11 through 16. The small dinner ($59.99) which serves five to six, and the large dinner ($109.99), which serves 12 to 15, include double-smoked ham, au gratin potatoes, green beans almondine, fruit fluff and dinner rolls. The individual dinner ($12) includes sliced smoked ham, au gratin potatoes and green beans and is available only in the grab-and-go case, no pre-orders. Dinners are fully cooked but cold for reheating. Order at www.bunzels.com or email orders@bunzels.com; or call (414) 873-7960, or stop in at 9015 W. Burleigh St.

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

Easter specials are available for dine-in, carryout and delivery. Entrées include Champagne shrimp pasta dinner ($18.99); and the return of Tuscan-grilled lamb chops ($27.99); and the Tuscan-grilled filet with Marsala ($28.49). All entrées are served with soup or side salad. The new dessert is berries and butter cake ($9.29), topped with vanilla ice cream. View the menu at www.carrabbas.com. Milwaukee-area locations are in Greenfield at 4765 S. 76th St., (414) 282-4158; and in Brookfield at 18375 W. Blue Mound Road, (262) 797-2548.

Delafield Brewhaus

The Easter brunch buffet, from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., is $29, or $15 for children ages 5 to 11. The brunch buffet includes salads and sides, breakfast selections such as made-to-order omelets, and entrees such as prime rib, ham, salmon, baked cod, chicken pasta and blackened shrimp with rice. A dessert station will have breads and doughnuts, and house desserts. The regular menu will not be available. For a full list of items on the buffet, visit the restaurant’s Facebook page. Reservations: (262) 646-7821. 3832 Hillside Drive, Delafield.

Eldr + Rime

The Wauwatosa restaurant at 2300 N. Mayfair Road will offer Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will have holiday staples, a carving station with roast beef and ham, a raw bar, sweets stations, and breakfast items. It's $60, or $30 for children 10 and younger. Reservations: www.eldrandrime.com

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse

A three-course Easter menu is available April 16 and 17, featuring a petite filet mignon and crab-stuffed shrimp scampi ($85), or a petite filet mignon and lobster tail scampi ($95). All entrées include salad and dessert. Reservations: (262) 782-9463. 15665 W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield.

I.d.

The restaurant in the Delafield Hotel will serve four courses for Easter brunch menu, for $61 a person, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu entrées include petite filet mignon, pan-seared duck breast, lobster brioche toast and brioche French toast with raspberries and spiced pastry cream. Brunch includes breads, pastries and a dessert: tiramisu pavlova, strawberry rhubarb profiterole, or petite cheese plate. Reservations: (262) 646-1620, or visit iddelafield.com. 415 Genesee St., Delafield.

Lowlands Group

Easter brunch specials are available April 16 and 17 at all Lowlands’ restaurant locations. Hours for dine-in are from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Centraal Grand Café & Tappery, Café Benelux, Buckatabon Tavern & Supper Club, and all Café Hollander locations, except 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Café Hollander in Mequon.

Centraal Grand Café & Tappery, 2306 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., will feature bacon egg sliders on a mini pretzel roll; and a smoked salmon benedict with breakfast potatoes. Café Benelux 346 N. Broadway, will be serving a duck sausage hash topped with sunny side up eggs; and a BAE Toast entree with bacon, grilled asparagus and a sunny side egg on grilled sourdough, and served with breakfast potatoes.

The Buckatabon Tavern & Supper Club, 7700 Harwood Ave. in Wauwatosa, brunch specials feature Badger ham in both a Ham & Swiss Quiche served with house salad; and a spring ham and roll charcuterie. And all Café Hollander locations will be serving Oliebollen, old-fashioned Dutch doughnuts and two sandwiches popular in the Netherlands, the Uitsmijter Croissant of bacon and eggs, and the open-faced Salmon Smørredbrod served with breakfast potatoes. Reservations are accepted by calling each restaurant directly, or booking online at lowlandsgroup.com

Matilda

The bakehouse offers a Passover & Easter menu available for pick up on April 15 or 16. The Cinnamon Knot Box ($24) features 6 servings of buttery croissant dough, twisted and knotted, with layers of cinnamon and a vanilla icing finish. The Egg Bake ($42) with ham, leeks and Wisconsin white cheddar, serves 8 to 10 and is pan baked and ready for re-heating. The menu includes dinner roles and honey butter, shortbread, cheesecake and macaroons, cakes and cupcakes. See the full menu and order online at matildabakehouse.com. 7860 N. Pheasant Lane, River Hills.

Motor Bar & Restaurant

The restaurant on the Harley-Davidson Museum campus will have Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Entrées include five-spice bacon and smashed avocado toast, pork shoulder breakfast burrito bowls, and huevos rancheros with chorizo and salsa verde, all served with breakfast potatoes. Guests may also order from the regular menu. A children's menu is available, with brunch served on a keepsake Motor Frisbee. Reservations: (414) 287-2778. 400 W. Canal St.

Muskego Lakes Country Club

Dine-in Easter brunch will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The buffet features breakfast and dessert stations, carved meats, omelets made to order, cold sides, vegetables, assorted breads and buffet entrees of applewood bacon, breakfast sausage, Tuscan chicken, baked salmon and pasta Alfredo. Brunch is $32.95, or $16.95 for children age 6 to 12 and $9.95 ages 3 to 5. Reservations: (414) 425-6500, Ext. 7. S100-W14020 Loomis Road, Muskego.

Old Town Serbian Gourmet Restaurant

The full menu and Easter specials are available for dine-in from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The specials are a traditional dinner ($18) of orange honey glazed ham served with jus, potato purée and spring vegetables; braised lamb shank dinner ($32), with vegetables, fresh herbs and Serbian-style potato, sauerkraut and a potato dumpling; rack of lamb dinner ($35), with Burgundy wine sauce and buttered sautéed wild mushrooms; and roasted duck dinner ($35), with sauerkraut, potato, seasonal spring vegetables and mushrooms in wine sauce. Reservations: (414) 672-0206. 522 W. Lincoln Ave.

Onesto

The restaurant will offer a dine-in Easter brunch and lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The specialty menu will include scratch made pasta classics as well as brunch entree specials like Braised Lamb Shank Hash ($22), Spring Frittata ($15), Salmon Benedict ($22), and Baked Brioche Stuffed French Toast ($19). Reservations can be made at onestomke.com. 221 N Broadway in the Historic Third Ward.

The Packing House

The restaurant is offering a traditional Easter ham dinner special and its full sit-down dinner menu from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The dine-in honey-baked ham dinner ($29.99) is served with parsley boiled red potatoes and green beans. The ham dinner can also be ordered at the drive-thru window from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $25, cash only, with no advance order necessary. For dining reservations: (414) 483-5054. 900 E. Layton Ave.

The Pfister

The hotel offers Easter brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a visit by the Easter Bunny. The buffet includes made-to-order omelets, pancakes, custom pasta dishes, salads, soups, seafood, carved prime rib and bone-in Virginia ham, and cupcakes, tarts and cream puffs for dessert. The brunch entrées include blintzes, eggs Benedict, hickory bacon, sausage links, Scottish salmon, and pan-seared lemon chicken breast. Brunch is $72, or $29 for children 3 to 10 years. Reservations: (414) 935-5950.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

Dine-in at the Legacy Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with an Easter brunch. The buffet features carving stations with cilantro mint leg of lamb, and brown sugar Dijon ham; food stations with smoked salmon, omelets, oysters and mussels; and a griddle bar with pancakes, waffles and French toast. Traditional brunch items are also included. , Assorted coffees, teas, juices and soft drinks are included in the buffet price. $60 for ages 10 and up, and $20 for ages 3 to 9 years. Gratuity is included. Reservations are encouraged by calling (800) 729-7244. 1721 W. Canal St.

Saint Kate — The Arts Hotel

The hotel at 139 E. Kilbourn Ave. is hosting its first Easter brunch in the Simone Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with breakfast and lunch items at buffet stations and an appearance by the Easter Bunny. The menu includes glazed ham and prime rib, roasted sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes, a waffle bar and omelet station, seafood bar with jumbo shrimp and crab claws, salads, soup, bakery and a dessert station. Brunch is $69, or $29 for children 3 to 10 years. Reservations: (414) 935-5950.

Sabrosa Cafe

The breakfast and lunch restaurant at 3216 S. Howell Ave. has an Easter dinner ($90) available for curbside pickup at 9 a.m. The meal includes 2 pounds of bourbon brown sugar glazed ham, a dozen rolls, cabbage au gratin, garlic mashed potatoes and gravy, sage dressing and four cherry hand pies. Order at sabrosa.cafe

Saz’s State House

Easter brunch entrees will be served from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., including filet of sirloin and eggs ($17), Parmesan leek quiche with Southern shrimp and hollandaise ($16), fried green tomato and house smoked Memphis pork Benedict ($16), berry waffles ($15) and cinnamon-apple stuffed French toast ($13). Call to reserve a table at (414) 453-2410, or email tabitha@sazs.com. 5539 W. State St.

Smoke Shack

The restaurant is offering their whole Smoked Hams for pre-order and Easter Sunday pickup. The hams are sweet brined, slow smoked, and serve 15 to 20 (approx. 10 lb). They also offer 2 lb pulled ham. Their dine-in Brew City Biscuits menu will run on Easter from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For pre-orders, or to view the full menu and make reservations, visit smoke-shack.com. 332 N. Milwaukee St.

Tre Rivali

The Mediterranean-inspired restaurant at 200 N. Broadway will feature Easter pie and Easter Bonnet Soup from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 and April 17. Italian Easter pie ($15), also known as pizza rustica, is a traditional breakfast in northern Italy on Easter morning, and chef Alexa Faia is sharing her family recipe. The pie crust is filled with ricotta, Parmesan, coppa, calabrese salami, mortadella, egg, mozzarella, sharp provolone and lemon zest. Tre Rivali will also serve Easter Bonnet Soup ($9 cup, or $12 bowl) with handmade pork tortellini in chicken broth. Call for reservations: www.trerivalirestaurant.com

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