Best Easter Brunches

The best restaurants in Dallas for Easter Sunday brunch

Sure, Easter egg hunts and Cadbury Creme Eggs are great and all, but we prefer our eggs scrambled with a mimosa on the side. In Dallas, brunch isn't just a meal; it's a sport. And it's is a fine way to celebrate on Easter Sunday.

From casual Tex-Mex to formal fine dining, these Dallas restaurants have you and your family covered for Easter brunching.

Blue Goose Cantina

Highlights: Blue Goose Cantina celebrates Easter by offering $4 mimosas and $2 Miller Lites from 10 am-3 pm with its brunch menu. Dishes include brunch tacos with scrambled eggs, beef fajitas, machacado con huevos (Mexican-style scrambled eggs with shredded beef, sautéed onions, fresh jalapenos and tomatoes), and huevos rancheros. Brunch is served from 10 am-3 pm.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: Not required

Boxwood Tap + Grill

Highlights: Boxwood is doing a few special items in addition to its regular Sunday brunch, from 10 am-3 pm. Also partake in a mimosa trio special.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-220-2901 or info@boxwoodtg.com

Fearing's

Highlights: Fearing’s hosts its annual Easter brunch just days before chef Dean Fearing’s new cookbook, The Texas Food Bible, is published nationally on April 29. Diners get their choice of starter, main dish and dessert. Options include halibut on orange-cauliflower purée with red quinoa and English peas, barbecued lamb chops, sea scallops, and smoked prime rib of beef.
Cost per person: $85 for adults and $30 for children 12 and under
Reservations: 214-922-4848

Fedora

Highlights: Fedora in One Arts is serving Easter brunch from 11 am-5 pm, including the all-important Bloody Marys and mimosas for $4 each. Dishes include orange-glazed ham with green bean casserole, homemade crepes, biscuits and gravy, eggs Benedict, Italian omelets, spinach frittata, French toast, grilled salmon, and more. The regular lunch menu is also available.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations:Online or 214-999-0009

FM Smoke House

Highlights: FM Smoke House celebrates Easter Sunday from 11 am-4 pm with a special brunch menu in addition to the popular à la carte menu. Offerings include Hefeweizen pancakes, brisket Benedict, chicken fried steak sliders and smoked spinach Florentine. (Prices range from $9-$16.) Mimosas, Franconia Lager, Micheladas, and Bloody Marys handcrafted with smoked pepper and house-infused vodka are $6.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: Not required

The Grape

Highlights: The Grape is celebrating Easter Sunday with its award-winning brunch from 10:30 am-2 pm. Chef de cuisine Jed Demler prepares menu favorites such as The Haystack, shredded oxtail and banana pepper hash, “Best Burger in Texas,” and more. Signature brunch beverages include the Wounded Yellow Bird, prosecco mimosas, spicy Bloody Marys and Chef's Early Morning Revver-Upper Go-Go Juice. For Easter supper beginning at 5:30 pm, The Grape is serving a special glazed molasses and brown sugar cured natural ranch ham with spicy brown mustard sauce, au gratin potatoes, sautéed ramps, morels, and asparagus in addition to the à la carte menu.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-828-1981

The Grill on the Alley

Highlights: The Grill on the Alley serves an Easter brunch buffet from 11 am-4 pm. It includes a carving station, crab cake Benedict, salmon with shiitake mushroom, chicken piccata, salads, creamed corn, Brussels sprout hash and mashed potatoes. A dessert table features Key lime bars, chocolate mousse, cookies and brownies. Mimosas and Bloody Marys are $5.
Cost per person: $45 for adults and $10 for kids' buffet
Reservations: 214-459-1601

The Loft Restaurant

Highlights: The Loft Restaurant at NYLO Irving/Las Colinas hosts a buffet-style Easter brunch created by chef Jeff Lavrenchik from 10:30 am-2 pm. Options include waffles, omelets, beef carving stations, seafood selections, salads, mini desserts, and a kids-only buffet. Children can visit with the Easter Bunny and hunt for Easter eggs in the courtyard (11:30 am and 1 pm). The brunch price includes Mimosas and Bloody Marys.
Cost per price: $48.95 for adults, $30 for seniors, $20 for children 12 and under
Reservations: 972-373-8900

Ocean Prime

Highlights: Ocean Prime opens early (11 am) to serve chef Eugenio Reyes’ special brunch menu in addition to the dinner menu all day. Brunch options include blood orange mimosas; quiche with spinach, Swiss, provolone and Parmesan; blueberry French toast with cream cheese and powdered sugar; braised short rib with marble potatoes, caramelized onions, roasted peppers, poached eggs and Cabernet jus; crab and eggs with toasted English muffin, jumbo lump crab cakes, poached eggs and hollandaise; and blackened salmon field greens salad with strawberries, grapes, cantaloupe, goat cheese, basil poppyseed dressing and candied walnuts.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations:214-965-0440

Olenjack's Grille

Highlights: Olenjack’s Grille is preparing an Easter brunch buffet with more than 25 options, including pork migas with tomatillo sauce, assorted fruit parfaits, macaroni four cheese casserole, and banana pudding cheesecake. Brunch is served from 10 am-4 pm.
Cost per person: $28 for adults and $13 for children
Reservations: Not required

Pyramid Restaurant

Highlights: Easter brunch features omelets, waffles, soups, salad, sushi, carved meats, dessert table, and complimentary mimosas and glasses of sparkling wine. The Easter Bunny will be available for photos with families and children. Seating times are 10:30 am, 11 am, 1:30 pm and 2 pm.
Cost per person: $65 for adults, $55 for seniors, $30 for ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and under
Reservations: 214-720-5249

Texas de Brazil Churrascaria

Highlights: Texas de Brazil is offering scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, fruit salad, assorted pastries, bacon and sausage, in addition to regular dinner menu. Diners can also choose between mango, strawberry or passion fruit flavored spring mimosas, made with house champagne and blended with choice of fruit puree and orange juice for $8 each. Doors open at 11 am.
Cost per person: Varies by location
Reservations:214-720-1414

III Forks

Highlights: III Forks rarely opens for lunch, but the restaurant is offering a four-course Easter menu exclusively from 11 am-4 pm. Diners can order from both the Easter menu and the regular dinner menu on Easter evening from 4 pm until close. Menu options include asparagus soup, III Forks signature salad, steakhouse wedge, châteaubriand, flounder in champagne beurre blanc, lamb chop and leg roulade with spring vegetables, and chicken breast with oyster mushrooms in Riesling wine sauce. For dessert, choose from lemon cake, strawberry shortcake, chocolate marquis torte or peach Melba.
Cost per person: $46.95 for adults and $16.95 for children under 12
Reservations:972-267-1776

Ser Steak + Spirits

Highlights: For Easter brunch, diners can select one item from each section and enjoy a four-course meal. Dishes include eggs, Greek yogurt parfait, salads, brioche French toast, ricotta pancakes, wasabi-crusted filet of beef, Australian rack of lamb, Atlantic salmon, carrot cake and a dessert trio.
Cost per person: $65
Reservations: 214-761-7470

The Warwick Melrose Hotel

Highlights: Celebrate the Easter holiday with an extravagant buffet comprising more than 50 selections, available from 11 am-2 pm. Choose from an array of fresh, seasonal appetizers; salads such as Thai chicken, Greek and Caesar; seafood such as chilled shrimp, clab claws and sushi; eggs such as Benedict and made-to-order omelets; carving station with prime rib and ham; entrees such as pork loin, roasted chicken, grilled salmon and veal scaloppine; and desserts such as cakes, cookies, pies and zuccotto. Kids get their own station, with items such as chicken fingers and mac and cheese. A portion of the proceeds from every meal served benefits North Texas Food Bank.
Cost per person:$60 for adults, $24 for children 5-12 and free for kids under 5
Reservations:Online or 214-224-3152

The annual Easter brunch at Fearing's includes dishes such as lamb chops.

Lamb chop at Fearing's Restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

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The annual Easter brunch at Fearing's includes dishes such as lamb chops.

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Tastemaker News

These 10 Dallas restaurants top the list of best neighborhood spots for 2023

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Enchiladas at Taquero for a tasty neighborhood dining experience.

The annual CultureMap Tastemaker Awards returns for 2023, honoring the people who make our local restaurant scene special, with their innovation, energy, and creativity.

Restaurants and food industry pros are nominated in categories such as Best Restaurant, then voted on by a panel of former winners and industry experts. (Except for Best New Restaurant, which is determined by a bracket-style online tournament to be unveiled in April.)

Those nominees are featured in a special editorial series followed by a tasting event and awards ceremoney on May 4 at Fashion Industry Gallery (F.I.G.). Tickets are on sale now, including a limited number of Early Bird tickets at discounted rates of $60 for general admission and $99 for VIP (includes early access to the event, valet, and a dedicated bar), available until April 2.

In 2023, the categories include Rising Star Chef, Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bar of the Year, Pastry Chef, Brewery, Neighborhood Restaurant, Bartender, Wine Program, Best New Restaurant, and our annual wild card, this year Best Burger..

The event is sponsored by Goodstock by Nolan Ryan, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Ellum Ranch Patio Water, Topo Chico Sparkling Mineral Water. A portion of proceeds benefits the nonprofit Harvest Project Food Rescue.

The category of Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year is as it sounds: The place that's nearby, your reliable go-to. Here are our nominees:

Douglas Bar and Grill
Park Cities is represented by this fancy barbecue restaurant in Snider Plaza from chef Doug Pickering, a Park Cities native and SMU grad knows the turf first-hand. Pickering, previously at Work Bar in Deep Ellum and Ferris Wheeler's in the Design District knows his brisket and BBQ staples, but this place is also half steakhouse, with oysters on the half shell, steak tartare, truffle fries, and Prime steaks from Allen Brothers Ranch, plus cocktails and a wine list.

El Bolero
Upscale authentic Mexican restaurant is a bright light for Apheleia Restaurant Group, which has suffered some ups and downs. But they were among the first to settle in Dallas' Design District and El Bolero has remained a reliable performer. It's just the place if you're doing gallery runs or if you're one of the growing population of residents nearby seeking something interesting yet affordable, whether a weeknight special like their $8 Taco Tuesday nights, a quick breakfast taco to go in the morning, or their secretly-popular weekend brunch.

El Rincon del Maiz
Family-run Mexican restaurant in a former Sonic has two menus, one featuring classics such as cochinita pibil tacos. But it's their other menu of vegan dishes that has earned them an unprecedented amount of attention, including being named one of Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants in America. They're not the only Dallas Mexican restaurant to do tacos with cauliflower or jackfruit, but their homey recipes, drawn from south Mexico, have a complexity that make them a draw not only in their Garland neighborhood but for vegans and foodies across DFW.

Greenville Ave Pizza
"GAP" started out in 2007 as a standard neighborhood pizzeria on Lower Greenville with thin-crust pizzas, wings, salads, and subs, but has blossomed into much more. There's a real sense of personality, from calling their staff "pizza slayers" to amusing limited-edition pies like the five-layer "pizza cake" they once made for the Super Bowl. They've since opened two equally neighborly more locations: East Dallas where owners Sammy and Molly Mandell grew up, and Richardson, which features a full-service bar.

Le Bilboquet
When this Travis Walk restaurant opened in 2013, it became an instant favorite ladies-who-lunch spot — long before the Knox Street district underwent its draconian overhaul, with quaint shops replaced by steely high-rises. But the ladies still love it, and Le Bilboquet prevails with its French-American fusion menu — crab & avocado salad, endive with Roquefort cheese, apple tarte tatin — not to mention its darling casual-yet-elegant atmosphere and proximity to Park Cities.

Meso Maya
Ambitious mini-chain features authentic dishes from Central and Southern Mexico such as mole and posole, but also Tex-Mex touches, a well-appointed atmosphere, and $12 cocktails with muddled fruit. The first location opened in 2012 an iconic spot near downtown Dallas, where it received recognition from Preservation Dallas, but it fits in wherever it resides, from Preston Forest to Lakewood to West Plano to Fort Worth.

Monaco
Restaurant inspired by the French Riviera is from founder David Lamberti, an Irving local with a real feel for what the neighborhood needs. That means an appetizing and approachable menu, ranging from appealing Bibb lettuce salad to pizzas to risotto to steak frites; an atmosphere that's elegant but not stuffy; and a front seat to the canals for which Las Colinas is known, making Monaco feel like both a destination and a hidden gem.

Taquero
Casual Mexican spot opened in 2020 in a former tire shop at Ross and Greenville Avenue - a location that could be challenging but for the prowess of chef Fino Rodriguez, who was nominated in 2022's Tastemaker Awards for Best Rising Star Chef. The restaurant draws neighbors and foodies alike with its authentic flavors and upscale ingredients, in ambitious dishes such as tacos with rib eye steak, ceviche, Mexican grits with Cotija cheese, and irresistible frozen mezcalitas.

Terilli's
Casual Italian eatery on Greenville Avenue has been the ultimate neighborhood restaurant before anyone started making lists of such things. It first opened in 1985, was destroyed by a fire in 2010, rebuilt and reopened in 2011, and still endures as a favorite hangout, thanks to its reasonably priced menu of pastas, fun martinis, rooftop patio, and free live jazz. And don't forget the Italchos, their signature dish that's a cross between nachos and pizza. Never forget the Italchos.

Tribal All Day Cafe
Charming community-oriented cafe in Exxir Capital's Bishop Arts development is hugely practical, especially if you're a North Oak Cliffer who loves juices, smoothies, coffee, tea, kombucha on tap, trendy flavored lattes such as beet, breakfast all day, toasts, sandwiches, vegan and vegetarian food, wraps, bowls, beer & great wine, and cocktails made with cold-press juice. Locals know that it can get crowded at breakfast and lunch, and also that they can hang out in the quiet hours between.

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