New Year's Day Brunch

These are the best New Year's 2018 brunch restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth

A toast to 2018.

Flour and Vine

Just about every restaurant and bar celebrates New Year's Eve. But it takes a true hospitality trooper to get up the next morning and throw down a spread. New Year's Day brunch is the ticket, whether you're recovering from a night out or eager to start your 2018 with a bang.

Here's a list of restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth where you can celebrate the New Year with a bite to eat:

Blatt Beer & Table
Preston Hollow gastropub will do full-service brunch menu with chicken & waffles, biscuits & gravy, vegan Southern tofu tacos, and cinnamon roll waffles. Cocktails include their Guinness Bloody Mary, Beermosa, and the classic Bubbly Bar with rosé, prosecco, cava, or brut sparking wine with choice of juice and seasonal fruit. 11 am-3 pm. $9-14. 469-372-2080.

Blue Mesa Grill
All five locations of this chain known for its award-winning brunch will debut a "Market Fresh Sunday Buffet Brunch" with new cook-to-order stations including a street taco bar, omelets and huevos ranchero, a new apple-kale salad, fried chicken, Southwest mac ‘n cheese bar, enchiladas, and adobe pie. A dessert bar overflows with bars, brownies, seasonal flans, churros, fruit cobblers, and made-to-order Belgian waffles. Includes fresh orange juice, agua frescas, champagne, mimosas, coffee, tea, or soft drinks. 10 am-2 pm. $22 or $7 for 12 and under. Addison 972-934-0165, Arlington 682-323-3050, Dallas 214-378-8686, Fort Worth 817-332-6372, and Plano 214-387-4407.

Blue Sushi Sake Grill
Both Uptown and Preston Hollow Village locations of this sleek sushi chain will be open with a menu that includes $5.50 maki rolls, specialty sashimi for under $10, and a variety of hot plates and cocktails at discounted rates. Blue will also offer a unique set of New Year's dishes from December 29–January 1 that includes a specialty starter, maki roll, nigiri, and dessert. On New Year's Day, they'll extend happy hour from 12-8 pm. Noon-10 pm.

Chef Point Cafe
Guy Fieri's favorite restaurant in Watauga will welcome 2018 with a New Year's Day a la carte brunch menu that includes steak and eggs, chicken and waffles, crab benedict, huevos rancheros, monte cristo sandwich, and a "breakfast burger" topped with bacon and fried egg. Libations include Texas bacon Bloody Mary and a mimosa flight with champagne and four juices. $13-23. 817-656-0080.

City Works
New Shops at Clearfork restaurant is hosting a "recovery brunch" with a menu of sweet and savory items that includes steak and eggs, a breakfast sandwich on a biscuit with sausage and scrambled eggs, and French toast stuffed with Bailey's-flavored cream cheese. Or just drink your brunch with the Churchill Bloody Mary, a 20-ounce goblet of spicy Bloody Mary with grilled shrimp, pepperjack cheese, cherry tomato, and Slim Jim on a skewer. 10:30 am-2 pm. $12-$16. 682-207-1500.

Cru Wine Bar
All three branches of this wine bar — West Village, Plano's Shops at Legacy, and Watters Creek in Allen — will do a bargain brunch with two courses plus bottomless mimosas. 10:30 am-3 pm. $20.18. 214-526-9463.

Fearing's Restaurant
Ritz Carlton's finest will host a special-edition brunch with the opportunity to upgrade to a menu featuring champagne, Bloody Mary, and mimosas. Three-course à la carte brunch menu called "The Whole Enchilada" includes choice of starter, main course, and dessert, from options that include chipotle cheddar biscuits, tortilla soup, pumpkin muffin tops, warm apple cider doughnuts, hazelnut French toast, Granny's fried chicken, and banana pudding. 10 am-3 pm. $65, or $95 with beverage. 214-922-4848.

Greenville Avenue Pizza
Both locations, at Greenville Avenue and Peavy Road, are serving a special black eyed pea pizza with choice of Alfredo or pizza sauce, mozzarella, and Hoppin' John, consisting of black eyed peas, sausage, bacon, rice, and spices. 11 am-1 am. Small $17, large $23. 214-826-5404.

Hilton Anatole Hotel
The hotel's Media Bar & Grill will kick off an early brunch on New Year's Day beginning at 7 am. A second brunch wave will commence at 9 am including a mimosa and Bloody Mary bar. $35. 214-761-7498.

Knife Dallas
Highland Dallas steakhouse is offering a special available only on New Year's Day: Knife's famed Bacon Sampler, paired with a flight of five Bloody Marys. Like a drinkable sampler. There is your regular Bloody Mary; the Texas Mary with serrano pepper; and the Bloody Pirate, with rum and citrus. They do a Michelada with Deschutes IPA, and finally the Black Mary, with La Caravedo Pisco, tomato juice, lemon juice, and fish stock. $32 for both, $16 for Bloody Mary Sampler. 214-443-9339.

Little Red Wasp
Downtown Fort Worth bistro reprises its successful New Year's Day brunch with French toast, corned beef hash, chicken biscuit, short rib benedict, doughnut holes, and house-made granola. Cocktails include a pear mimosa and a non-alcoholic mixed berry mule with fresh berries and ginger beer. Prices a la carte. 11 am-4 pm. 817-877-3111.

Mudhen Meat and Greens
Dallas Farmers Market eatery hosts a "Hangover Brunch" with full a la carte brunch menu, plus seasonal mimosa and craft cocktail specials. Menu specials include a Croissantwich with Duroc ham, whiskey cheddar, and an over easy egg on a croissant with crispy herb fingerling potatoes. Posole Verde has pork in green chili broth served with bison tamales. 9 am-4 pm. 214-698-7000.

Pōk the Raw Bar
West Village poke shop gets an appropriately late start by opening at noon with poke bowls. As an added perk, all bowl purchases will come with a complimentary matcha beverage from a selection that includes matcha with OJ, matcha with ginger, and matcha wih yuzu lemonade. 214-484-1139.

Princi Italia
Both locations of this Italian restaurant — Dallas and Plano — will do a bargain brunch with two courses and bottomless mimosas for $20.18 214-739-5959.

Public School 214 and PS 972
Chef-driven gastropub will host brunch with the ever-popular chicken & green chili waffles or eggs benedict pizza with prosciutto, grana Padano, hollandaise, and two fried eggs. A selection of $8 carafes includes the Beermosa made with fresh OJ, Ommegang Witte, crème de peche, and lavender simple syrup; and a Bloody Mary with a bacon sea salt rim, garnished with a chicken wing. 11 am-3 pm. 214-599-6234.

The Rustic
Uptown hang will serve its popular Jam & Toast Brunch, ordinarily available only on weekends. The spread includes local cheeses, baked eggs with white cheddar, bacon and sausage from Rudolph’s Market, Nashville-style spicy fried chicken, challah french toast, smoked cheddar grits, and small-batch doughnuts baked to order. Add a Bloody Mary pitcher or Mimosa carafe.10 am-3 pm. $17. 214-730-0596.

Texas Spice at Omni Dallas Hotel
Downtown Dallas hotel restaurant will host brunch with huevos rancheros, breakfast burrito, brisket hash, French toast, smoked salmon platter, steel-cut oats, parfait, grits, and bagels, plus $20 breakfast buffet with fruit, yogurt, cereals, eggs and omlets, breads, and bakery selections. 6-10:30 am. 214-652-4810.

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Global tastes

New botanería pairs drinks with free bites near Dallas Farmers Market

Chef Karla Soria Palomino's menu delivers authentic Mexican flavors and bold heat.

Photo credit: Paul Torres.

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There is a novel concept open in the Dallas Farmers Market district: Called Sor Juana, it's a botanería inspired by traditional Mexican establishments where drinks are served alongside complimentary snacks and bar bites.

Located at 1908 Canton St., the space provides an immersion into Mexican culture through its food, beverages, decor, and overall atmosphere.

Sor Juana comes from Alexandra Hernández and Karla Soria Palomino. Hernández brings a background in front-of-house hospitality, theatre, and events while Soria Palomino contributes extensive kitchen experience from restaurants across Mexico and Dallas.

The inspiration behind the name and concept comes from 17th-century nun and scholar Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Recognized as the "First Feminist of the Americas," she was a literary trailblazer who learned to read and write during an era when women were denied an education. Considered one of the greatest poets of the Baroque period in what is now Mexico, Sor Juana defied societal norms, stood up to the male-dominated clergy, and excelled in science, mathematics, music, and culinary arts.

“We wanted to pick a strong woman from Mexico as the emblematic figure of our botanería — traditionally run and frequented only by men,” Hernández says. “With our women-run botanería, which is a unique concept for Dallas, we are creating a space for everyone.”

The frame for their idea is a landmark Dallas building originally constructed over a century ago for the Desco Tile Company. Designed in a Venetian Gothic style with exterior arches and columns, the interior features original chandeliers alongside decorative, colorful tilework — including a wall fountain, a fireplace, and terrazzo floors — all preserved intact for Sor Juana, with a few new tile accents added to the bathrooms and bar backdrop.

Historic Dallas architecture meets traditional Mexican hospitality at Sor Juana.Photo credit: Paul Torres

“We tried to respect the architecture of the building by adjusting our concept to the space, rather than forcing the space to adjust to us,” Hernández says.

The duo worked with interior designer Callie Windle on the details, sourcing decorative pieces from artists both in Mexico and locally (many of which are available for purchase).

The 90-seat venue features comfortable seating centered around a dynamic bar program managed by Saúl Hernández (previously of Midnight Rambler, La Viuda Negra, and Las Almas Rotas).

True to the hospitality spirit of a traditional botanería, patrons receive a complimentary botana (bar bite) with every drink purchase. While the offerings rotate regularly to maintain an element of surprise, options range from spiced nuts, fresh fruit, and popcorn to more substantial plates like tacos and caldo de camarón.

The creative cocktail menu ranges from $12 to $16, anchored by their signature “La Nueva Sangre” — an orange blossom gin cocktail balanced with beet juice, lemon, passion fruit, and lavender bitters. Hernández notes the drink is “as complex and interesting, with a little bit of everything, just as Sor Juana was.”

The bar also pours Mexican imports alongside local favorites Shiner and Michelob for $7, wines, and zero-proof options including non-alcoholic champagne.

Happy hour runs Wednesday through Friday from 5:30-7:30 pm, featuring $6 beers, $8 wines, and $8 cocktails infused with house-made Mexican chili oil macha sauce.

Beyond the complimentary botanas, the venue offers a full food menu designed by Chef Soria Palomino. It comes with a playful warning: “Expect bold flavors and a little heat — that’s what the cerveza is for.” Signature items include ceviche, mezcal-glazed wings, tacos, and tostadas, all centered on authentic Mexican flavor profiles.

For dessert, they feature a ganzote crafted by Diana Zamora of Nena Postrería, inspired by the classic packaged Gansito sponge cake.

Community events play a major role in the space, including lotería nights, "Bring Your Own Vinyl" Sundays, and rotating local DJs every other Friday. The team is actively taking community feedback to build out future programming, including upcoming collaborative dinner series.

“Events are a way to build community and bring people together,” Hernández says. “When we started crafting this concept, we looked at every detail — from the playlist to the food and cocktails, as we wanted a total experience where every element comes together and complements the rest.”

Sor Juana is open 2-10 pm Wednesday-Thursday 12 pm-12 pm Friday-Saturday, 12-10 pm Sunday. Metered street parking is enforced until 6 pm, with free parking available afterward.