Holiday Dining

Master list of best restaurants in Dallas for New Year's Day 2020 brunch

Best way to begin 2020: with a mimosa.

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The year 2020 starts off on a Wednesday, but you can climb over hump day to ring it in with a festive New Year's Day brunch.

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 opens on New Year’s Day at 12 noon. 469-372-2080.

Blue Mesa Grill
Legendary brunch makes special weekday appearance with carving station featuring BBQ brisket, roasted Latin chicken, salmon and grilled veggies; omelet bar; ice cream sundae stand for kids and adults; and assortment of Tex-Mex, breakfast dishes, salads, desserts, champagne, Mimosas, OJ, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. 10 am-3 pm. $24, or $7 for 6-11 years old.

City Works
Fort Worth and Frisco locations are hosting a rock 'n' roll-themed brunch, with cocktails including the Hot Blooded and Flapjack Old Fashioned, along with massive HDTVs for college bowl viewing. Frisco 469-850-1850, Fort Worth 682-207-1500.

Doc B's Restaurant & Bar
No-fuss restaurant will be open all day for lunch and dinner, serving its famous candied bacon, The Angry Meatball, shredded Brussels sprouts salad, oven roasted chicken wings, and wedge burger. Fort Worth, 682-231-8820; Dallas, 469-998-2330.

Ellen's
Downtown Dallas staple serves brunch all the time, day and night; why should New Year's Day be any different? Because on New Year's, they're also offering every diner a free order of celebratory black-eyed peas. 469-206-3339.

Fearing's
Ritz-Carlton restaurant hosts a three-course prix fixe menu. 11 am-2:30 pm. $75, or $100 with champagne, mimosas, and bloody Marys. 214-922-4848.

LAW at Four Seasons Las Colinas
New Year's Day Disco Brunch features enhanced holiday breakfast buffet and Bloody Mary bar. Comes with two featured brunch cocktails or featured glasses of wine. 11:30 am-2 pm. $59, or $29 for 12 and under. 972-717-2420.

Perle on Maple
In addition to its regular hours, the restaurant at the Stoneleigh Hotel is hosting a special brunch with Bloodys, bubbles, and Stoneleigh burger, featuring their famous sparkle bar. 9 am-2 pm. 469-375-5846.

Meddlesome Moth
Design District gastropub opens early with a la carte brunch menu in addition to Black Eyed Pea Stew with cornbread, and “The Little Luther” breakfast sandwich: a duck fat doughnut, pork sausage, praline bacon, egg, white cheddar, and blackberry jam ($8-$19). 10am-3pm. 214-628-7900.

Meso Maya
New Year's Day brunch will feature interior Mexican cuisine along with $3 mimosas, bloody marys, and sangrias. 11 am-3 pm.

Mimi's Bistro + Bakery
$5 Mimosas and breakfast served all day at the locations in Arlington and Fort Worth. 817-466-3212.

Moxie's
Both Uptown Dallas and Plano locations of this gastropub are running a special New Year' Day version of the brunch they usually host on weekends. Start 2020 with poutine. 469-687-0050.

Norma's Cafe
Enjoy free samples of black-eyed peas and special menu additions including traditional corned beef and cabbage. plus a contest to win chicken fried steak for a year. 7 am–8 pm. Five locations at Oak Cliff, North Dallas, Frisco, Park Lane, Plano.

Oceanaire Seafood Room
Open 4–9 pm with $1 oysters at the bar. 972-759-2277.

Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse
Smoked turkey breast, USDA prime beef brisket, jalapeño & cheddar sausage, cream corn pudding, or buttered collard greens & turnips. Open until 10 pm. 972-378-9903.

PS 214 and PS 972
Both Dallas and Addison locations of this bustling gastropub are hosting special holiday brunch not only on New Year's Day but also on New Year's Eve Day. Menu will be the same as their weekend brunch with chicken & green chili waffles, eggs benedict pizza, and boozy carafes including mimosas and bloody Marys. 11 am-3 pm. 214-599-6234.

Punch Bowl Social
Deep Ellum spot hosts a morning-after brunch with Barbacoa Brisket Hash, Griddled Breakfast Burrito, and a Bloody Mary bar. 10 am-3 pm.469-607-6880.

Razzoo's Cajun Café
All 21 Razzoo’s Cajun Café locations will be serving $5 Moonshine Marys and Hair of the Dog cocktails. These special prices are available all day on New Year’s Day.

The Rustic
Family-style Hangover Cure Brunch with free live music. 214-730-0596.

Street's Fine Chicken
Brunch menu is available all day with favorites like the show bird and biscuit sliders. Street’s also offers $3 mimosas and $5 Bloody Marys.

Wheelhouse
Design District pub reprises its "Rehab/Relapse" brunch on New Year's Day. "Rehab" is juice virgin-style; Relapse includes alcohol. They'll serve their traditional brunch menu from 11 am-3 pm, but the regular menu is available as well. 214-307-5690.

Whiskey Cake
Both locations will be open for New Year’s Day brunch featuring their regular brunch menu dishes. 10 am-3 pm. Plano, 972-993-2253; Las Colinas, 469-941-2253.

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Cracker Barrel deal leaves just one Maple Street Biscuit Co. in DFW

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Maple Street Biscuit Co. is done, but Biscuit Belly is still coming to the Heights.

Cracker Barrel is flaking out on its Maple Street Biscuit Co. brand. On Tuesday, July 21, Louisville, Kentucky-based brunch chain Biscuit Belly announced it had acquired 35 locations of the breakfast sandwich favorite. An additional 16 units will close altogether. Just one location in Dallas-Fort Worth is left standing: in Mansfield.

Biscuit Belly published a list detailing which locations were acquired and when the brand expects to convert them. Among those awaiting conversion is the sole North Texas location, at 1660 E Broad St. Ste. 100 in Mansfield. It should be converted by the third quarter of 2027.

In a release, Biscuit Belly says it plans to convert all remaining stores over the next 18-24 months, starting with Cincinnati, Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia.

Maple Street first debuted in DFW in 2018 with a location in Frisco. At the time, Maple Street was a small friendly concept founded in Jacksonville in 2012. They liked the personal touch and bristle against calling themselves a chain, but they then had 29 locations across the Southeast in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.

Cracker Barrel acquired Maple Street in 2019. At its height in DFW, there were also locations in Dallas, Keller, Mansfield, and two in McKinney.

The restaurant is most known for its oversized biscuit sandwiches like the Squawking Goat with a fried chicken breast, crispy goat cheese, and jalapeno jelly. The chain also serves chicken and waffles and Southern-inspired bowls filled with grits or a potato hash.

Biscuit Belly offers a little more variety with toasted BLTs, pancakes, and yogurt parfaits, but some of the biscuit sandwiches might look suspiciously familiar. The G.O.A.T. has a fried chicken breast, goat cheese, and sweet pepper jelly.

The other key difference can be found in a cup. In addition to a lineup of juices and coffee drinks, Biscuit Belly pours “breakfast cocktails” like mimosas and espresso martinis. It places an old fashioned inside this category, which might require a few extra eggs.

As Cracker Barrel pours one out for Maple Street, it hopes to recover from a plunging stock price and falling revenues. Biscuit Belly, meanwhile, says the acquisition helps it along its 10-year plan to become the “largest gourmet biscuit brand in the U.S.”

“Acquiring an iconic brand like Maple Street, one of the original gourmet biscuit sandwich concepts, was not on my 2026 bingo card," says Chad Coulter, co-founder and CEO of Biscuit Belly, in a release. "Two of the biggest headwinds that growing brands encounter are the time required to find and build locations, and the difficulty of finding great teams. When we looked at Maple Street's geography, footprints, and established teams, a light bulb went off."

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