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Welcome New Year's Day 2025 via brunch at these Dallas restaurants

Every brunch needs a mimosa.

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The New Year is just around the corner and that can mean only one thing: New Year's Day brunch. Stepping up to save us from ourselves are Dallas restaurants, ready to keep the party going the morning after or offer a comforting hangover cure.

Here are all the Dallas restaurants serving brunch on New Year's Day 2025:

Barcelona Wine Bar. Brunch on Henderson Avenue with tapas and dishes such as the vegetable Benedict, olive oil pancakes, chorizo montadito, or tres leches overnight oats. Price a la carte. 11 am-4 pm. 469-862-8500.

Bar Louie. Restaurant chain will have a Boozy Brunch starting at 10 am with an extended brunch menu that includes cinnamon doughnut holes, bacon & egg flatbread, salmon sliders, and baked western omelet. Price a la carte.

Bread Winners. Cafe chain has special brunch items including cornbread hash with corned beef, potatoes, onions, eggs, and cornbread for $21; and brunch punch with prosecco, vodka, Sprite, orange juice, and pineapple juice for $13. NorthPark Center 9 am -5 pm, Plano and Uptown 8 am-3 pm. NorthPark 214-556-3248, Plano 214-556-8779, Uptown 214-556-1334.

Commons Club. Virgin Hotel bar will host a Recovery Brunch featuring $7 mimosas, $10 Bloody Marys, $5 green juice, and a selection of brunch dishes, such as pancakes. 11 am-2 pm. 469-436-7150.

Coupes. Oak Lawn champagne bar will be open with regular menu plus traditional New Year's Day items, like black-eyed peas, collard greens, and more. 12 pm. Price a la carte. 214-434-1347.

Cut & Bourbon. Live! by Loews - Arlington's steakhouse will feature specials including duck confit chilaquiles and smoke short rib hash, paired with a mimosa or Bloody Mary. Pricing a la carte. 7 am-2 pm. 682-277-4950.

Farena. Loews Arlington Hotel restaurant hosting continental breakfast buffet featuring baked pastries, seasonal fruits, and traditional breakfast favorites paired with a Bloody Mary, mimosa, and Bellini bar. $35 per person. 7 am-12 pm. 800-235-6397.

Ferah Tex-Med Kitchen. Brunch buffet with chicken & waffle bites, burger sliders, salmon with lemon caper sauce, salad station, smoothie shooters, pastries, bacon, egg white bites, and dessert bar. $30, or $13 for 12 and under. 11 am-3 pm. Garland 972-496-0201, Southlake 682-477-4585.

Hotel Zaza. New Year's Day brunch in the ballroom is included with their NYE Bash package that features an overnight stay at the hotel. $75 per person and a la carte. 214-550-9500.

Malai Kitchen. Normal brunch menu including banh mi French toast, Thai chicken & waffles, congee with chicken & egg, and ham & egg banh mi. 11 am-3 pm. Preston Center 972-373-4434, Uptown 214-599-7857, Southlake 817-251-9141.

McRae's American Bistro. White Rock restaurant is offering a hangover brunch featuring Texas twinkies, Southern deviled eggs, chicken & waffles, American bistro breakfast, and the bacon burger. Price a la carte. 11 am-3 pm. 214-792-9944.

Mercat Bistro. Harwood District restaurant is open for brunch with pastry baskets, charcuterie, smoked salmon, soups, salads, eggs Benedict, and omelets. Prices a la carte. 10 am-3 pm. 214-953-0917.

Montage. JW Marriott Dallas Arts District hotel is hosting holiday brunch with a seafood tower, charcuterie board, omelet station, chilaquiles station, and carving stations featuring bone-in prime rib and roasted pork loin for New Year’s Day brunch. $75. 10:30 am-2 pm. 214-736-7760.

Moxies. Canadian-born restaurant will have brunch at all three locations featuring brioche bites, avocado toast, farmers hash, and brunch burger. Regular lunch and dinner menus also available. 11 am-3 pm. Uptown 469-687-0050, Plano 469-535-5300, Southlake 817-764-2767.

Sloane's Corner. Downtown restaurant will have a 3-course brunch featuring orange babka, dark cocoa cinnamon rolls, lobster & corn hushpuppies, pimento cheese deviled eggs, green chilaquiles, and lemon ricotta pancakes. Prices a la carte. 10 am-2 pm. 214-484-1395.

State & Allen. Uptown restaurant with limited brunch menu featuring pancakes, steak & eggs, and shrimp & grits. Prices are a la carte. 11 am-3 pm. 214-239-1990.

Whiskey Cake. Las Colinas location will be open for brunch with regular brunch menu featuring shrimp & grits, steak frites, deviled eggs, and avocado toast. 10 am-3 pm. 469-941-2253.

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Elephant Indian Bar & Grill nabs former Buzzbrews spot in Dallas

Elephant Indian Bar and Grill

An Indian restaurant has opened in a legendary location off US-75 in Dallas: Called Elephant Indian Bar and Grill, it’s at 4154 N. Central Expwy., in the former Buzzbrews Kitchen, which closed in 2023. It opened on December 20.

Elephant Indian comes from chef Praveen Prasanan, an industry veteran with international experience working in the kitchens of hotels and on cruise ships. Prasanan is also the owner of Shivas Bar and Grill, an elevated Indian concept he owns with his brother Prinu, with locations in Dallas and Allen.

“It was Buzzbrews here, which was very successful,” Prasanan says. “It seemed to be a great location, so I picked it up.”

Prasanan is no stranger to central Dallas, having already brought Indian food to downtown with the original location of Shivas on 1001 Ross Ave., before opening a second location in Allen in January.

This was the original Buzzbrews location, a brunch and late-night cafe chain, which opened in 2005 and was owned by Ernest Belmore. He went on to open outlets in Lakewood and Deep Ellum before filing for bankruptcy in 2023 and closing all locations.

Prasanan says he wanted to expand his customer base with a new concept in another part of Dallas outside of his two other Shivas restaurants.

Elephant Indian will be in an area where there aren’t a lot of Indian options nearby, but this one will provide a closer and "more approachable dining experience," he says.

The menu features Indian classics such as chicken tikka masala, butter masala, tandoori, and a variety of biryani, the comforting rice dish.

There are also Indo-Chinese fusion dishes, such as veggie fried rice, chilli paneer, and hakka noodles; plus wraps, hummus with naan bread, and thali, a selection of different dishes served in small bowls on a round tray, served with choices of steamed rice or naan.

Prasanan is a forward-thinking chef who has also created a number of vegan items and meatless versions of their signature dishes, including a rare vegan version of butter chicken and Kadai vegetables, a mix of stir-fried vegetables.

Prices are affordable, ranging from $6 for a soup or salad to $26 for lamb biryani.

There's seating for 50 inside, plus a patio. They'll also have a bar serving alcohol, but it'll be a couple of weeks before they get their liquor license, Prasanan says.

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