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Boozy Brunch News: Guilty Goose & FOUR at Yotel New York Go Bottomless

Andy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:58:21 +0000

Just in time for the weekend, we’ve got some boozy brunch updates for you. The Guilty Goose (131 West 23rd Street) is now offering Bottomless Brunch available every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm for $20 and it comes with a brunch entree. Choose from a never-ending supply of Mimosas, Bloody Gladys made with shochu, or even Draft Beer. For your entree, the “Guilty Goose” Omelette comes with confited goose, chèvre, heirloom tomatoes and olive dust and they also have a D.L.T.made with duck bacon, fried duck egg, heirloom tomato, watercress, creamy garlic aioli and country boule. And over at the Yotel New York , we hear you can have your brunch bottomless and topless (as in no roof) outside on their huge terrace. On Saturdays and Sundays from 11-3pm, $35 gets you free flowing cocktails and unlimited small plates (2 hr limit). Check out the brunch menu here.

Rockography and G-50 Bar & Grill Launch Bottomless Boozy Brunches

Andy — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:07:59 +0000

Exciting boozy brunch news takes us into the weekend. Rock ‘n roll inspired restaurant Rockography (504 6th Ave) is now rockin’ a bottomless “Brunch with the Beatles” from 11am-4pm. Select from a variety of dishes such as the Build your own Eggs Benedict or the F.U. Breakfast, while rockin’ out with Bottomless Bellinis, Mimosas, or Oyster Shooters (this may be a first on the boozy brunch scene!). In up and coming Midtown East, American Bistro-style eatery G-50 Bar & Grill (208 East 50th St) has launched a Bottomless Cocktail Brunch on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am-4pm. The Prix-Fixe Brunch ($19.95) comes with unlimited brunch and champagne cocktails like Bloody Marys and Classic Peach Bellinis. You also get your choice of an entrée, sandwich, burger or salad, which includes their Sirloin Steak Burger with caramelized onions, wild mushrooms, and Gruyere cheese and their Warm Goat Cheese Soufflé Salad with baby spinach, toasted almonds, apples, and apple cider vinaigrette. Two of our other go-to brunch spots are directly across the street from G-50! Ashton’s Alley offers unlimited drink specials with brunch for $18.95 and has a huge outdoor patio, while Dos Caminos, with its equally spacious outdoor patio, offers you a free margarita, champagne or bloody mary with your brunch entree.

Cadaqués Tapas Bar Launches Brunch

Andy — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:46:48 +0000

We hear that Cadaqués (188 Grand Street, Williamsburg, 718-218-7776) is now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 4pm, offering a selection of tapas and hamburgers. They’re offering a brunch special for $14.95 that includes a choice from a menu of bocadillos (sandwiches), egg dishes and sweet options with coffee, orange juice, plus a choice of mimosa, screwdriver or bloody mary. After glancing the menu, we like the sound of the Huevos Fritos (fried eggs with mushrooms and paprika shoestring potatoes) and Spanish Hamburger. The brunch cocktails feature house-infused rums like banana-vanilla bean, tequilas, gin and rose wine. They’ll also be serving pitchers of traditional brunch drinks such as Mimosa, Bloody Mary, Screwdriver and Sangria.

New UES Standout Jones Wood Foundry Launches Brunch!

Andy — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:02:14 +0000

In its first few months, Jones Wood Foundry (401 East 76th St.) has proven itself to be an exciting contribution to the recent Upper East Side culinary renaissance. It calls itself a “Food Driven Pub” which I love considering how many new spots are loosely throwing around the hackneyed “Gastropub” description these days. After a recent visit in which I tried just about everything on the menu, I can tell you JWF is not messing around one bit. Chef/Partner Jason Hicks, formerly of Aureole and Orsay, brings some serious know-how to the table in terms of the British culinary tradition. He’s bangin’ out some serious UK-inspired dishes, like Cod & Chips, Bangers & Mash (one of the best I’ve tried), various savory pies, and more. JWF continues its opening evolution this weekend with the debut of a brunch menu which will be available Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Not surprisingly, the menu follows on the British comfort style, with dishes like Crumpets, lemon curd and butter; Kedgeree, smoked haddock, rice, eggs and fried bread; housemade Marmalade on Roast, lettuce, lemon pick sauce; Toad in the Hole, chipolata sausage, Yorkshire pudding; Meat Pie of the Day, served with mash or chips and Roast of the Day, which this weekend will be roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. Some less brunch-y and more lunch-y items are also represented on the brunch menu. Like Eggs Benedict, poached egg, English muffin, Hollandaise, spinach and bacon; an Omelette, fresh goat cheese and chives; and JWF Burger & Chips, Swiss, Stilton, bacon. Great to see that a new destination restaurant has joined the likes of Cafe D’Alsace, Cascabel Taqueria, Parlor Steakhouse, Luke’s Lobster, Flex Mussels and JG Melon on the Upper East Side!

The Ultimate Up-to-Date Guide to NYC’s All-You-Can-Drink, Unlimited, Boozy, Endless Brunches

Andy — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:48:10 +0000

Our first generation Boozy Brunch guide has been a huge hit (600,000+ hits in 10 months) and you also seem to dig our Boozy Brunch Map. There’s no doubt that New Yorkers love them some drunk brunch, or ‘drunch’ as I’ve heard being thrown around lately. It was a long time comin’ but we’ve finally got around to updating our all-you-can-drink boozy brunch list. Sweetiepie is temporarily closed and Blockhead’s stopped offering their $10 unlimited champagne brunch several months back, but we’ve got lots of new ones to tell you about. So without further ado…

Wined & Dined’s Guide to All-You-Can-Drink (AYCD) Brunch Spots in NYC

Recent Additions as of 2/23/11:

Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel – $15 drink special — unlimited mimosas, Bloody Marys, and beer on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-2 p.m (in addition to price of entree), plus we hear there’s a DJ playing a fun mix at this rooftop spot on East 50th near Lexington.

Vela Tapas – $20 for open bar brunch on weekends 10-4 at this Bay Ridge tapas spot. Includes Mimosas, Bellinis and Bloody Marys. 10am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays.

Meade’s Bar – Add $12 for all you can drink Bloody’s, Cape Cods, Mimosas and Screwdrivers at this spot near South Street Seaport (1.5 hr limit for tables and then you can continue getting your brunch drink on at the bar)

Agozar — How in the world did we miss this one before! They offer you unlimited sangria with any brunch item ($12-$16) for 2 hours at this lively Cuban bistro right off the Bowery!

DiWine — $19 gets you the unlimited prix-fixe (mimosas, bellinis, bloodys) at this wine bar and restaurant in Astoria.

Caliu — $25 Includes One Brunch Item and your choice of Unlimited Sangria, Mimosa or Bloody Marys at this West Village tapas joint.

Scarpina Bar & Grill — Sunday Brunch Prifix Menu $19.95Unlimited Sangria, Mimosa & Bloody Mary

De Santos – $30 for any brunch item + unlimited brunch cocktails (2 types of bellini, bloody mary, mimosa and screwdriver) at this West Village spot that features a nice patio in the back.

Harry’s Italian — $14.95 for unlimited mimosas/bloody mary cocktails with choice of entree and coffee or tea. Among the entree choices: frittatas, pizzettes, salads and calzones. Not to be confused with the other Harry’s in the financial district. This one is at 2 Gold Street.

Hop Devil Grill – We love our craft beer and we love our boozy brunches, so this is a marriage made in heaven. This E Village beer bar recently launched what it’s calling a “BEER-unch!”. Every Saturday and Sunday $20 gets you unlimited craft beers (24 different taps) plus an entree. And if someone in your party would prefer more traditional brunch cocktails like mimosas, bloody marys and sangria, well they can have those, too, unlimited. Choose from craft beers like Lagunitas Lil’ Sumpin Sumpin, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and Troegs Nugget Nectar with no limitation on the number or type of beer.

Hudson River Cafe — It may be way uptown in Harlem but they offer an unbeatable $21 prix-fixe that includes unlimited bellini and mimosas for 1.5 hours + entree.

Parlor Steakhouse — $25 for 1 entree and unlimited Mimosa/Bloody Mary/Bellini. Jill went with her friend Amber and said it was great!

Don Pedro’s — $19.95 for 3 course prix fixe and bottomless sangria!

MexiQ – This new beer-focused bbq-mex restaurant in Astoria has a damn good boozy, all-you-can-drink brunch deal — add $7 to any brunch entree for unlimited bloody marys, margaritas, Mexican beer or mimosas!

Supercore — This under the radar Japanese spot in South Brooklyn has an all-you-can-drink brunch, so we hear, like unlimited sake mimosas for $20!

Ethos – We don’t have all the details, but we hear that the Murray Hill location has launched an unlimited boozy mimosa brunch.

FOR ALL THE OTHERS…

Tosca – $25 for unlimited buffet brunch w/ champagne, mimosa, bellini and bloodys at this Bronx spot.

Slice, The Perfect Food – Who woulda thought breakfast flatbreads and endless mimosas would be such a good match! $25 for choice of breakfast flatbread w/ organic eggs and bottomless mimosas at this West Village pizzeria.

Barbounia – Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Patrons will be able to enjoy an unlimited flow of champagne cocktails for $12 to accompany any one of their dishes. Unlimited cocktail options include mimosa, belini, kir or parasol.

Sweetiepie (CLOSED TEMPORARILY) — $20 Bottomless Cocktail Brunch = one entree plus unlimited sangria, mimosa, bloody mary or dirty lemonade.

Macondo — Add $7 for unlimited mimosas with your brunch.

Ornella`s Trattoria Italiana — $13 brunch comes with unlimited mimosa and bellini.

The People’s Republic of Brooklyn – Thanks to Reader Matt for sending this one to us. $15 for the unlimited drinks and then between $8 and $12 or so for most meals. The drinks include mimosas and bloody mary’s.

San Marzano — Add $8 to any of their pizzas ($11-16) for unlimited mimosas. They also have 2 egg pizzas for brunch. Also, their beer is $3 and they have a nice selection especially for that price pount.

Ceol Pub — $20 brunch prix-fixe comes with unlimited bloody marys and mimosas.

Libation — For $19, you get a brunch item + unlimited mimosas or bloody mary’s…or you can have 3 well drinks instead.

Diablo Royale (both locations) — They have a new $22 all-you-can-drink brunch special. You get a brunch item and AYCD bloodys or mimosas.

Open Door Gastropub — The $25 Upside Down Brunch gets you a brunch item + unlimited brunch cocktails. 8 to choose from including mimosa, man-mosa (Blue Moon, Absolute Mandarin + OJ), greyhound, screwdriver, bloody mary and more.

Bistro de la Gare — Buy a brunch item and enjoy all-u-can-drink bellini for just $6.26!

The Hill — $20 brunch specials including all-you-can-drink bloody marys and mimosas. Sat & Sun.

Aspen Social Club – $20 for choice of brunch entree (5 options) and unlimited bloody marys and mimosas. 11am-5pm Sat-Sun.

East Village Tavern — One of our favorite beer bars in the city is offering a $15 all-you-can-drink brunch special. Your choice of a brunch entree + unlimited brunch cocktails (bloody marys, mimosas, 007′s, or the Dude) or Yuengling or Bud Light drafts for 1 hour. After the first hour, all additional drinks are $4. Sat-Sun from 11am-5pm.

Gusto Ristorante — Special brunch prix-fixe menu featuring unlimited mimosas, bellinis and bloody marys, plus coffee & tea, ricotta cinnamon frittelle w/ pine nuts and raisins for the table and your choice of a brunch entree all for just $22 per person.

Kittichai – $20 prix fixe featuring standard brunch items that includes unlimited Kittichai brunch cocktails. Weekends from 11am-2:45pm. Includes passion fruit bellinis, bloody mary’s and blood orange mimosas. Also over the weekends the restaurant also offers a frequently changing three-course lunch prix fixe available for $20 per person or $32 with wine pairings.

Blind Pig — $19.99 All You Can Drink Brunch. Sat & Sun 11am til 4pm.

Tonda – Offering an all-you-can-drink brunch special where $20 gets you bottomless mimosas & your choice of a brunch entree (3 different breakfast pizzas, baked egg dishes, salads & paninis).

MXco — Add $14 to your brunch entree (between $10-$14) for unlimited Bloody Marys, Bloody Marias, mimosas, bellinis, or red/white sangria.

Manolito – Unlimited Sangria or Mimosas with an entree for $18.

Zucchero e Pomodori – Add $15 to your brunch entree for unlimited champagne, mimosa, bloody marys, screwdrivers, or mango/peach bellinis.

Ta Cocina — For $5, you get unlimited mimosas, sangria, margaritas, screwdriver, or Bloody Mary’s for 1 hour!

Las Chicas Locas – Any brunch item comes with all you can drink mimosas, Bloody Marys, red or white sangria & cactus punch ($18).

The Half Pint — Add $8 to your brunch entree item for unlimited bloody marys and mimosas. Check out the brunch menu here. Offered Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm.

West 3rd Common — Any item on the brunch menu + unlimited bloody marys, mimosas and screwdrivers for $25.

Marc Forgione — Sunday all-you-can-drink brunch. Begins at 11:30AM. $14 for Bottomless Seasonal Specialty Mimosas. Scroll down here to check out the brunch menu.

Vamos! – Add $6 to any entree for all you can drink frozen margaritas during brunch.Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM.

Rice – All three locations (292 Elizabeth St; 81 Washington St. in Dumbo; 166 Dekalb Ave in Fort Greene) offer a $20 bottomless brunch deal that includes a breakfast entrée, a side, coffee or tea, and unlimited refills on mimosas. It runs from noon to 4pm on weekends.

Southern Hospitality – Endless mimosas and bloody mary’s for $11.95 with purchase of brunch entree. Every Saturday & Sunday during Brunch 11:30pm-3pm.

Piquant — Prix-fixe brunch ($14&. Add $6 more for unlimited Bloody Mary & Mimosa, Sangria

Il Bastardo – Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4pm. Add $15 for AYCD, unlimited champagne, mimosas, screwdrivers or bloody mary’s. Prices have gone up a bit and the place has been a bit more crowded lately since it was featured on The Hills and The City…hasn’t stopped us, though.

Poco — $22.95 for any brunch item (hear that the poco benedict, lobster mac n cheese and salmon blt are the way to go) + all you can drink mimosas, bloody marys and sangria. No time limit.

Cafecita Bogota – Unlimited brunch drinks for $12.50 + you get your choice of brunch entree. Lasts til 6pm!

East of Eighth — Limitless Mimosa’s, signature eggs, omelettes, salads, pastas, hamburgers & much more. Available heated outdoor dining area. Saturday & Sunday 12-4pm, ($15.95).

PS 450 — $22 Endless Brunch = any brunch menu item with unlimited bloody marys, mimosas, or bellinis. Or $12 for any brunch item + one drink.

S.O.B.’s – Bossa Nova Sunday Brunch = 3-course prix-fixe brunch w/ open sangria bar for $26.99/person. Seatings at 12 and 12:30 and 2 and 2:30.

City Lobster & Steak – The Times Square Brunch = choose any brunch item (most priced b/t $13-16) & add $5 for Unlimited Champagne, Mimosas, Bellinis, or Bloody marys.

Paradou – Saturdays and Sundays 11am-4pm. We’d describe it for you since we’ve been a few times, but they do a better job — “Belinis, Mimosas, Kir Royales, and more!!! All you can drink!!! Choice of entree. They’ve also added a DJ and the brunch party goes til 7pm on Sundays! Menu here

The Sunburnt Cow – Widely known to be the biggest Sunday party in town, arrive early if you want to take advantage of the $15 Endless Brunch…

Yerba Buena - Get unlimited bellinis, mimosas and jalapeno bloody mary’s for just $12 (menu says there’s a 1-hour limit, but we were there recently and they let us go quite a bit longer). Recommend making a reservation, but we had a great time sitting at the bar.

Zerza — Brunch entree + Free refills on our mimosas w/ your brunch for $13.95

Arte Cafe – Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-4pm, add $12 to your brunch selection and get unlimited champagne, mimosas, screwdrivers, strawberry sangria, bloody mary’s or peach bellinis

Vintage - $16-20 brunch item plus unlimited bellinis, mimosas, or bloody marys.

The East End — Sat-Sun from 12-4pm, $11.95 Free drink with your meal or upgrade to UNLIMITED drinks for only $10! (2hr max)

Hudson Diner - $10.95 brunch item plus unlimited mimosas or bloody marys

Maracas Mexican – The party starts at noon here on Saturdays and Sundays where $14.95 gets you a brunch food item + unlimited frozen margaritas, bloody mary’s and mimosas. Commenter Steve says, “Half a block from BLP is Maracas, serving a Mexican AYCD brunch for just $15. ($10 w/o drinks.) Entrees are pretty good-haad a good breakfast burrito and huevos rancheros. They also have the bloodies, mimosas, and frozen margs (regular or strawberry). The bloodies were not that good when I tried them, other drinks are fine.”

Double Crown: Brunch item + All You Care to Drink DIY Bloody Mary’s for $32. Brunch served Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3:30pm

Waterstone Grill – For $10 extra, add unlimited bloody mary’s, mimosas and champagne to your $10.95 prix-fixe brunch

Philip Marie - Unlimited mimosas with your meal on Saturdays (11am-4pm) for $16.95 and unlimited bloody mary’s with your meal on Sundays (11am-4pm) for $16.95

Beacon – Sundays from 10:30am-2:30pm, get bottomless wood-roasted bloody mary’s for $11

Bondi Road – Soho sister of E. Village’s Sunburnt Cow. Same great $18 AYCD Sunday Brunch special.

Cafe 50 West – $15 Bottomless Brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm

Regate Bistro - Thanks to commenter lesider who informed us that you can get any brunch item + unlimited drink for $16

Steak Frites - Saturday and Sunday between 11:30am-4:30pm. $15.95 for brunch item + unlimited mimosa and bloody mary’s

L’Asso – Saturday and Sunday Brunch. $15 for a brunch entree + a coffee + mimosa or beer or wine.$20 for unlimited booze

Tre – For $17 (cash only) you get any brunch item + unlimited champagne, mimosas or bellinis

Tapeo 29 – Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-5pm. Unlimited bloody marys, screwdrivers and mimosas (website doesn’t give prices)

H.K. Cafe – Offers unlimited bloody marys, mimosas, screwdrivers, Bellinis, or Champagne, for $12.95 with any entrée, Sat.—Sun., 9 a.m.—5 p.m. Cash only. Check out our review here.

Calle Ocho – Saturday and Sunday brunches ($12-$18) include AYCD Sangria Brunch plates run from $12 to $18 at this Upper West Side Latin spot, which serves omelettes with tomato and Manchego cheese or Venezuelan corn crêpes with smoked salmon. That also gets you unlimited access to the eight-flavor sangria buffet, featuring everything from tamarind-vanilla to mango-pineapple-lemongrass.

Bone Lick Park – Thanks to commenter Steve for the following: “AYCD brunch from about $13-16. Entrees include delicious beef ribs, turkey sausage on a muffin, pulled pork, fried oysters, plus a few omelet/waffle choices. Most of these come with very tasty eggs, au gratin potatoes or cheese grits, and some nice mini blueberry muffins. They also offer a big burger or fried chicken! Drinks include bloodies, mimosas, and frozen margs. ($1 extra for a strawberry or mango marg.) This place has become popular, and also has sidewalk seating. On Greenwich Ave at 7th Ave (by 11th St.), next to 2 Boots pizza. Brunch served on Sat and Sun.”

Nero – $24.95 gets you a brunch item + unlimited champagne, bellinis, mimosas, bloody’s or screwdrivers.

Film Center Cafe – All brunch menu items are $11.95. Add just $8 for unlimited champagne, mimosas, bellinis, bloody mary’s, sangria, screwdrivers and frozen margs, oh my.

Intermezzo – Same deal as Il Bastardo. Add $15 for unlimited champagne, mimosas and bloody mary’s.

Sotto Voce (B’lyn) - Sat.–Sun., 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; $12.95 prix-fixe brunch includes unlimited mimosas, champagne or bloody mary’s.

Artepasta (W. Village) – Noon til 4pm on Sundays, all brunch items are $10 and for $5 more you get unlimited mimosas and champagne

Garage - Jazzy Brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-4pm. Choice of $15.95 for brunch item + 1 drink or add $6 for unlimited mimosas, screwdrivers and bloody mary’s

Lasagna Ristorante (3 locations) – $12.95 for brunch items and add $7 for unlimited drinks

Puttanesca – Brunch food items are $12 and for another $12 you get unlimited champagne, mimosa, screwdriver, bloody mary, strawberry or peach bellini

Harry’s Cafe & Steak - Unlimited Champagne Brunch from 12-4pm. 4 different kinds of champagne cocktails served, including kir royale, blood orange mimosa and bellini.

El Azteca - $11.95 includes brunch item + unlimited sangria or regular frozen margaritas

The Sixth Ward - Unlimited mimosas and brunch item for $13.95

Dolce Vita – $20 gets you unlimited Mimosas or Bellinis at Brunch with a choice of entree and side dish.

BarBaresco: Unlimited Champagne, Mimosas, Screwdrivers or Bloody Mary’s. All you can drink. Add $8.

La Carbonara: Add $12 to any brunch item for Unlimited Cocktails (Bloody’s, Bellini, Mimosa, Screwdrivers or Sangria).

Braii: Unlimited passion fruit Mimosas. Exotic brunch menu feat. ostrich Benedict, Rooibos French toast, boereworse & more. Buy a Peri Peri Mary and get one on the house.

Regional: Feat. an unlimited refill Mimosas brunch (buy one, the rest is free). Also available on Saturday.

Patois: Brunch: 11am-4pm, $12.95, get a menu item with unlimited coffee, mimosas, virgin bloody marys & assorted breads.

Village Pourhouse (both locations): Village Pourhouse Downtown: $25 for an entree and all you can drink special. Village Pourhouse Uptown: $20 for an entree and all you can drink special. Click here for more deets.

2+ Complimentary Drinks, aka the “All-You-Should-Drink” Brunch Spots

Absinthe Wine Bar - $20 brunch special that includes an entrée plus 3 alcoholic beverages (Pineapple Mimosa, Mixed Berry Bellini, Pomegranate Mint Bellini, Absinthe Sangria, or the Mint Coconut Sparkler). See what The Lunch Belle thought about it here. We hear it’s like Essex in that it’s practically ‘unlimited’.

Essex – 3 drinks included with your brunch order, cash only. Saturday & Sunday 11:00-4:30. Sunday Sundown Brunch 4:30-8:00

Baker Street - $11.95 gets you a brunch item + 2 drinks (beer is option)

Oliver’s Bar & Grill - $13.95 prix-fixe brunch gets you Two Drinks & One Brunch Entree (choose from Mimosa, Bloody Mary, Screwdriver, Draft Beer, Well Drinks, Coffee, Tea & Soda)

Primitivo Osteria - Entree price includes choice of 2 bloodys, unlimited mimosas, or 2 screwdrivers

Choice Kitchen & Cocktails – $14.95 gets you a brunch item + 2 complimentary Bloody Marys, Mimosas, Bud Light Drafts, sodas, juices, coffee or tea

The Ainsworth — Add $15 to brunch entree for 3 bloody marys or mimosas. Great way to spend Sunday during football season.

Craft Beer Bars Get Down With Boozy Brunches

Andy — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:12:30 +0000

We are amidst a craft beer explosion and boozy brunches are popping up left and right, so naturally these two worlds had to collide at some point, right? In the past two weeks alone, we’ve noticed a couple of boozy craft beer brunches hit the scene that you should know about.

East Village beer bar Hop Devil Grill (129 St. Marks Place near Avenue A) has launched what it’s calling a “BEER-unch!”. Every Saturday and Sunday $20 gets you unlimited craft beers (24 different taps) plus an entree like blueberry pancakes, a ”Skillata”, an omelet, French toast, poached salmon, a pulled chicken sandwich with fries and more. And if someone in your party would prefer more traditional brunch cocktails like mimosas, bloody marys and sangria, well they can have those, too, unlimited. Choose from craft beers like Lagunitas Lil’ Sumpin Sumpin, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and Troegs Nugget Nectar with no limitation on the number or type of beer.

Rattle ‘N’ Hum (14 East 33rd St. b/t 5th and Madison), which was just listed as one of NYC’s Top 10 Craft Beer Bars by Time Out Magazine, will be rolling out a new, serious brunch menu, featuring inventive dishes like Rozy’s Burger Benedict and Joe’s Eggs n’ Squash (poached egg atop butternut squash), and a new boozy brunch special to go with it. The “Time to Fly Brunch“ includes your choice of brunch item + a tasting flight of four beers for just $16. A flight is typically $12 on its own. After that, additional select craft beers (including any that were in your flight) are just $4. We’ve tried a couple of the new menu items and have to say they are pretty damn good.

Over in Midtown East, craft beer bar standout The Stag’s Head (252 East 51st nr 2nd Ave) is offering a pretty good boozy craft beer brunch of its own. First of all, brunch menu items ($10.95-$13.95) like a Chicken Fried Pork Chop, Short Rib Hash and a special Pat LaFrieda Brunch Burger come with your choice of bloody mary, mimosa or a select craft beer from the happy hour selection. Then, for just $10 more you can add 3 more drinks. Be aware that the selection of craft beers that come with brunch is rather limited and probably not the first choice of beers from what they have on tap that you would otherwise want to order. I love their bloody mary mix and opted for these instead on our last visit.

East Village Tavern (158 Ave C at 10th St.) is offering a more traditional $15 All-You-Can-Drink Brunch — you get your choice of brunch menu item (burger, frittata, breakfast burrito, mac n’ cheese, farmer’s breakfast, etc) + 1 hour of unlimited 007′s, mimosas, screwdrivers, bloody mary’s, white russians (the dude), or Yuengling’s or Bud Light’s. Thereafter, additional drinks are $4 each. Only negative is they don’t include any of their damn good craft beers as part of the brunch deal, which is a shame.

Boozy Black Friday Brunches

Andy — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:46:03 +0000

For those who want to keep the party going all Thanksgiving weekend long, some of our favorite boozy brunch spots will be offering Black Friday brunch. So you can drink til ya sink after you shop til ya drop:

Paradou: offering unlimited champagne cocktails + entree for $29 from 11am-4pm; 8 Little West 12th St.; click here for reservations

Essex: offering their awesome boozy brunch for $20 that comes complete with entree (go with the Deep South…trust me) + 3 brunch cocktails (but they’re not really counting!); 120 Essex St at Rivington; 212-533-9616 for resys

Nolita House: Will be open for a Boozy Black Friday Brunch from 11am-4pm. Free cocktail with entree purchase!; 47 E Houston St

Sunburnt Cow / Sunburnt Calf / Bondi Road: all three are open on Friday and will be offering their famous $18 Endless Brunch!

We’re checking in with our other favorite boozy brunch spots like Poco, Yerba Buena, Barbounia, Maracas, Mercadito, Agua Dulce, etc and will let you know of they’ll be offering Black Friday Boozy Brunches.

Yerba Buena Perry Launches All You Can Drink Boozy Brunch

Andy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:46:28 +0000

It took Yerba Buena Perry more than a year, but they’re finally beginning to offer a boozy, unlimited all-you-can-drink brunch option like its sister restaurant in the E Village. Starting this Saturday, 10/16, get unlimited cocktails for 1 hour for $12 per person!

Yerba Buena Perry /1 Perry St., 212-620-0808 / Brunch starts at 11:30am on Saturdays and Sundays

Spina Launches Brunch Service With $10 Bottles of Prosecco!

Andy — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:02:33 +0000

Spina (175 Avenue B, 212-253-2250) has just started serving brunch and has an amazing boozy special or a limited time to kick it off – a bottle of Soligo Prosecco at cost: only $10 – way below retail as store prices are around $15 (and as high $17) this weekend. Also, Spina just got their outdoor seating permit so you can enjoy your brunch and prosecco outside in the crisp Autumn weather. Brunch is served Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 4pm. Here are some brunch menu highlights: as uova al amatriciana baked eggs & guanciale over spicy tomato sauce; carne e uova grilled steak with 2 eggs any style and potatoes; french toast topped with rice krispies, bananas & Nutella; polenta pancakes with ricotta and cinnamon berry jam, Nutella panzerotti (baby calzones filled with Nutella); homemade vegetarian flatbread with grilled eggplant, carrots, peppers and goat cheese, and more. Several of Spina’s fresh house-made pastas will be available as well, including orechiette carbonara; ravioli with egg yolk and ricotta di bufala, and lasagna. Brunch cocktails include Shandy made with Ommegang Witte beer and Aranciata, Spina Bloody Mary and a Prosecco Cocktail with fresh fruit of the season.

Agua Dulce is Our New Favorite All-You-Can-Drink Brunch

Andy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:28:59 +0000

Sure, there are more wallet-friendly all-you-can-drink brunch options out there. But if you’re looking for something more than just cheap champagne and mimosas, I’m fairly certain you’re not gonna do better than Agua Dulce (802 9th Ave). For an additional $20/person (brunch items from $9; menu here) you get 2 hours of unlimited, potent, tropical brunch cocktails, including 3 varieties of frozen margaritas (pomegranate, regular and passion fruit), 2 varieties of frozen martinis (apple and watermelon) and 2 varieties of frozen mojitos (traditional and passion fruit). If you fancy the typical brunch cocktails, they have those, too. Add to the mix a modern, sleek space with a fun South Beach vibe, a lively bar scene and Exec Chef Ulrich Sterling’s delicious Pan-Latin food and you’ve got yourself a damn good Sunday-Funday brunch spot. We went a few weeks back to check it out for ourselves, and in the process stumbled upon what is perhaps NYC’s most overlooked burger.

Over a period of two hours and several brain-freezes, we sat outside on the sidewalk patio and drained just about every frozen brunch cocktail on the list. See how we sacrifice for you guys. I would say we had about 5 cocktails each. Which leads me to a point — if you’re not going to be having at least 3 drinks, then this may not be the right brunch deal for you. Anything more than 3 and you’re definitely getting good bang for your brunch bucks. The traditional mojito (non-frozen) and pomegranate frozen margarita were our faves. For my meal, I ordered the Agua Dulce Burger (Chef Sterling’s LaFrieda burger with house-pickled chiles, red onions, fresh avocado and chihuahua cheese).

This was one helluva burger! Even without all of Chef Sterling’s Pan-Latin flair, it would have been one of my top ten burgers of the year. But the extra flavors from the pickled chiles and fresh avocado took it to the next level for me. The combination of the acidity of the pickled chiles and the sweetness of the bun really helped bring out the delicious flavor of the beef, and I didn’t want this burger to end.

Jill ordered the Steak and Eggs (two eggs cooked to order, char grilled skirt steak, chilaquiles). The skirt steak was expertly prepared and the chilaquiles provided nice texture and flavor, as the yolk from the eggs seeped through.

We hear that next time we have to try the Agua Dulce Benedicto (braised pork, fresh jalapeno cornbread with a chili lime hollandaise) as well as the Panqueque de Chorizo (crunchy chorizo pancakes w/ bacon maple syrup). I have a feeling “next time” is not too far off.

BEST TABLE: The tall communal table for 6 on the sidewalk patio

APPROX COST PER PERSON: $40 (which includes tax + tip)

Agua Dulce, 802 9th Avenue, bet 53rd St & 54th Sts, 212-262-1299. Open Monday through Friday for lunch, Saturday and Sunday for brunch, and seven days for dinner and late night (until 4 am). All major credit cards are accepted.