Charlotte's Best Brunch Spots
Kick off your weekend plans at these Queen City brunch spots.
by Kristen Moore
STK Charlotte
This blog brought to you in partnership with STK Charlotte.
Whether you’re looking for Southern brunch specialties, the perfect patio for mimosa sipping or health-conscious breakfast options, eateries in the Queen City are sure to satisfy. Check out these Charlotte restaurants to get your fill of brunch favorites.
STK Steakhouse
Neighborhood: Uptown
Brunch at STK offers a unique blend of high-energy ambiance and gourmet dining, featuring a menu that combines classic brunch favorites with contemporary twists. With its stylish decor and DJ-curated music, STK creates a lively atmosphere perfect for a luxurious and memorable brunch experience.
300 East
Neighborhood: Dilworth
300 East is a Charlotte institution serving its take on traditional breakfast entrees, such as chicken and biscuits, breakfast tacos, breakfast pizza and eggs benedict, during the restaurant’s weekend brunch. Satisfy your sweet tooth with the fan-favorite vanilla custard-filled French toast or a seasonal cast-iron sweet roll.
The Artisan’s Palate
Neighborhood: NoDa
The Artisan’s Palate is part restaurant, bar, art gallery and community gathering space with a rustic yet refined menu. Enjoy small plates that are great for sharing, such as a frittata made with fresh eggs. Keep an eye out for live music and drag brunches for a meal with a show.
The Asbury
Neighborhood: Uptown
Located inside The Dunhill Hotel, The Asbury serves up classic Southern flavors with a modern flair. Local, seasonal ingredients influence the uniquely Carolinian dishes on the menu, like banana pudding pancakes, warm banana walnut bread, fried chicken biscuits, deviled eggs and the fan-favorite buttermilk sticky biscuits.
Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
Neighborhood: NoDa
Boudreaux’s Louisiana Kitchen brings the tastes of the bayou to the Queen City with dishes like the shrimp Creole waffle, featuring sauteed gulf shrimp and spicy tomato Creole sauce, and the Foghorn Benny with bourbon fried chicken. Wash down your brunch with a Cajun Mary, made with Boudreaux’s house bloody mary mix.
Bulla Gastrobar
Neighborhood: SouthPark
Inspired by authentic tapas restaurants in Spain, Bulla Gastrobar is a casual and energetic eatery created to stir your senses through quality, Spanish-influenced gastronomic creations. Order from the brunch menu, complete with tapas and full plates like the Brunch Paella, or try the three-course, prix fixe menu.
Café Monte
Neighborhood: SouthPark
Get a taste of France at this casual bakery and bistro. Begin your brunch with an order of beignets or escargot in puff pastry. Egg-based menu items include the Parisian Omelet with ham, bacon, onion and cheese, along with the Benedict Monte with smoked ham, tomato, asparagus and hollandaise served on a buttery croissant.
Church + Union
Neighborhood: Uptown
From Top Chef-alum and chef/partner Jamie Lynch, Church and Union is a swanky atmosphere with a casual yet refined menu to match. The brunch menu includes a selection of small plates; main dishes, like shrimp and grits and crab cakes and eggs; and all of your favorite brunch cocktails.
The Crunkleton
Neighborhood: Elizabeth
While cocktails are the star of the show at The Crunkleton, the team’s culinary prowess is also evident in the brunch menu. From classics like biscuits and gravy to more unique options, like the Charlotte Hot Brown with fried chicken, crispy bacon and a sunny egg between French toast, brunch is sure to impress, too.
The Degenerate
Neighborhood: NoDa
Industrial, airy aesthetics and sophisticated sports bar create the vibe when you walk into The Degenerate. With both American and globally inspired cuisine, you can choose between mouthwatering menu options like breakfast tacos, Turkish eggs, a Monte Cristo sandwich and blintzes stuffed with whipped cream cheese and blueberries.
Easy Like Sunday
Neighborhood: Montford
Easy Like Sunday is a brunch-inspired restaurant that is a dream come to life for husband-wife team, Anna and Sean MacCuish. The Cajun shrimp and grits with Portuguese sausage, along with the cornmeal pancakes topped with crispy fried chicken tenders and served with peach habanero jam, are must-try dishes.
Eddie’s Place
Neighborhood: Cotswold
Since 1997, Eddie’s Place has been a beloved neighborhood restaurant and bar offering a warm and welcoming environment with approachable, reasonably priced comfort food. Breakfast is always on the menu at Eddie’s Place so you can get your fill of favorites like the Country Fried Breakfast, day or night.
El Puro Cuban Restaurant
Neighborhood: Madison Park
Inspired by 1950s Cuba, El Puro dishes out upscale Cuban cuisine and cocktails to the soundtrack of live music. The weekend brunch menu features dishes like tres leches pancakes, Ropa Vieja Benedict served in a toasted Cuban bread cup, and brunch empanadas stuffed with guava marmalade and cream cheese.
Famous Toastery
Neighborhood: Uptown, Dilworth, South Charlotte, University City, Belmont, Concord, Davidson, Huntersville, Mooresville, Lake Wylie, S.C.
Childhood best friends Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard opened the first Famous Toastery in Huntersville in 2005 and were able to turn their breakfast-all-day idea into a successful franchise along the East Coast. Try the stuffed French toast with raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, or peanut butter and banana.
Haberdish
Neighborhood: NoDa
Homemade cinnamon rolls and chicken and waffles are among the fan-favorite dishes served at this mill town Southern kitchen. Biscuits are also a hit on the brunch menu, served with your choice of jam or honey butter syrup. Haberdish’s indulgent floral cocktails and spirit-free concoctions are undoubtedly the best reward for getting out of bed.
Heist Brewery
Neighborhood: NoDa
Indulge in an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet on Sundays at Heist Brewery’s NoDa location. Offerings include an omelet station, shrimp and grits, fried chicken and waffles, French toast and more. Complete your meal with beer buckets, mimosa carafes and bloody marys.
La Belle Helene
Neighborhood: Uptown
This refined French brasserie is cooking up classics with a modern twist in Uptown. The beautiful, European-inspired design beckons you to come for a taste of French cuisine with dishes like bananas foster French toast, Croque Madame sandwich and a variety of crepes.
Legion Brewing SouthPark
Neighborhood: SouthPark
Whether you crave breakfast classics or flavorful brunch bowls, Legion Brewing SouthPark has you covered. The pimento cheese and potato breakfast pierogis offer a touch of Southern cuisine with an innovative twist. Wash your food down with a beermosa for a fun, brewery take on a standard mimosa.
Leroy Fox
Neighborhood: South End, Cotswold
Leroy Fox Kitchen & Cocktails is a perfect place to snack on fried chicken or an omelet hot off the grill. During brunch, a crispy fried chicken breast is paired with a Belgian waffle, served with peach compote and an over-easy egg. Settle in on the cozy patio at either location.
Lincoln Street Kitchen + Cocktails
Neighborhood: South End
Take a seat inside or on Lincoln Street Kitchen’s rooftop for brunch. Menu highlights include avocado toast with tomato jam and feta, Huevos Rancheros and the Egg Sando with North Carolina sausage and pimento cheese on a house-made biscuit. No meal is complete without one of the brunch cocktails.
Link & Pin
Neighborhood: South End, Huntersville, South Charlotte
With a name inspired by South End’s railway history, Link & Pin is the destination for those who love a high-end, boozy brunch. Order the personal mimosa tray that comes with your choice of bubbly and all the trimmings. Round out your meal with avocado toast, shrimp and grits or the build-your-own three-egg omelet.
Little Mama's Italian
Neighborhood: SouthPark
If you love Little Mama’s mozzarella bar, you’ll love it even more during Sunday brunch. Bring your appetite for dishes like the spinach and prosciutto quiche, giant cinnamon roll and Uncle Louis’ Handheld which is a folded egg sandwich with crispy prosciutto, muenster and chili mayo.
Mimosa Grill
Neighborhood: Uptown
Mimosa Grill's traditional brunch menu offers a spin on Southern staples. Entrees include specialties like the Mimosa Omelet with herb ricotta, parmesan and sauteed greens; build-your-own breakfast sandwich; miso-pecan butter and peach preserve French toast; and wagyu steak and eggs.
Napa on Providence
Neighborhood: Myers Park
Napa on Providence’s brunch menu features the Napa Benedict, with prosciutto, salted tomato, avocado and a poached egg on an English muffin, as well as crispy pork and sweet potato hash and bananas foster French toast. Pair your brunch with a glass of wine on tap.
Oh My Soul
Neighborhood: NoDa
Oh My Soul invites all to try something new from the plant-based, cruelty-free menu. Get a taste of South Africa with the Howzit Bru, a South African lekker brekkie roll filled with vegan breakfast staples. Or try the vegan variations of French toast, pancakes or chicken and waffles made with fried tofu.
Ruby Sunshine
Neighborhood: South End
Experience the flavors of the Big Easy at Ruby Sunshine. Get your fill with dishes like seasonal beignets, Bayou Shrimp Benedict and pancakes that will satisfy your sweet tooth. Kick off your brunch with a mimosa flight or a bloody mary with bacon-infused vodka.
Snooze an A.M. Eatery
Neighborhood: Plaza Midwood, South End, SouthPark
Snooze offers creative twists on the most important meal of the day. The breakfast-only menu is filled with plenty of pancakes, omelets, benedicts, breakfast sandwiches and plant-based options to choose from. Can’t decide which pancakes to get? Order a flight to get a taste of the Pineapple Upside Down, Blueberry Danish and Sweet Potato flavors.
Suffolk Punch Brewing
Neighborhood: South End, SouthPark
Equal parts culinary café, coffee bar, taphouse and brewery, Suffolk Punch has it all. Feast on locally sourced dishes like scratch-made biscuits, including the massive chicken biscuit, as well as barbecue shrimp and grits, French-toasted berry muffins and a filling breakfast bowl with sausage, bacon, eggs and creamy grits.
Superica
Neighborhood: South End, SouthPark
Take a proverbial trip to the Wild Wild West at Superica. Try each of the nonalcoholic aguas frescas or a bloody maria to go with your Tex Mex-inspired entrée, such as Huevos Rancheros with a house-made tortilla; Chilaquiles Divorciados served with red and green chile sauce; or tamales and eggs.
Tupelo Honey
Neighborhood: Uptown
A made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuit from Tupelo Honey is a must whether you stop in for brunch or dinner. Other brunch favorites include Southern-inspired dishes like sriracha honey fried chicken and waffles, a bacon and sausage scramble served in a cast iron skillet, and wild-caught shrimp and grits with chorizo sausage.
Uptown Yolk
Neighborhood: South End
Uptown Yolk is a Southern-inspired brunch spot from restaurant power couple, Greg and Subrina Collier. The menu features creative entrees like the Mojo Hash, with coffee-braised steak, diced sweet potatoes and an over-easy egg, along with sweet potato waffles and a veggie eggs benedict.
Article originally written by Kristen Moore. Updates by Arielle Patterson in October 2024.
