linger

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Sundays 10:00 - 2:30
Neighborhood: Lohi
Price: $9-16 for entrees
Champagne: The linger mimosa is $3

What's on the menu: Creative takes on the usual brunch fare. They change their menu fairly regularly, so check it out on their website.

What makes it special: Oh man, that patio and its city views. And the food. Much has been written about linger and Root Down, so we don't do much more recapping here.

This place will get packed, but the Denver Sunday Brunch Masters are early risers and usually manage to beat the crowds.

Address: 2030 West 30th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80211
Last visited: August 2013
Website: lingerdenver.com
Phone number: 303-993-3120

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

That looks like a giant sausage. It's actually a delicious chile relleno.

Brussels sprouts and the Breakfast Dosa.

Park & Co

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Weekends, 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Neighborhood: Uptown
Cuisine: American
Price: $8-12 for entrees, $9 bottomless mimosas
Champagne: Bottomless mimosas

What's on the menu: Eggs, potatoes, toast. A couple omelets. A couple Benedicts, including the vegetarian "California" variety of tomato and avocado. (Menus on the website.

What makes it special: The bar. Bottomless mimosas, and happy hour drink specials all day. And the service. Quick, polite, and attentive. Depending on the day you may get some good people watching on 17th.

Address: 439 E 17th Ave (17th & Pennsylvania).
Last visited: 01/30/2012
Website: parkandcodenver.com
Phone number: 720.328.6732

Park & Co. is a fine and dandy little diner. It's painted dark on the inside, but there are huge windows everywhere, so it's a cozy mix of bright and shadowy.

The staff are all very friendly and attentive.

The only thing lacking from the menu is some manner of fruit. [Edited to add fruit is now listed as a said you can order.] Otherwise, this is a great middle-of-the-road brunch spot. Nothing especially thrilling, but nothing to gripe about.

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

The Avenue Grill

Menu or Buffet: Menu                               
Hours: Open daily 10 am to Midnight (Not sure on brunch availability)
Neighborhood: Uptown
Price: Brunch entrees range from $8.50 to $16.00
Champagne: $2 Mimosas, and $2 Bloody Marys and Bellinis. At that price they may as well be "bottomless."

What's on the menu:

French Toast
Pancakes
Granola with yogurt and fruit

Huevos Rancheros
Eggs Benedict (Traditional and vegetarian)
Breakfast Burrito
Poutine
Crepes
Salmon hash

Salads
Burgers

Appetizers including egg rolls, oysters, and shrimp  

 

Huevos Rancheros on the left (with red chili instead of the usual green chili and no chorizo. On the right, Eggs Sardou, after an overzealous brunchmaster ate half before remembering to snap a photo.

 

 

 

Bloody Mary on the left (with a beer chaser) and mimosa on the right.

 

What makes it special: I

The menu! Both food (a vegetarian eggs Benedict that isn't tomato and avocado) and drinks (a Bloody Mary served with a Coors sipper to cool the spiciness).

Highlights include—

• The somewhat fancy "Bay Area" atmosphere on the inside, while watching colorful 17th Avenue on the outside.
• The service is old school awesome, very pleasant and professional.

Address: 630 E. 17th Ave, Denver, Colorado 80203
Last visited: January 5, 2013
Website: The Avenue Grill
Phone number: 303.861.2820

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information. You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Blue Sky Cafe

Menu or Buffet: Menu!
Hours: 7 AM - 2 PM, daily
Neighborhood: Lakewood/Golden
Cuisine: Health, Mexican, Vegetarian, Vegan
Price: $7 - $9
Champagne: Nope.

What's on the menu:
Juices, smoothies, milkshakes, espresso!
Skillets, scrambles, omelets, benedicts, griddles, heuvos!
Sandwiches, salads!

What makes it special: It has a yoga studio!

Address: 14403 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80401-3206 (maps)
Last visited: April 9, 2011
Website: blueskycafe.biz
Phone number: (303) 216-2670

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Steubens

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Weekend brunch is Saturday and Sunday 10-3
Neighborhood: Uptown
Price: Entrees from $6-12 ($20 for lobster)
Champagne: Mimosas are $7

What's on the menu:

cast iron french toast caramel and granola
egg-in-a-hole
breakfast chili relleno
chicken fried steak & eggs
biscuits & gravy
lox and bagel
pancake stack
huevos rancheros
basic two eggs, hash browns, toast, breakfast meat (+$5 for skirt steak)
chicken & waffles
steuben’s skillet
omelette du jour it’s the omelette of the day

SANDWICHES

green chili cheeseburger		grilled cheese
cheeseburger		monte cristo
burger		BLT
veggie burger		shrimp po‘ boy
cubano		chicago dog
smothered breakfast burrito		pulled pork
vegetarian breakfast burrito		bbq beef brisket
mediterranean vegetable		maine lobster roll & fries
bacon egg

grits add cheddar or bacon, $.50		side of fruit
biscuit & gravy		hash browns
yogurt		skirt steak
granola		one egg cooked any style
bacon		sausage patty
chorizo		corned beef hash
biscuit		steuben’s fries
fried corn		macaroni & cheese
potato pancake		house salad
cole slaw		sugar rolled hush puppies
gravy fries		deviled eggs
crab cakes		wa ffle

SOUPS AND SALADS

tortilla
chili
tomato
clam chowder
french onion
green chili stew
iceberg wedge blue cheese dressing, bacon
greek
caesar
beet
cobb
tuna nicoise

BENNYS

traditional
tomato & avocado
crab cake benedict
sausage & american cheese
chorizo & avocado

DRINKS

milkshake, malt
root beer fl oat
Boylan’s soda
egg cream
Izze
espresso, americano
cappuccino, latte

BAR

michelada
mimosa
bloody mary
bacon bloody mary
corpse reviver II
satan’s whiskers
fog cutter
ramos gin zz
red snapper
steuben’s co ee cooler
prosecco punch

What makes it special:

Patio! The outdoor patio allows for some awesome people watching; 17th Street is usually quite a-bustle. And if the patio is full, there's probably still seating available on the secret indoor patio. (Although it's technically actually called a courtyard, we'll continue to call it a secret indoor patio.)

Address: 523 E 17th Ave, Denver, Colorado 80203
Last visited: Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Website: Steueben's
Phone number: (303) 830-1001

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Dazzle

Menu or Buffet: Buffet
Hours: Sundays from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Neighborhood: Southwest/Capitol Hill
Price: $17.95 per person
Champagne: $8 for bottomless mimosa or bloody mary bar

What's on the menu:

Omelet station
Carving station
Fruit and cheese
Scrambled eggs
Breakfast potatoes
Macaroni and cheese
Grits
Biscuits and gravy
Chocolate fondue
Crepe station
Turkey legs to order
Croissants, biscuits
French toast and waffles
Grilled veggies, deviled eggs, quinoa salad

Carving station beside the omelet station.  Potatoes, meats, and other entrées are further down.

What makes it special:

The live music! Dazzle is as much as a jazz club as it is a restaurant, and brunch is no exception. Being serenaded by a jazz quartet while enjoying your food takes brunch to a whole nuther level.

Live music!

The drinks! The $8 buy-in gets you limitless mimosas, bloody marys, beer, and wine, all served at the bar. Mimosas are served as a plain glass of champaign. You add your own orange or cranberry juice. (Consider adding a fresh strawberry from the dessert bar!) The bloody marys are made as spicy as you want, with V8, clamato, or regular tomato juice, and then you select your own combination of garnishes from green olives, pickles, jalapeno, celery and carrot. Fun!

Address: 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203

Last visited: March 27, 2011
Website: Dazzle Sunday Urban Brunch
Phone number: 303.839.5100

Brunchmaster disclaimer: Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

20th Street Cafe

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Monday through Friday 6-2:30, Saturday 7-1:30
Note: This diner is sadly closed on Sundays.  Technically, it does not offer a Sunday Brunch, but since the Denver Sunday Brunch Masters eat here, oh, almost every Saturday, we couldn't leave it out.
Neighborhood: Downtown/Five Points
Price: $4-8
Champagne: No alcohol

Hashbrowns, eggs over greasy, and toast.

What's on the menu:

Classic two eggs with hashbrowns, you pick toast or pancakes, add bacon or sausage
Breakfast burritos
Steak and eggs
Blueberry pankcakes
Biscuits and Gravy
Chicken Fried Steak
Huevos Rancheros
Corn Beef Hash 
Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers
Spaghetti and Meatballs 
Noodle bowls and fried rice 

What makes it special:

Time travel! No kidding, walk into 20th St. Cafe, and you'll have no doubt that some of the people sitting at the tables have been coming there since the place opened over 65 years ago. It's a Denver institution. Clippings, certificates, and proclamations adorning the walls chronicle some of the diner's history.

Time travel again! This time, though, I mean the amount of time that passes between when you walk in and when you get your food. It almost doesn't exist. Or, if it does you probably need special equipment to measure it.

Familiarity! If you've ever had a favorite, cozy, greasy spoon, no frills cafe diner, then you will immediately feel at home here.

Address:  1123 20th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Last visited: March 26, 2011
Website: No website
Phone number:  303.295.9041

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Hi Rise

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Monday-Friday 6 am - 4 pm, Saturday-Sunday 7 am - 3 pm
Neighborhood: Downtown/Ballpark/Five Points
Price: $4 - $8
Champagne: No alcohol

What's on the menu:
Bagels! Twelve flavors of bagels.  Have one either with cream cheese (they have eight different flavors) or have one as a bagel sandwich with fried egg and gruyere, pepperjack, or cheddar
Breakfast sandwiches - seven different kinds on bagels or facaccia bread, or build your own
Sandwiches - Hot Pastrami, Caprese Panini, Roast Beef, Thai Roast Pork, Roasted Veggie, Italian Sub, Spicy Citrus Tuna and more
Salads - Arugula with Apples, Goat Cheese and Walnuts; House salad with ranch; Greek with Feta, Onions and Olives, Chicken Caesar, Strawberry Chicken with Blue Cheese and Almonds, and more

What makes it special: The breakfast sandwiches on focaccia!  And the freshly baked bagels and breads.

Follow the owner on twitter! He's a good read, and you can tweet questions about the menu or daily special and get a quick response.

While offering chorizo, bacon, and a beefy chili, Hi Rise has also carved out a niche for itself as one of the few restaurants in Denver catering to vegans with vegan cream cheese for bagels and rotating vegan specials including Gumbo, Sweet Potato and Chickpea soup, and a Portobello Churrasco sandwich. 

Egg and cheese bagel

Vegan Gumbo

Address: 2162 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205
Last visited: February 15, 2011
Website: www.hirisedenver.com
Phone number:  303.296.3656

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Strings - CLOSED

Sadly, Strings closed its doors in 2013.

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: 10 am to 3 pm
Neighborhood: Uptown/Five Points
Price: $15 - 20 for brunch and a drink.
Champagne: By the glass. (Mimosas, etc. are $5)

What's on the menu:

Blueberry Pancakes: Whipped Cream, Blueberry Syrup, Fresh Blueberries $7
*Fireman’s Eggs: Toasted Brioche, Two Eggs- Sunny Side Up, Wilted Spinach, Bacon $8
French Toast: Amandine Buttered Caramel, Whipped Cream, Marcona Almonds $9
Denver Omelets: Ham, Green Onion, Peppers, Cheese, Breakfast Potatoes $9
Blackberry Crepes: Honey Whipped Goat Cheese, Orange-Blackberry Compote $9
Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Eggs: Chive Cream Cheese, Capers, Onions
Lobster & Asparagus Omelet: Maine Lobster, Jumbo Asparagus, Chive Hollandaise $13
*Kennedy Special: Scrambled Eggs, White Toast, Crispy Breakfast Potatoes, Bacon $8
Huevos Rancheros: Felipe’s Green Chile, Flour Tortillas, Three Over-easy Eggs $8

Eggs Benedicts (All Benedicts served with Breakfast Potatoes)
 Ham Country Ham, Poached Eggs, Hollandaise $10
 Steak n’ Eggs Petite Filet, Poached Eggs, Hollandaise $14
 Crab Cake Super Lump Crab Cakes, Poached Eggs, Hollandaise $13

* Denotes a Denver Sunday Brunch Masters favorite


What makes it special: The food (you've never had scrambled eggs this good), and the fact that it's a Denver institution. Paraphernalia on the wall tells the story of the owner's relationship with, among others, Ted Kennedy, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

A small garden to the side of the restaurant provides ingredients and herbs for many plates.

Address: 1700 Humboldt St, Denver, CO 80218
Last visited: January 16, 2011
Website: Strings
Phone number: (303) 831-7310

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information. You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.

Garden Spot Café

**UPDATE**
01/2012: Garden Spot is closed!

Menu or Buffet: Menu
Hours: Monday-Friday 7 am - 2:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8 am - 2 pm
Neighborhood: Five Points
Price: $4.50 - $11.00
Champagne: No.

What's on the menu:
Oatmeal with bananas, apples, yogurt
Breakfast sandwiches (Santa Fe, Western, or Build Your Own)
Omelets and breakfast plates two eggs with your choice of sides
Salads - House, Chicken Apple Cobb, Warm Spinach, Warm Cashew Chicken, Crab Cake
Three kinds of Eggs Benedict (Classic, Veggie, and Chesapeake, with crab)
Three kinds of French Toast (Classic, Bananas Foster, and Apple Crisp)
Soups, cold sandwiches
Hot sandwiches - Smothered Chicken, Turkey Bacon Melt, Grilled Crab Cake, Colorado Reuben

What makes it special: The Garden Spot is spacious, accommodating, and invested in its community.

The patio, site of the eponymous garden, is large and shady and so comfortable. The interior is roomy, and the windows let in a ton of sunlight.

The cafe is extremely vegetarian friendly, and is one of my favorite places simply because Morning Star vegetarian sausage is available as a side to any dish.

Paintings by a local artist adorn the walls and there are fliers for local events and local newsletters all over.

This is a true neighborhood cafe.

All American Breakfast with Morningstar Vegetarian Sausage

Veggie Eggs Benedict

Address: 3163 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
Last visited: February 13, 2011
Website: Garden Spot Cafe
Phone number: (303) 295-2440

Keep in mind, brunch items and prices may change. Call the restaurant or visit their website for the latest information.  You can also check out recent reviews on yelp.