Easter is Sunday, and you might think that with the holiday being just three days away, your chances of taking the fam out for brunch are close to nil.
But a quick survey of local restaurants offering Easter Brunch this year found that all of the below spots had at least a couple of reservation times open. Here’s where you can get your brunch on. Most offer discounts for kids.
The historic hotel on Lake Mendota offers a $72-per-person brunch in the Grand Ballroom, including a midwest spin on eggs benedict and challa breakfast strata. They still have reservations available in the 9 o’clock hour and at 1 p.m.
The home page for this downtown hotel says its Easter Brunch is sold out, but I did find a couple of openings on its Resy page. Its $59 buffet is popular for a reason, with carving stations, breakfast faves like vanilla bean French toast, and fresh-baked pastries for dessert.
There are plenty of spots left for brunch at the downtown Art Deco surf ‘n’ turf spot, which will feature a prime rib and ham carving station, an omelet station, and a “French toast station.” So many stations!
The brewpub is serving an all-you-can-eat buffet for $35 at its Fitchburg location and is adding special pot roast glazed ham dinners to the regular brunch menus at its downtown and eastside locations.
This restaurant inside the Best Western Premier Park Hotel on the Capitol Square has a full Easter buffet with beef tenderloin and ham, four cheese hash brown cake, and a “flambe strawberry shortcake” station.
Most Easter buffets have a kids’ discount, but how many have their own dedicated kids’ buffet? Madison Club has one with chocolate chip pancakes and chicken tenders, while the grownups enjoy sausage and bacon, chicken tinga loaded hash browns, and a Belgian waffle station.
Brunch is sold out at Little Cloud, the restaurant at the microdairy and boutique hotel in Paoli. But come later after your afternoon nap for an Easter egg hunt on the grounds, followed by Easter dinner in the evening.
What brings a family closer together than gathering around a pot of fondue? The Melting Pot is offering a family-friendly Easter event where kids can help prepare the fondue, decorate their own chef’s hat, and even meet the Easter Bunny.
And to those celebrating Passover this week, chag Pesach sameach!
