Brunch In and Around Brooklyn Heights

The Best Places to Eat Brunch in Brooklyn Heights

Jul 12, 2009 Megan Jungwi

Here are a few suggestions for brunch in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.

Manhattan is known for its fine dining but the outer boroughs offer some tough competition when it comes to brunch. Brooklyn Heights is just one subway stop out of Manhattan and offers a wide variety of dining options. Here are a few great places to eat brunch in Brooklyn Heights and its nearby neighborhoods.

Places to Brunch in Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn offers something Manhattan never can and that’s a breathtaking view of Manhattan. After eating at these brunch spots in Brooklyn Heights, wander down to the Promenade for a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline.

Siggy’s Good Food at 74 Henry Street fills up quickly with people craving its organic whole foods. The omelettes are fluffy and the buckwheat pancakes are delicious. Also available are smoothies and wheatgrass shots.

The Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar at 50 Henry Street offers brunch from 11AM-3PM Saturday and Sunday. Along with dozens of wine options diners can have poppy seed waffles, crepes and paninis.

Teresa’s at 80 Montague Street is open for the early diner at 7AM, serving Eastern European fare such as pierogies as well as blintzes, pancakes and French toast. Dishes run from $10-$19. Teresa’s won New York Magazine’s Best Coffee Shop Award in 2002.

Montague Street also offers a range of diners, pizza, Thai, and Indian restaurants. So if you want lunch after exploring Brooklyn there are plenty of options to choose from.

Eat Brunch in DUMBO

DUMBO, just north of Brooklyn Heights, doesn’t have many dining options, but what they do have is certainly worth the trip. Here are a few DUMBO brunch options.

Superfine, located at 126 Front Street, offers a Sunday brunch from 11AM-3PM accompanied by live bluegrass. This restaurant won New York Magazine’s Best Brunch Award in 2002 and main dishes run from $14-$25. The breakfast burrito includes chiles imported from Mexico, or, for less spicy fare they also have buttermilk pancakes.

Bubby’s Pie Co. has a location at 1 Main Street and offers Saturday and Sunday brunch from 10AM-4PM. This location offers breathtaking views of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge. The dishes cost about $13-$18 and include specialties such as banana walnut pancakes, a salmon platter, and huevos rancheros.

The DUMBO General Store at 111 Front Street markets itself as a place artisans can get a cup of coffee while picking up art supplies. Breakfast is served from noon-3PM Mondays through Saturdays and 9AM-3PM on Sundays. A meal will cost $7-$10. Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, and a breakfast burrito, but the lunch time paninis are also worth the trip.

Brunch Along Atlantic Avenue

Atlantic Avenue runs along the southern edge of Brooklyn Heights and offers a couple tasty places to brunch

Downtown Atlantic at 364 Atlantic Avenue offers brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11AM-3PM, the Bakery is also noteworthy and is opened Tuesday through Sunday from 11AM-10PM. Brunch dishes run from $7-$15 and include cinnamon raisin French toast, buttermilk biscuits and gravy, and a frittata of the day.

Bacchus Bistrot a Vin at 409 Atlantic Avenue is open for brunch at 10:30 AM Saturday and Sunday. Salads and eggs run about $9 while the spicy lamb sausage with French Fries costs $11.95.

Eating brunch in Brooklyn can be extremely satisfying for the person who knows where to go. These restaurants will surely not disappoint.

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