Easter Brunch, San Francisco
In an effort to perform a little community service today, I am here to remind you that it is not too late to make reservations for Easter Brunch. In fact, if you have not checked the calendar lately, Easter is early this year – Sunday, March 23rd to be exact. Are you planning to be in San Francisco for Easter and looking for a nice place for brunch? Here are my suggestions (mostly family friendly, since that is what I know!):
Buffets scream “Easter Brunch” to me – if I don’t have piles of food to choose from, I might as well just be having breakfast. The best, IMHO, is at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, where they have been serving Easter Brunch since I was a little girl and would go with my visiting grandmother. I just checked and this year will be no different – the menu is four pages long! Anzu is also having a big buffet, including lots of fresh fish and my favorite, a chocolate fountain. For a little more San Francisco history, head over to the Cliff House, where they will be serving brunch in both their Sutro and Buffet Restaurants.
Some Easter brunches often include extra activities for the kiddies in your group. The Ritz in Half Moon Bay is offering brunches in both their restaurants, plus an Egg Hunt, face painting and petting zoo for children. And the Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero Center offers a champagne brunch with special guest, the Easter Bunny!
Open Table has made it easy this year to find the perfect brunch option. A special list of participating restaurants shows a menu teaser, along with location and cost. Plus, you can make reservations right on-line. Nice.
Personally, this year I plan to stay home with the family, and after a mad dash to find easter eggs, I will whip up a classic Easter Brunch recipe of Eggs Benedict Enger-style (spinach on a bagel with a poached egg and Hollandaise), along with some beautiful Texas Red grapefruit. For our pre-breakfast egg hunt, my daughter and I will make hot cross buns, starting the dough the night before and allowing it to do a slow, cold rise in the fridge, before finishing the project in the morning. And if the weather is nice, I think we will probably take a little bike ride in the afternoon, maybe to our favorite place, Canada Road, which is closed to cars on Sunday for cyclists!
What are your plans for Easter? What is the tradition in your family? Do you eat out, or stay in? Share your secrets!
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Our Easter traditions have sort of fizzled out as I have gotten older…might be time to make some new ones!
Have a great and happy Easter!
The restaurant at which I work decided two years ago that opening up for Easter would be a swell idea. (It’s not. But I digress.) So instead of spending Easter with my family, I have started having friends and family over the weekend AFTER Easter. The Easter Bunny comes on Easter, but I the Easter Beagle stops by the weekend after.
I do baskets for the kids and hide them in our big back yard. I have bagels, danishes, juice, tea, and coffee, have everyone come over around 11am, and just let the kids run wild while the rest of us relax and enjoy our Sunday morning.
The first year I went to Panera for the food. I think that last year I just got donuts, bagels and danishes from the bakery. I’m not sure who will be “catering” for me this year, but I know it’s not going to be as good as your Eggs Benedict Enger-style.
What will you charge me to come to Ohio and cook for us?
Enjoy your holiday!
Thanks for reminding me that I’ve offered to host our family’s Easter brunch this year – I haven’t given it a thought.
Your eggs benedict sounds wonderful, but seeing as my family has swelled to 30 people it sounds a little ambitious for me. Bagels for everyone!
I’m spending next Easter in San Francisco with some friends. We are staying in holiday rentals sso should be good fun.