clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile
More Maps

Boston’s Best After-Work Dining Deals

Boston’s Best Breakfasts

14 Excellent Chinese Restaurants Around Boston

More in Boston See more maps
A variety of croissants, baguettes, muffins, and other pastries displayed on the restaurant’s bar countertop. Via Cannuccia

The Best Brunches Around Boston

It’s the most important meal of the weekend

by Celina Colby and Eater Staff Updated
View as Map
by Celina Colby and Eater Staff Updated
Via Cannuccia

When done right, brunch is the weekend personified. It’s the luxury of personal time to linger over eggs Benedict, syrup-laden French toast, piping hot coffee, and boozy beverages. Boston readily embraces the weekend ritual with all-you-can-eat brunch buffets, baklava pancakes, and an endless parade of dim sum. Scroll below for a sampling of excellent Boston-area brunch options.

Read More
Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process. If you buy something or book a reservation from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy.

The Painted Burro

Copy Link

Value marries flavor at the Painted Burro, where you can order a bottomless brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For $25 per person, it’s all you can eat for an hour and a half. (Alcohol isn’t included in this deal because of Massachusetts’ state liquor laws.) Choose from crispy tortas like a carnitas cubano, a selection of tacos and tapas, or entrees like huevos rancheros and a Mexican braised beef omelet.

219 Elm St (btwn Bowers & Russell), Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 776-0005
(617) 776-0005

Also featured in:

Puritan & Company

Copy Link

When one of the best pastry chefs in Boston gets into the brunch game, we sit up and take notice. Case in point: Inman Square stalwart Puritan & Co. relaunched its brunch service this past summer with pastries from sibling spot Cafe Beatrice, led by award-winning pastry chef Brian Mercury. Get the pastry basket to start, and then order up a lavish spread of brown butter pancakes, barbecued shrimp and grits, smoked brisket hash, and more. It’s a Sunday-only brunch, available from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

1166 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 615-6195
(617) 615-6195
A stack of fluffy pancakes topped with blueberries, whipped ricotta, and salted honey butter. Puritan & Co.

Also featured in:

State Park

Copy Link

Vincent’s, the beloved, pandemic-born Kendall Square restaurant, may be gone, but its fan-favorite Bodega Brunch lives on at State Park, one of the team’s other spots in the same neighborhood. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, head to the subterranean bar and eat your fill of breakfast tacos, tortas, and sweet and savory kolaches — which often sell out, so plan to go early.

1 Kendall Sq (Hampshire St. & Cardinal Medeiros Ave.), Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 848-4355
(617) 848-4355

Also featured in:

Chung Shin Yuan

Copy Link

The Taiwanese dim sum brunch at Chung Shin Yuan is a weekend-only event not to be missed. There’s creamy turnip cakes, savory and sweet soy milks with all the fixings, noodle soups with pork or calamari, chive pies, and so much more. The brunch service runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

183 California St, Newton, MA 02458
(617) 964-0111
(617) 964-0111

North Street Grille

Copy Link

A longtime crowd favorite for daily brunch, North Street Grille blends the best of breakfast with the Italian American flavors of the North End. Try cannoli pancakes stuffed with ricotta cream and sprinkled with crushed cannoli shells or drink a blueberry muffin martini for a boozy kick. There are plenty of savory options as well in the form of omelets and benedicts.

229 North St (btwn Lewis St. & Sun Court St.), Boston, MA 02113
(617) 720-2010
(617) 720-2010

Also featured in:

Buttermilk & Bourbon

Copy Link

Add a Creole kick to your breakfast at this New Orleans-style spot in Back Bay. From 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays you can order buttermilk-fried chicken and waffles, honey glazed biscuits with pimento cheese spread, and a low country scramble with andouille sausage, jalapeno grits, tomato gumbo, and charred okra. Leave room for the fresh fried beignets with powdered sugar.

160 Commonwealth Ave (Dartmouth Street), Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-1122
(617) 266-1122

Also featured in:

Winsor Dim Sum Café

Copy Link

Get an early start or prepare to wait for a seat at Winsor, a snug Chinatown restaurant known for its excellent dim sum. Don’t miss the turnip cakes, spare ribs with black bean sauce, and preserved egg and pork congee, all on the $5.69 dim sum menu. Cash only. (If you prefer your dim sum whizzing by in carts while you’re seated in a banquet hall, nearby Empire Garden and Hei La Moon are great options.)

10 Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111
(617) 338-1688
(617) 338-1688
Three dark wooden steamer baskets filled with buns and dumplings plus plates and bowls of other food are arranged on a wooden table.
A satisfying dim sum spread at Winsor.
Erika Adams/Eater Boston

Also featured in:

Cafe Sauvage

Copy Link

Make sure to get to this Back Bay spot early for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday brunch (9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.), as the Parisian-inspired café gets packed. For good reason: The eggs Benedict, served with duck hash and a rich hollandaise sauce cut by herby caraway, is enough of a reason to visit. Or if you’re not swayed by the quiche of the day or the breakfast sandwich of soft-scrambled eggs, gruyere, and chives on a croissant, check out the sweet side of the menu. A starring plate is the the banana bread French toast with its topping of sliced bananas that get a kiss from the brûlée torch. Or just go all in with a meal of a carrot cake. Hey, have a cup of coffee with it and call it brunch.

25 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
(857) 226-4799
(857) 226-4799

Also featured in:

Bar Vlaha

Copy Link

Order up a Greek feast for brunch at Bar Vlaha, the Brookline restaurant that focuses on the food of the Vlachs, the nomadic shepherds of central and northern Greece. Pile your table with make-your-own gyros, eggs that have been poached, baked, scrambled, and fried, cheeses, dips, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and more. It’s impossible to pick just one dish, and we could say the same about the eye-catching array of brunch cocktails on the menu. Grab a group of friends and go all out. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

    Search for reservations
  • Capital One Dining
    Book primetime tables set aside exclusively for eligible Capital One cardholders. Capital One Dining is the presenting partner of the Eater app.
1653 Beacon Street, MA 02445
(617) 906-8556
(617) 906-8556

Also featured in:

Lincoln Tavern & Restaurant

Copy Link

With both weekday brunch and weekend brunch, this Southie hot spot knows its way around this beloved meal. From the griddle, the fruity pebble pancakes — which have become somewhat of a signature dish for the restaurant — are doused in a cereal milk anglaise, and there is brioche French toast topped with berries and cream. There are plenty of options leaning in the lunch direction as well, from entree-sized salads to wood-fired pizzas. Brunch served daily until 3 p.m.

425 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127
(617) 765-8636
(617) 765-8636
Pancakes covered in a pink syrup and topped with fruity pebbles cereal.
The famed fruity pebble pancakes.
Erika Adams/Eater Boston

Also featured in:

Brassica Kitchen + Cafe

Copy Link

Brassica’s crispy, crunchy fried chicken is legendary around Boston. Get it at brunch via a hefty plate of fried chicken and waffles, but don’t stop there. Grab a fluffy, thick doughnut from the pastry case near the door and then settle into a brunchtime feast of epic proportions, from the brown butter pancakes to the bean and cheese pupusas with chili crisp and the compulsory kimchi B.L.T. Brunch is served on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

3710 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 477-4519
(617) 477-4519
A white plate with three giant pieces of fried chicken and four wedges of waffle, plus a cup of red sauce on the side.
Chicken and waffles at Brassica.
Brassica

Also featured in:

Via Cannuccia

Copy Link

Via Cannuccia has a solid reputation for its cozy dinner service, but those in the know are returning during the daytime on Saturday and Sunday (from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) for chef Stefano Quaresima’s eye-catching array of Italian pastries and excellent brunch service. Don’t miss the crostata romana carbonara, a quiche with egg yolks, cream, cheese, and pancetta poured into a pastry shell made from decadent French brisée dough. It comes with salad and fried, smashed potatoes on the side; which sounds simple, but Quaresima treats these potatoes with the kind of care usually reserved for high-end proteins. According to the chef, the spuds are blanched, roasted, and fried over a painstaking 48-hour period, and the time and effort shows in the crispy, well-seasoned results.

1739 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124
(617) 506-1877
(617) 506-1877
A variety of croissants, baguettes, muffins, and other pastries displayed on the restaurant’s bar countertop.
So many pastries, so little time.
Via Cannuccia

Also featured in:

More in Maps

© 2024 Vox Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
Link copied to the clipboard.

The Painted Burro

219 Elm St (btwn Bowers & Russell), Somerville, MA 02144

Value marries flavor at the Painted Burro, where you can order a bottomless brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For $25 per person, it’s all you can eat for an hour and a half. (Alcohol isn’t included in this deal because of Massachusetts’ state liquor laws.) Choose from crispy tortas like a carnitas cubano, a selection of tacos and tapas, or entrees like huevos rancheros and a Mexican braised beef omelet.

219 Elm St (btwn Bowers & Russell), Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 776-0005
(617) 776-0005

Puritan & Company

1166 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139

When one of the best pastry chefs in Boston gets into the brunch game, we sit up and take notice. Case in point: Inman Square stalwart Puritan & Co. relaunched its brunch service this past summer with pastries from sibling spot Cafe Beatrice, led by award-winning pastry chef Brian Mercury. Get the pastry basket to start, and then order up a lavish spread of brown butter pancakes, barbecued shrimp and grits, smoked brisket hash, and more. It’s a Sunday-only brunch, available from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

1166 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 615-6195
(617) 615-6195
A stack of fluffy pancakes topped with blueberries, whipped ricotta, and salted honey butter. Puritan & Co.

State Park

1 Kendall Sq (Hampshire St. & Cardinal Medeiros Ave.), Cambridge, MA 02139

Vincent’s, the beloved, pandemic-born Kendall Square restaurant, may be gone, but its fan-favorite Bodega Brunch lives on at State Park, one of the team’s other spots in the same neighborhood. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, head to the subterranean bar and eat your fill of breakfast tacos, tortas, and sweet and savory kolaches — which often sell out, so plan to go early.

1 Kendall Sq (Hampshire St. & Cardinal Medeiros Ave.), Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 848-4355
(617) 848-4355

Chung Shin Yuan

183 California St, Newton, MA 02458

The Taiwanese dim sum brunch at Chung Shin Yuan is a weekend-only event not to be missed. There’s creamy turnip cakes, savory and sweet soy milks with all the fixings, noodle soups with pork or calamari, chive pies, and so much more. The brunch service runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

183 California St, Newton, MA 02458
(617) 964-0111
(617) 964-0111

North Street Grille

229 North St (btwn Lewis St. & Sun Court St.), Boston, MA 02113

A longtime crowd favorite for daily brunch, North Street Grille blends the best of breakfast with the Italian American flavors of the North End. Try cannoli pancakes stuffed with ricotta cream and sprinkled with crushed cannoli shells or drink a blueberry muffin martini for a boozy kick. There are plenty of savory options as well in the form of omelets and benedicts.

229 North St (btwn Lewis St. & Sun Court St.), Boston, MA 02113
(617) 720-2010
(617) 720-2010

Buttermilk & Bourbon

160 Commonwealth Ave (Dartmouth Street), Boston, MA 02116

Add a Creole kick to your breakfast at this New Orleans-style spot in Back Bay. From 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays you can order buttermilk-fried chicken and waffles, honey glazed biscuits with pimento cheese spread, and a low country scramble with andouille sausage, jalapeno grits, tomato gumbo, and charred okra. Leave room for the fresh fried beignets with powdered sugar.

160 Commonwealth Ave (Dartmouth Street), Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-1122
(617) 266-1122

Winsor Dim Sum Café

10 Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111

Get an early start or prepare to wait for a seat at Winsor, a snug Chinatown restaurant known for its excellent dim sum. Don’t miss the turnip cakes, spare ribs with black bean sauce, and preserved egg and pork congee, all on the $5.69 dim sum menu. Cash only. (If you prefer your dim sum whizzing by in carts while you’re seated in a banquet hall, nearby Empire Garden and Hei La Moon are great options.)

10 Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111
(617) 338-1688
(617) 338-1688
Three dark wooden steamer baskets filled with buns and dumplings plus plates and bowls of other food are arranged on a wooden table.
A satisfying dim sum spread at Winsor.
Erika Adams/Eater Boston

Cafe Sauvage

25 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115

Make sure to get to this Back Bay spot early for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday brunch (9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.), as the Parisian-inspired café gets packed. For good reason: The eggs Benedict, served with duck hash and a rich hollandaise sauce cut by herby caraway, is enough of a reason to visit. Or if you’re not swayed by the quiche of the day or the breakfast sandwich of soft-scrambled eggs, gruyere, and chives on a croissant, check out the sweet side of the menu. A starring plate is the the banana bread French toast with its topping of sliced bananas that get a kiss from the brûlée torch. Or just go all in with a meal of a carrot cake. Hey, have a cup of coffee with it and call it brunch.

25 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
(857) 226-4799
(857) 226-4799

Bar Vlaha

1653 Beacon Street, MA 02445

Order up a Greek feast for brunch at Bar Vlaha, the Brookline restaurant that focuses on the food of the Vlachs, the nomadic shepherds of central and northern Greece. Pile your table with make-your-own gyros, eggs that have been poached, baked, scrambled, and fried, cheeses, dips, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and more. It’s impossible to pick just one dish, and we could say the same about the eye-catching array of brunch cocktails on the menu. Grab a group of friends and go all out. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

1653 Beacon Street, MA 02445
(617) 906-8556
(617) 906-8556

Lincoln Tavern & Restaurant

425 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127

With both weekday brunch and weekend brunch, this Southie hot spot knows its way around this beloved meal. From the griddle, the fruity pebble pancakes — which have become somewhat of a signature dish for the restaurant — are doused in a cereal milk anglaise, and there is brioche French toast topped with berries and cream. There are plenty of options leaning in the lunch direction as well, from entree-sized salads to wood-fired pizzas. Brunch served daily until 3 p.m.

425 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127
(617) 765-8636
(617) 765-8636
Pancakes covered in a pink syrup and topped with fruity pebbles cereal.
The famed fruity pebble pancakes.
Erika Adams/Eater Boston

Brassica Kitchen + Cafe

3710 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Brassica’s crispy, crunchy fried chicken is legendary around Boston. Get it at brunch via a hefty plate of fried chicken and waffles, but don’t stop there. Grab a fluffy, thick doughnut from the pastry case near the door and then settle into a brunchtime feast of epic proportions, from the brown butter pancakes to the bean and cheese pupusas with chili crisp and the compulsory kimchi B.L.T. Brunch is served on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

3710 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 477-4519
(617) 477-4519
A white plate with three giant pieces of fried chicken and four wedges of waffle, plus a cup of red sauce on the side.
Chicken and waffles at Brassica.
Brassica

Via Cannuccia

1739 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124

Via Cannuccia has a solid reputation for its cozy dinner service, but those in the know are returning during the daytime on Saturday and Sunday (from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) for chef Stefano Quaresima’s eye-catching array of Italian pastries and excellent brunch service. Don’t miss the crostata romana carbonara, a quiche with egg yolks, cream, cheese, and pancetta poured into a pastry shell made from decadent French brisée dough. It comes with salad and fried, smashed potatoes on the side; which sounds simple, but Quaresima treats these potatoes with the kind of care usually reserved for high-end proteins. According to the chef, the spuds are blanched, roasted, and fried over a painstaking 48-hour period, and the time and effort shows in the crispy, well-seasoned results.

1739 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124
(617) 506-1877
(617) 506-1877
A variety of croissants, baguettes, muffins, and other pastries displayed on the restaurant’s bar countertop.
So many pastries, so little time.
Via Cannuccia

Related Maps