How a Great Brunch Spot Keeps Its Edge

How a Great Brunch Spot Keeps Its Edge

If breakfast is the most important meal of the day—and we don’t doubt it for a second—then brunch, when breakfast expands its borders and annexes lunch, is the most important meal of the week. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the sun-soaked, completely packed seating areas of brunch-focused restaurants on late Saturday and Sunday mornings across the nation.

Brunch has become such a happening during the past two decades that restaurant owners have had to step up their games to keep pace. We spoke to a half dozen owners and managers of hot brunch spots from around the country to get their stories and find out how they do it—how they stay ahead of the competition, how they keep their cocktail lists interesting and relevant. In short, how they keep their edge in the brunch-spot hustle. Here’s what they told us: Read the full article