List of brunch foods

This is a list of brunch foods and dishes. Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 2 pm and 8 pm on the East Coast, although some restaurants may extend the hours to a later time.^[1][2] The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch.^[3] Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, served in a buffet style manner, and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.^[4]

Assorted brunch foods

Brunch foods and dishes

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The following foods are often served for brunch.

Blintzes

A Belgian waffle with strawberries and powdered sugar

Dim sum

Hash browns, bacon, eggs and coffee

Brunch quiche

Smoked salmon and egg salad on a toasted baguette

• Açaí na tigela
• Avocado toast^[5]
• Bacon^[6][7]
• Bagel – in New York City, the "bagel brunch" was popular circa 1900.^[8] The bagel brunch consists of a bagel topped with lox, cream cheese, capers, tomato and red onion.^[8]
• Bagel and cream cheese^[9]
• Biscuits and gravy^[10]
• Blintz^[11]
• Bread and toast with butter and jams
• Breakfast sausage
• Brunch casserole – a simple casserole prepared with bread, eggs and bacon^[12]
• Cheese
• Chilaquiles^[13]
• Cinnamon rolls ^[14]
• Coffee cake^[15][16]
• Cold cuts
• Crêpe^[17]
• Croissant^[18]
• David Eyre's pancake^[19]
• Dim sum^[20][21]
• Dutch baby pancake^[10]
• Egg dishes
  • Eggs Benedict^[22]
  • Eggs bourguignon (Oeufs en meurette)^[23]
  • Eggs Neptune
  • Eggs Sardou^[23]
  • Fried egg
  • Huevos rancheros^[8]
  • Omelette^[10][23]
  • Poached egg^[24]
  • Scrambled eggs^[25]
• English muffin (in a variety of configurations)
• French toast^[7][11][22]
• Frittata^[10][26]
• Fruit^[27]
• Grillades – a common brunch dish in the U.S. state of Louisiana^[23][28]
• Grits – a staple food for breakfast and brunch in the Southern United States^[29][30]
• Ham^[31]
• Hash – such as corned beef hash^[32][33]
• Hash browns^[7]
• Meeshay
• Muesli^[34]
• Muffins ^[35]
• Oysters Rockefeller^[23]
• Pancake^[7][11]
• Pastry
• Potato^[6]
• Potato pancake^[36]
• Potatoes O'Brien^[37]
• Quiche^[38][39]
• Quick bread^[40][41]
• Roasted meats ^[8]
• Salads
  • Caesar salad^[42]
  • Cobb salad^[43]
• Poached salmon – may be served cold^[24]
• Seafood^[8][23]
• Smoked fish
• Smoked salmon^[17][44]
• Soufflé^[45]
• Soups ^[8]
• Steak and eggs^[46]
• Strata^[41]
• Tartines^[17]
• Teacake^[47]
• Tea sandwich^[48]
• Terrine^[24]
• Touton^[49][50]
• Tunisian tajine^[51]
• Waffle^[11][41]

Gallery

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  A plate of assorted brunch foods
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  Some brunch foods – a bagel with cream cheese topped with smoked salmon, and salad
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  Vegan brunch foods
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  A brunch of an omelette, toast, French toast, fruit and coffee

Brunch beverages

A Bloody Mary

South Indian Coffee

The following beverages are often served for brunch.

Alcoholic

• Bloody Mary^[8][52]
• Champagne^[8][53][54]
• Caesar, popular in Canada
• Irish coffee^[55]
• Mimosa^[8][56]
• Spritzer^[57]
• Frühschoppen (German: "morning pint") – can be various types of beverage
• Bellini
• Screwdriver

Non-alcoholic

• Coffee^[8]
• Herbal tea^[58]
• Juices ^[8]
• Orange juice
• Tea^[41]
• Yum cha (Cantonese: "drink tea") – a tea that is typically served along with dim sum^[59][60]
• Sparkling water^[61]

See also

• Index of breakfast-related articles
• List of breakfast beverages
• List of breakfast foods
• List of culinary fruits
• List of fruit dishes
• Merienda – a light meal in various countries, usually taken in the afternoon or for brunch
• Second breakfast – a meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch, it is traditional in Bavaria, Poland, and Hungary