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Chilaquiles at Palomar.
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Where to Find Tasty, Mimosa-Fueled Weekend Brunch in Portland

Find the top brunches in the city only available on the weekend

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Chilaquiles at Palomar.
| Nick Woo/Eater Portland

Portlanders — with their regularly celebrated love of coffee, booze, and eggs — are constantly in search of a morning meeting ground, which makes brunch an essential part of the city’s culture. Normally, brunch’s stratospheric popularity has resulted in hour-plus waits for bacon and Benedicts; however, the current state of affairs has dramatically changed the brunch landscape. Several restaurants known for their brunches — Beast, Trinket, Radar — have closed, while others have simply discontinued their weekend brunch service. Still, there are a handful of restaurants continuing to serve pancakes and hashes on the weekends, as well as inventive brunch dishes like sausage-topped Dutch babies and duck confit and grits.

This map is dedicated to restaurants with weekend-specific brunch menus, only served from Friday through Sunday; for serious breakfast and brunch offerings mid-week, Eater Portland’s breakfast map might be a better guide.

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This Pearl District fried chicken sandwich favorite also serves brunch, filling tables with bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuits and vegan breakfast burgers. The restaurant’s famously tasty chicken, juicy with a nice, craggy-crunchy exterior, still plays a major role on weekend mornings, when it balances on top of a yeasted waffle with a perky addition of orange zest. The Ultimate Jojo Hash, which combines the namesake jojos with ham, bacon, poblano peppers, and more, benefits from a side of the restaurant’s super savory sausage gravy. When it comes to beverages, coffee is $3, the milkshake uses cereal milk, and the restaurant’s version of a mimosa swaps the orange for P.O.G. and adds a shot of peach vodka. It runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Toki Restaurant

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The Han Oak family’s downtown restaurant, Toki, has become a must-visit spot for brunch, available Friday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Within the stylish-but-casual dining room, families devour ho-dduk filled with pork belly and kimchi and bibimbap topped with steak and eggs. Peter Cho’s breakfast sandwiches come on bao buns, and the “Brunchwrap Supreme” comes stuffed with hash browns, egg, cheese, and a choice of pork belly or japchae. Brunch is available for takeout or dine-in.

Bullard Tavern

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During Bullard Tavern’s weekend brunch, servers deliver platters of oysters on the half shell and warm cornbread to tables throughout the Woodlark hotel restaurant. However, it’s the restaurant’s entrees that really shine: crispy duck confit with hominy grits, breakfast tacos filled with fried chicken or sweet potato al pastor, loaded hash browns smothered in beefy Texas red and pickled jalapeños. Bullard’s brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m every Saturday and Sunday.

Bad Habit Room

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On nice days, sun floods the saloon-vibed Bad Habit Room on North Michigan, where a handful of neighborhood locals enjoy quiet brunches of croque madame or eggs blackstone, a variation of eggs Benedict with bacon and tomato-truffle jam. Start with a gargantuan mimosa, bubbling with cava, before a platter of super buttery biscuits and a rich pork belly gravy abundant with sage. Brunch runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Baon Kainan

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This Filipino cart serves its inventive take on brunch each Sunday, including crispy lumpia and ube bibingka (flavored rice cake) topped with coconut crumble. True to Pinoy breakfast form, Baon Kainan also serves its take on tosilog, salty-sweet pork belly with garlic rice and crispy fried eggs sunny-side up. However, it’s all about the specials at Baon Kainan — past options have included a play on loco moco, citrusy arroz caldo with plump shrimp, and Filipino spaghetti. For a beverage pairing, the calamansi cider should do the trick. Baon Kainan is open for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a few onsite tables at the pod. Hot tip: You can take your breakfast into the nearby Concourse Coffee for indoor seating, and pair it with an espresso drink from the bar.

Richard and Sophia Lé at the Northeast Portland food cart, Matta, switch up their menus day to day, but on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the two churn out a viet kiều take on brunch: we’re talking pandan doughnuts, ca phe, and an absolute beast of a breakfast sandwich: smashed pork or beef patties, curry-spiced hash browns, American cheese, and dac biet sauce, all on a pale green pandan milk bun. If the cart is selling its “breakfast bowls” — rice topped with hash browns, fish sauce gravy, and a good-old fried egg — it’d be a crime to leave without one. Check the food cart’s Instagram for brunch menu details.

Palomar

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Very recently, the colorful and stylish Southeast Division cocktail bar Palomar began serving weekend brunch, offering fun Mexican- and Cuban-influenced breakfast standbys like jackfruit ropa vieja hash and coconut-guava French toast. Chef Ricky Bella’s sauciest dishes are the strongest here: The lechon Benedict, which loads poached eggs and mojo-braised pork over Dos Hermanos English muffins, comes draped in a hollandaise bright and lively with lime juice. The chilaquiles are another standout, salsa verde and chorizo intermingling among tortilla chips and and poached eggs. Don’t skip the sides — the pork belly bacon is crisp on the outside and luscious on the inside, and the chorizo sausage patties are generously spiced and crisped. And of course, those looking for a boozy brunch will have plenty of options, including ones utilizing house-squeezed juices. Bonus: Palomar does accept reservations.

Hey Love

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This tropical, lush bar within the Jupiter Next hotel is likely the spot for a boozy brunch: Bartenders spike coffee with Cinnamon Toast Crunch rum, pour vegan bloody marys with mushroom bullion, and combine passionfruit and grapefruit juice with gin, pear brandy, and bubbles for a take on a mimosa. The food is far from an afterthought, however, with pork-verde-topped chilaquiles, allspice-scented waffles, and sweet chile shrimp and grits. Brunch is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Navarre

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This Northeast 28th European restaurant’s weekend brunch has been a staple in Portland for years, and it is just as good as ever. Sure, visits may involve standards like Benedicts and omelets — however, the Benedicts will come with things like cod cakes or collard rabe, and the omelets will arrive filled with seasonal vegetables like fava greens. Dishes rotate frequently; seafood here is often a treat, be it mussels and clams steamed in saffron-scented white wine or a simple cut of fresh halibut with aioli. Seating is available in the intimate, bustling dining room or on the patio. Brunch runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Lazy Susan

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Lazy Susan has explored the brunch space in a variety of ways, ranging from Jewish deli-influenced “brunch boxes” to pretty dine-in quiches. These days, Montavilla neighbors stroll into the retro-styled restaurant Sunday mornings for coffee, bloody marys, and smoked whitefish spread, before house salmon lox plates, chicken-fried pork chops, and sausage-topped Dutch babies arrive at tables with pomp and circumstance. Throughout the time the restaurant has served brunch, a few tenets have remained constant and true: Order some sweets for the table, and don’t skip the hash brown patties. Brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays for onsite dining (yes, the restaurant offers reservations), or customers can order a brunch box in advance via Tock for weekend pick-up.

Jojo

This Pearl District fried chicken sandwich favorite also serves brunch, filling tables with bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuits and vegan breakfast burgers. The restaurant’s famously tasty chicken, juicy with a nice, craggy-crunchy exterior, still plays a major role on weekend mornings, when it balances on top of a yeasted waffle with a perky addition of orange zest. The Ultimate Jojo Hash, which combines the namesake jojos with ham, bacon, poblano peppers, and more, benefits from a side of the restaurant’s super savory sausage gravy. When it comes to beverages, coffee is $3, the milkshake uses cereal milk, and the restaurant’s version of a mimosa swaps the orange for P.O.G. and adds a shot of peach vodka. It runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Toki Restaurant

The Han Oak family’s downtown restaurant, Toki, has become a must-visit spot for brunch, available Friday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Within the stylish-but-casual dining room, families devour ho-dduk filled with pork belly and kimchi and bibimbap topped with steak and eggs. Peter Cho’s breakfast sandwiches come on bao buns, and the “Brunchwrap Supreme” comes stuffed with hash browns, egg, cheese, and a choice of pork belly or japchae. Brunch is available for takeout or dine-in.

Bullard Tavern

During Bullard Tavern’s weekend brunch, servers deliver platters of oysters on the half shell and warm cornbread to tables throughout the Woodlark hotel restaurant. However, it’s the restaurant’s entrees that really shine: crispy duck confit with hominy grits, breakfast tacos filled with fried chicken or sweet potato al pastor, loaded hash browns smothered in beefy Texas red and pickled jalapeños. Bullard’s brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m every Saturday and Sunday.

Bad Habit Room

On nice days, sun floods the saloon-vibed Bad Habit Room on North Michigan, where a handful of neighborhood locals enjoy quiet brunches of croque madame or eggs blackstone, a variation of eggs Benedict with bacon and tomato-truffle jam. Start with a gargantuan mimosa, bubbling with cava, before a platter of super buttery biscuits and a rich pork belly gravy abundant with sage. Brunch runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Baon Kainan

This Filipino cart serves its inventive take on brunch each Sunday, including crispy lumpia and ube bibingka (flavored rice cake) topped with coconut crumble. True to Pinoy breakfast form, Baon Kainan also serves its take on tosilog, salty-sweet pork belly with garlic rice and crispy fried eggs sunny-side up. However, it’s all about the specials at Baon Kainan — past options have included a play on loco moco, citrusy arroz caldo with plump shrimp, and Filipino spaghetti. For a beverage pairing, the calamansi cider should do the trick. Baon Kainan is open for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a few onsite tables at the pod. Hot tip: You can take your breakfast into the nearby Concourse Coffee for indoor seating, and pair it with an espresso drink from the bar.

Matta

Richard and Sophia Lé at the Northeast Portland food cart, Matta, switch up their menus day to day, but on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the two churn out a viet kiều take on brunch: we’re talking pandan doughnuts, ca phe, and an absolute beast of a breakfast sandwich: smashed pork or beef patties, curry-spiced hash browns, American cheese, and dac biet sauce, all on a pale green pandan milk bun. If the cart is selling its “breakfast bowls” — rice topped with hash browns, fish sauce gravy, and a good-old fried egg — it’d be a crime to leave without one. Check the food cart’s Instagram for brunch menu details.

Palomar

Very recently, the colorful and stylish Southeast Division cocktail bar Palomar began serving weekend brunch, offering fun Mexican- and Cuban-influenced breakfast standbys like jackfruit ropa vieja hash and coconut-guava French toast. Chef Ricky Bella’s sauciest dishes are the strongest here: The lechon Benedict, which loads poached eggs and mojo-braised pork over Dos Hermanos English muffins, comes draped in a hollandaise bright and lively with lime juice. The chilaquiles are another standout, salsa verde and chorizo intermingling among tortilla chips and and poached eggs. Don’t skip the sides — the pork belly bacon is crisp on the outside and luscious on the inside, and the chorizo sausage patties are generously spiced and crisped. And of course, those looking for a boozy brunch will have plenty of options, including ones utilizing house-squeezed juices. Bonus: Palomar does accept reservations.

Hey Love

This tropical, lush bar within the Jupiter Next hotel is likely the spot for a boozy brunch: Bartenders spike coffee with Cinnamon Toast Crunch rum, pour vegan bloody marys with mushroom bullion, and combine passionfruit and grapefruit juice with gin, pear brandy, and bubbles for a take on a mimosa. The food is far from an afterthought, however, with pork-verde-topped chilaquiles, allspice-scented waffles, and sweet chile shrimp and grits. Brunch is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Navarre

This Northeast 28th European restaurant’s weekend brunch has been a staple in Portland for years, and it is just as good as ever. Sure, visits may involve standards like Benedicts and omelets — however, the Benedicts will come with things like cod cakes or collard rabe, and the omelets will arrive filled with seasonal vegetables like fava greens. Dishes rotate frequently; seafood here is often a treat, be it mussels and clams steamed in saffron-scented white wine or a simple cut of fresh halibut with aioli. Seating is available in the intimate, bustling dining room or on the patio. Brunch runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Lazy Susan

Lazy Susan has explored the brunch space in a variety of ways, ranging from Jewish deli-influenced “brunch boxes” to pretty dine-in quiches. These days, Montavilla neighbors stroll into the retro-styled restaurant Sunday mornings for coffee, bloody marys, and smoked whitefish spread, before house salmon lox plates, chicken-fried pork chops, and sausage-topped Dutch babies arrive at tables with pomp and circumstance. Throughout the time the restaurant has served brunch, a few tenets have remained constant and true: Order some sweets for the table, and don’t skip the hash brown patties. Brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays for onsite dining (yes, the restaurant offers reservations), or customers can order a brunch box in advance via Tock for weekend pick-up.

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