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San Diego, here are 4 new brunch menus worth waiting in line for

By Michele Parente
San Diego Union-Tribune
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There are two things San Diegans will line up for on the weekends: beach parking and brunch. But with the way brunch menus are proliferating around town, mimosas are clearly shining brighter than the midday sun. Here’s a sampling:

STK

The just-opened luxe steakhouse STK recently launched weekend day-drinking-and-eating, featuring the playful Captain Crunch French Toast (with tart cherry compote, bourbon maple syrup and Tahitian vanilla whipped cream) and Cold Brewchata (with Rumchata, Bailey’s Irish Cream, topped with espresso). 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. STK, at the Andaz San Diego, 600 F St., downtown San Diego. (619) 354-5988. togrp.com/venue/stk-san-diego

Amici’s Ristobar

The newly rebranded Amici’s Ristobar also recently began serving brunch items such as berry-brioche French toast, brunch pizza and egg-topped avocado toast. The Dolce Benedict has either prosciutto or smoked salmon, with spinach, ricotta, poached egg and hollandaise. 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sundays. Amici’s Ristobar, Pacific Highlands Ranch, 5980 Village Way, Carmel Valley. (858) 847-2740. amicisristobar.com

Brunch at Herb & Wood includes a blood orange fennel mimosa from "cocktail curator" Meghan Balser. Treats are from executive pastry chef Adrian Mendoza.
(Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Herb & Wood

A few months back, Brian Malarkey’s acclaimed Herb & Wood added brunch, with elevated dishes likes the Dutch Baby Soufflé Pancakes with huckleberries, lemon curd and vanilla Chantilly, and Hamachi Croque Madam with brioche, sunny side-up quail eggs and preserved lemon beurre blanc. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Herb & Wood, 2210 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. (619) 955-8495. herbandwood.com

Patio on Lamont

And if you don’t want to compete with the weekend crowds at P.B.’s Patio on Lamont, the restaurant also serves a full brunch menu (chilaquiles! Nutella French toast!) throughout the week, Monday through Friday, minus just the bottomless mimosas. Your weekends are now officially free to spend at the beach. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., seven days a week. The Patio on Lamont, 4445 Lamont St., Pacific Beach. (858) 412- 4648 www.thepatioonlamont.com

michele.parente@sduniontribune.com

Twitter: @sdeditgirl

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Michele Parente

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women’s issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life’s goals is to make her way through each of the world’s great wine regions.

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