Big City Brunch

Big City Tavern is one of the most popular bars in Fort Lauderdale best known for its bar scene on weekends. What most people don't know is that they have a brunch menu that's served on Saturday and Sundays from 11:30 to 2:30pm.

Unless you've been in the restaurant and have seen the flyers on the tables; you'd never know they had a brunch menu. The menu in the display outside only shows lunch. The place is empty at 11:50am. At least there's no problem getting a table.

They started serving Sunday Brunch on Mother's day to similar fanfare. Those familiar with Big City often refer to their menu as mundane; its been fairly similar for many years, despite attempts to change it.

First things first, this is a special brunch menu; this is not breakfast. You don't come here for 2 over easy with sausage.

The menu item that caught my eye was the Crab Cake Eggs Benedict. The regular Big City Crab Cakes are quite large, but for this dish the cakes are sized to fit on on english muffin. Its your basic eggs benedict with the canadian bacon replaced with a crab cake.

Bigcity ccbenedict

And it tastes as good as it looks. The hollandaise is light and lemony with specs of chives. The home fries are diced potatoes with onions and peppers. Its a lot more filling than it looks. The coffee is particularly good here; if you like Starbucksesque strong coffee.

I wish more places would serve brunch on Saturday; to take a bit of the rush out of Sunday Brunch, and to acknowledge that people like to sleep in on Saturdays which is the point of a late breakfast in the first place. This one is a good one, with some very unique menu items to choose form.

They now have an unlimited mimosa deal for $12. Cheap champaign and cheap OJ, but it beats paying $8 a pop for the same thing.

Click Here to view the menu.