Where to brunch in Brooklyn. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.

Brunch picks

15 places

Sunday in Brooklyn

Order The Sunday Pancakes with praline maple sauce, or the hot chicken sandwich with lime crema.

Sunday in Brooklyn serves brunch daily until 16:30 on Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, led by its praline maple pancakes and a hot chicken sandwich.

Cafe Mado

Order Masa pancakes with pear jam, or the roast beef sandwich with caramelized onion.

Cafe Mado on Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, runs brunch Friday to Sunday from 10:30 to 15:00, with masa pancakes and a roast beef sandwich on the menu.

Lingo

Order The panko fried mushroom cutlet with tonkatsu sauce, then the Tokyo Banana Sundae.

Lingo in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, serves a Japanese-American brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, with a mushroom cutlet, egg plates and a Tokyo Banana Sundae.

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Chez Ma Tante

Order The pancakes with Normandy butter and Vermont maple syrup.

Chez Ma Tante serves weekend brunch from 10:00 to 15:00 on Calyer Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with pancakes, pate varieties, cured salmon and quiche.

Ursula

Order A smothered breakfast burrito, or the blue corn pancakes.

Ursula on Nostrand Avenue, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, cooks New Mexican breakfast and brunch, with smothered burritos and blue corn pancakes, Wednesday to Sunday.

Sweet Catch

Order The fried chicken and shrimp cornbread waffle, or crispy catfish with house pickles.

Sweet Catch on Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, serves a Southern-leaning seafood brunch on weekends, with a cornbread waffle, fried catfish and a bottomless deal.

Gertrude's

Order The latke bar, the scoop salad with tuna or salmon, or a whitefish melt.

Gertrude's on Carlton Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, serves brunch Saturday and Sunday from 09:30 to 15:00, with a latke bar and whitefish melts.

Baby Blues Luncheonette

Order Walnut ricotta toast with strawberries and date syrup, or Plato's Plate with halloumi.

Baby Blues Luncheonette on Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn, serves a Greek-leaning diner brunch daily from 09:00 to 15:30, with ricotta toast and a halloumi plate.

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Dolores

Order The churro French toast, or the molletes with pico de gallo and black beans.

Dolores on Tompkins Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, runs a Mexican brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 15:00, with molletes and churro French toast.

Diner

Order The semolina pancake or the breakfast sandwich with Calabrian chili oil.

Diner is an old Pullman dining car on Broadway near the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, serving brunch Friday to Sunday from 10:30 to 14:30.

Meadowsweet

Order Poached eggs, or the duck pastrami hash.

Meadowsweet on Broadway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, serves weekend brunch from 11:00, with poached eggs and duck pastrami hash, and dinner Wednesday to Sunday.

Okonomi

Order A traditional Japanese breakfast set with rice, miso soup and fish.

Okonomi on Ainslie Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, serves traditional Japanese breakfast sets and bowls every day from 09:00 to 15:00 in a 12-seat room.