Magnolia and May on Mount Moriah in East Memphis runs the city's Thursday-to-Sunday brunch since 2020 with fried chicken, French toast and bottomless mimosas.
Must order: Fried chicken and French toast with mimosa.
Tip: The Williamsburg Village patio is the Sunday seat. Brunch After Dark on Saturdays.
Address: 718 Mt Moriah Rd, Memphis, TN 38117
Hog and Hominy on Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis runs Sunday brunch with bacon-fat doughnuts, biscuits with ricotta and wood-fired plates from a covered patio.
Order: Bacon-fat doughnuts and biscuit with ricotta.
Tip: Reserve on Resy for the patio. Brunch runs Sundays only; arrive at 11:00 for the easier seat.
Char Restaurant in East Memphis on Highland Street runs Saturday and Sunday brunch from 10:30 with crab cake Benedict, prime cuts and a piano in the corner.
Order: Crab cake Benedict with grits.
Tip: The piano starts at 11:00 on weekends. Reserve via OpenTable.
Belle Meade Social on Perkins Extended in East Memphis runs Sunday brunch with modern American plates, steak and eggs and craft cocktails at Williamsburg Village.
Order: Steak and eggs with biscuits and gravy.
Tip: Patio seats face the village green. Walk-ins fine on Sunday brunch.
Arcade Restaurant on South Main downtown Memphis is the city's oldest diner since 1919, with sweet potato pancakes, fried PB and banana sandwiches and Elvis's booth.
Order: Sweet potato pancakes with bacon.
Tip: No reservations. Sit at Elvis's marked booth for the photo; weekday mornings are quietest.
The Beauty Shop in Cooper-Young Memphis runs Saturday and Sunday brunch in a 1940s salon space where Priscilla Presley once had her hair done, with global plates.
Order: Watermelon wings with feta and waffles.
Tip: Reserve weekends on OpenTable. The dryer-hood seats are the photo seat.
Hog and Hominy on Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis runs Sunday brunch with bacon-fat doughnuts, biscuits with ricotta and wood-fired plates from a covered patio.
Order: Bacon-fat doughnuts and biscuit with ricotta.
Tip: Reserve on Resy for the patio. Brunch runs Sundays only; arrive at 11:00 for the easier seat.
Char Restaurant in East Memphis on Highland Street runs Saturday and Sunday brunch from 10:30 with crab cake Benedict, prime cuts and a piano in the corner.
Order: Crab cake Benedict with grits.
Tip: The piano starts at 11:00 on weekends. Reserve via OpenTable.
Belle Meade Social on Perkins Extended in East Memphis runs Sunday brunch with modern American plates, steak and eggs and craft cocktails at Williamsburg Village.
Order: Steak and eggs with biscuits and gravy.
Tip: Patio seats face the village green. Walk-ins fine on Sunday brunch.
Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue downtown Memphis runs farm-to-table brunch with house-baked biscuits, breakfast sandwiches and a small grocery wall.
Order: Pesto eggs with house-baked biscuits.
Tip: Closed Sundays and Mondays. The patio faces the trolley line.
