Bacon & Butter ★ 4.5
Bacon & Butter on Broadway, Sacramento, runs the Michelin Recommended California farm-to-fork brunch with brioche French toast and chicken and waffles.
Order: Brioche French toast with seasonal fruit, chicken and waffles
Where to brunch in Sacramento. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Brunch picks
Magpie Brunch ★ 4.4
Magpie's Friday-to-Sunday brunch on 16th Street, midtown Sacramento, builds the daily California seafood menu around a brunch slot at the 2008 anchor.
Order: Whatever seafood landed that morning; the seasonal pasta
Fox & Goose Public House Breakfast ★ 4.2
Fox & Goose on R Street, downtown Sacramento, has served British breakfast since 1975, the city's English-pub anchor for early morning fry-up and squaw bread.
Order: Full British breakfast with squaw bread; eggs Benedict
Selland's East Sacramento Brunch ★ 4.3
Selland's H Street weekend brunch in East Sacramento serves the family-counter California menu at walk-in pace, rotisserie chicken and farm vegetables.
Order: Rotisserie chicken sandwich, seasonal grain bowl
Mother Brunch ★ 4.5
Mother on K Street, midtown Sacramento, is the city's defining all-vegetarian counter, Saturday brunch with seasonal vegetable bowls and farm sandwiches.
Order: Seasonal vegetable bowl, farm sandwich
Tower Cafe Brunch ★ 4.3
Tower Cafe on Broadway, Sacramento, is James Seyman 1990 globally-inspired brunch room with the famous French toast, palms-and-patio institution.
Order: Famous French toast; Jamaican jerk chicken
Cornerstone Cafe and Bar Brunch ★ 4.0
Cornerstone on J Street in midtown Sacramento has run since 1994, the dependable bottomless-mimosa brunch counter with breakfast served all day.
Order: Country breakfast; bottomless mimosas; eggs Benedict
Cafeteria 15L Brunch ★ 4.2
Cafeteria 15L on 15th Street, downtown Sacramento, runs weekend brunch with bacon-wrapped meatloaf and craft cocktails, downtown brunch anchor.
Order: Breakfast waffle sandwich; bacon-wrapped meatloaf at lunch; a Bloody Mary
The Porch Sunday Brunch ★ 4.2
The Porch on K Street in midtown Sacramento runs a Sunday Lowcountry brunch with buttermilk fried chicken and grits, South Carolina coast styling.
Order: Buttermilk fried chicken and waffles; crab cakes; shrimp and grits
Tres Hermanas Weekend Brunch ★ 4.2
Tres Hermanas on K Street in midtown Sacramento runs the weekend Mexican brunch with chilaquiles and huevos rancheros, sister-run room since 1996.
Order: Chilaquiles verdes; huevos rancheros; horchata
Iron Horse Tavern Brunch ★ 4.1
Iron Horse Tavern on 15th Street in midtown Sacramento runs the weekend tavern brunch with stuffed French toast and the brisket-cornbread waffle.
Order: Stuffed French toast; Outlaw burger at lunch; brisket and cornbread waffle
Cafe Bernardo R Street Brunch ★ 4.1
Cafe Bernardo on R Street, midtown Sacramento, runs the daylit weekend brunch from the Paragary group, scrambles and burgers in a corner cafe room with patio.
Order: Bernardo breakfast scramble; Bernardo burger at lunch; cold brew on tap