Restaurants

Yeah, eggs and waffles are great. But the real reason we love brunch? The cocktail(s).

Brunch cocktails at B&B Butchers & Restaurant in Fort Worth.
Brunch cocktails at B&B Butchers & Restaurant in Fort Worth. Kristen Gilliam Photography

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The best brunch in Fort Worth

We asked, and you decided. Here’s the winner of our Reader’s Choice poll.


Many of the restaurants that were nominated as local favorites have creative takes on the traditional brunch drink, from a mimosa inspired by Harrison Ford to tequila or vodka cocktails with a decidedly Texan kick.

Here is a sampling of some of the drinks you’ll find on these brunch menus.

Read more about each of these restaurants, and why Star-Telegram readers call them their favorites.

  • Cat City Grill: Bloody Mary with house-made mix, which at $3 is quite popular. Newest on the menu is Cloud 9 (champagne with a skewer of cotton candy on top).
  • B&B Butchers & Restaurant: Mexico 70 (Blanco tequila, lime, prosecco) or the B&B Bellini (peach soda, prosecco, peach vodka).
  • Lucile’s: The breakfast old fashion (Nob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon, orange marmalade, orange bitters, Luxardo cherries)
The breakfast old fashion at Lucile’s features Nob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon with orange marmalade, orange bitters and Luxardo cherries.
The breakfast old fashion at Lucile’s features Nob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon with orange marmalade, orange bitters and Luxardo cherries. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
  • Press Cafe: Lolita (Tito’s vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, lime, grapefruit, sparkling wine)
  • Tavern: French Collins (Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, club soda)
  • Wishbone & Flynt: Orchard in the Morning (vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, champagne)
  • Funky Picnic Brewery & Cafe: $12 Sunrise Sunday Bottle Mimosas (a bottle of champagne with a carafe of juice (orange, pineapple, or cranberry).
  • Restaurant506 at The Sanford House: Brunch Punch (Eddy’s Grapefruit Vodka, orange juice, champagne, served with a slice of blood orange)
  • Brewed: Brewed’s (Harrison Ford) Mimosa, created by the actor who dined here, as a mimosa with a splash of pomegranate juice. Also popular: Hibiscus Rita (Blanco tequila, hibiscus agave, Cointreau) and Blistered Jalapeno Peach Margarita (Tanteo Jalapeno Tequila, peach juice, agave)
Brewed has many brunch cocktails, including the Southwest Rita, left, “Fight Em On The Ice” mimosa, center and Harison Ford mimosa.
Brewed has many brunch cocktails, including the Southwest Rita, left, “Fight Em On The Ice” mimosa, center and Harison Ford mimosa. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com
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The best brunch in Fort Worth

We asked, and you decided. Here’s the winner of our Reader’s Choice poll.