Set your Snooze alarm for pancake ‘flights,’ wine on tap and brunch every day

Denver-based Snooze an A.M. Eatery, legendary both for its pancake breakfast feast and for its long lines on weekends, will open Oct. 24 as the newest restaurant in the LeftBank shopping center on West Seventh Street, the company announced today.

Founded 12 years ago as a wee-hours restaurant that opened at 2 a.m. specifically for the hungry Denver bar crowd, Snooze now opens at 6:30 a.m. daily.

It’s one of the biggest hits in the brunchified “better breakfast” category, known for pineapple upside-down pancakes, a “pancake flight” of three flavors (including pumpkin) or or its “OMG!” coconut-caramel French toast.

The new Snooze is at at 2150 W. Seventh St. at Harrold Street, sharing LeftBank with Taiwan-based 85°C Bakery Cafe, Austin-based Hopdoddy Burger Bar and a local franchise of California-based MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company.

It’s the first two-story Snooze and has a large Stockyards mural along with an outdoor patio, the company said.

An Austin location routinely has a 2-hour wait on weekends.

A new Addison location opened in June. Commenters on social media describe routine waits of an hour or longer on weekends, but shorter lines on weekdays.

Besides breakfast and light lunches, Snooze also serves a “Signature Snooze” Italian sparkling wine on tap.

Three grand-opening parties will raise money for Fort Worth charities Cuisine for Healing, the Creative Artist in Residence Program (CARPE) at Cook Children’s Medical Center and the Welman Project to reuse waste and surplus materials for the benefit of local schools.

Snooze joins Chicago-based Yolk, which is in Sundance Square downtown; the Florida-based First Watch chain; and Louisiana-based Another Broken Egg Cafe as “better breakfast” restaurants, emphasizing elaborate pancake presentations, finer breakfast meats and dishes such as avocado toast.

This story was originally published September 24, 2018 at 10:03 PM.