Updated: Here’s the list of what’s open for Mother’s Day, both dine-in and take-out
Mother’s Day is for families this year, and hope and love.
Expect fewer lavish brunches. And more family meal deals.
Some restaurants will be serving Mother’s Day brunch in their social-distanced dining rooms.
But it’s also graduation weekend. So whether you’re booking brunch Saturday or Sunday, book now.
Take-out is the better deal, for two reasons:
▪ No more than six people can sit together in a restaurant,
▪ If Mom’s older than 65 or at-risk, or if she doesn’t live with you, definitely do not take her out.
Here’s a look at the early offers, with more to come (check star-telegram.com/eatsbeat for updates):
▪ Bird Café, 155 E. Fourth St, is serving both a take-out brunch “Mother Load” and also has dining room service with limited seating.
The “Mother Load” menu offers a huge brunch for four or six people ($55-$75).
The pack includes: chicken biscuits, peach-cinnamon French toast, pimiento cheese omelets and yogurt with berries.
It’s also available inside Bird, but book now and expect a wait. Sitting outside is better, but all seating is limited.
Order online or book by phone; 817-332-2473, birdinthe.net
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▪ In Grapevine, the legendary Willhoite’s Restaurant and patio reopened with limited seating and will serve its famous $16 weekly Sunday brunch buffet.
The only change: Staffers will be serving all the food. (No handling utensils.)
The only drawback to Willhoite’s is the smoking, but the restaurant has banned that this weekend. I’d still try for a patio table.
Go very early or expect a long wait. The buffet opens at 11 a.m.; 432 S. Main St., Grapevine, 817-481-7511, willhoites.com.
▪ Blue Mesa Grill, 612 Carroll St., is serving its $20 Mother’s Day brunch either in-person with limited seating, or to go with orders in advance.
The to-go pack is slightly cheaper: $75 for four people. The menu features enchiladas, tacos, fajita chicken salad and breakfast items like eggs with poblanos and cinnamon-French toast casserole.
Pick up Saturday or Sunday; 817-332-6372, bluemesagrill.com.
▪ Lili’s Bistro’s Mother’s Day menu offers a choice of $29 frittatas serving six to 10 people — either a Southern frittata with biscuits and sausage; a seafood frittata with shrimp, lobster and crab; or a veggie frittata.
There’s also an 8-inch sandwich ($29) that serves six people. Choose either a ham-eggs-and-brie breakfast sandwich, an Italian sandwich or a muffuletta.
Order online or at 817-877-0700; lilisbistro.com/mothers-day.
▪ Heaven’s Gate Restaurant, 3820 N. Main St., is reopening Friday with specials instead of the old family-style buffet. (Serve-yourself buffets are gone for now,)
The new menu will include meatloaf, pot roast, lasagna, enchiladas and tacos, plus a full breakfast menu all day.
Heaven’s Gate is open for breakfast and lunch daily. Call for reservations; 817-624-1262, heavensgaterestaurant.com/menus.
▪ Snooze an A.M. Eatery, 2150 W. Seventh St., is offering special take-home, you-cook meal kits for Mom.
There’s a blueberry brioche French toast bake for six people with bacon, salads and fruit, only $50.
Or try the hash brown-egg casserole for six people with bacon, salads and fruit, also $50.
There’s also a $75 steak medallions lunch for six people with shrimp-and-grits, eggs, salads and banana bread with mascarpone.
Order by Friday for Saturday pickup; 682-350-9970, snoozeeatery.com.
▪ Buffalo West, 7101 Camp Bowie Blvd. West, a moderate-price steakhouse, is serving Saturday and Sunday on its patio or takeout.
Regular menu plus rib-eye and prime rib specials; 817-732-2370, buffalowestfw.com.
Locals to love
▪ Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine, 4259 Bryant Irvin Road, is offering $90-$160 takeout dinners for two or four, fully cooked for Saturday pickup to enjoy fresh or reheat Sunday.
The dinners feature pecan-crusted redfish with jumbo lump crab, haricots verts, spring salads and cast-iron cornbread.
Order by noon Wednesday for Saturday pickup; 817-738-5489, bonnellstexas.com.
Bonnell’s will also offer its regular $40 curbside takeout dinners for on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 4 p,m. (For a dinner for two, go to Waters downtown, 301 Main St.)
▪ In Colleyville and Watauga, the fabled Chef Point Cafe may or may not open dining rooms — call to ask — but is definitely taking to-go orders.
The a la carte menu offers blackened rib-eye, grilled salmon, rosemary chicken, lobster bisque, sides and bread pudding; 5901 Watauga Road, 817-656-0080, or 5220 Texas 121, 817-482-5030, chefpointcafe.org.
▪ Ellerbe Fine Foods, 1501 W. Magnolia Ave., considered one of the city’s best restaurants, is going ahead and serving a $55 brunch in its dining room both Saturday and Sunday.
The menu features a choice of snapper with tomatoes and capers, braised-beef crepes or buckwheat blinis (with shrimp, $6 extra). The dessert is citrus crumb cake; 817-926-3663, ellerbefinefoods.com.
▪ Fixture Kitchen, 401 W. Magnolia Ave., a popular south side brunch, will be open but did not have a menu at press time.
It’s open for dine-in or take-out; 817-708-2663, fixturefw.com.
▪ In Keller, FnG Eats at 210 Town Center Lane is offering a take-out brunch menu serving four people.
Choices are priced at $22-$28, including macadamia chicken-and-waffles, pancakes and bacon, egg casseroles or a “party bowl.” Order by Friday; 817-741-5200, fngeats.com.
▪ Grace, 777 Main St., opens only one Sunday a year, for Mother’s Day — even if it’s limited seating.
It’s an a la carte menu with the regular menu (try the scallops) or brunch dishes such as steak-and-eggs-Benedict ($49) or buttermilk pancakes with confit chicken ($21).
Call for reservations or book at resy.com; 817-877-3388, gracefortworth.com.
▪ Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, 2406 N. Main St., is offering its regular menu plus brunch specials. The specials were not available at press time.
Chef Tim Love’s Gemelle and Woodshed Smokehouse are also open serving their regular menus.
Love’s “Take Love Home” menus of home-delivered or take-out family meals are also available to order in advance.
They’re $85 for two family-sized meals (each serves four people) or $150 for four family-sized meals, with eight choices, including beef or pork tenderloin, cod, chicken, pasta, tacos, Thai salad or King Ranch casserole.
So feed eight people for $85 or 16 people for $150; order at cheftimlove.com/bring-love-home-to-go.
▪ Paris 7th/Saint-Émilion, combined for now at 3324 W. Seventh St. and also among the city’s best restaurants, has a take-out deal but also is opening its dining room for the first time in weeks to serve Mother’s Day brunch.
The dine-in brunch is very small — 18 seats at two seatings, either 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. — and may be booked. The menu is described as an a la carte traditional French brunch.
The take-out menu ($89.50) includes brunch for two for pickup Sunday morning, ready to reheat.
It features beef tenderloin, salad, sides, lobster bisque and crepes with strawberries; 817-489-5300 or order online at https://saint-emilionrestaurant.square.site.
▪ Reata, 310 Houston St., is serving a both a special brunch menu and selling take-out packages.
The brunch features include a ribeye or tenderloin ($34.95-$38.50), a fish entree or Reata’s stacked chicken enchiladas ($10.95) or chicken chilaquiles ($10.95). Desserts ($7.50) include banana pudding, pecan pie or molten cake with drunken berries; 817-336-1009, reata.net.
For take-out, Reata offers a family pack with prime rib, sides, salad and biscuits ($124.95) or tenderloin ($137.95); 817-502-8851 to order.
▪ Righteous Foods, 3405 W. Seventh St., a Lanny Lancarte II restaurant, is serving a $60 Mother’s Day takeout family pack for four people with a chicken-apple-sausage-Gruyère-mushroom quiche, plus salad with grilled shrimp and butterscotch pot de creme.
Righteous Foods also is serving a family-pack fajitas dinner that’s a step up from typical Tex-Mex; 817-850-9996, eatrighteously.com.
▪ Winslow’s Wine Cafe, 4101 Camp Bowie Blvd., a popular west side brunch bistro, will have limited dining room service and take-out family packs.
Brunch specials include salmon with lemon-caper sauce or eggs Benedict, along with the regular menu.
For takeout, choose a $120 ham dinner for four people with sides and tiramisu, or a $150 pork tenderloin dinner for four. For $180, order a beef tenderloin dinner for six to eight people.
Call 817-546-6843 or check winslowswinecafe.com.
▪ In Grapevine, the Southern-classic Mason & Dixie restaurant, 603 S. Main St., is offering take-out packages for home dining.
Each $85 pack serves four people and includes mimosas or wine.
There’s a brunch pack with egg tartlets, cinnamon rolls, bagels and mimosas, or a lunch pack with chicken salad, pimiento cheese, egg salad, croissants, spinach salad and lemon parfaits, with sauvignon blanc.
Order by Wednesday for Saturday pickup; 817-707-2111, masonanddixietx.com.
▪ In Roanoke, the Classic Café at Roanoke is offering a take-out $30 Mother’s Day brunch with chicken Diane, sides, salad and white-chocolate strawberry mousse.
Pick it up ready to serve on Sunday; 817-430-8185, theclassiccafe.com.
Chains
▪ B&B Butchers & Restaurant, 5212 Marathon Ave., is serving a $103.50 take-out brunch for two Sunday.
It’s a surf-and-turf combo with a filet and lobster tail, Caesars and sides; 817-737-5212, bbbutchers.com.
▪ Capital Grille, 800 Main St., is open Sunday at brunch and also serving a takeout brunch for pickup Friday through Sunday with reheating.
The take-out dinner is $135 for two people, $195 for four to six.
(Yes, those are prime-steakhouse prices.)
Choose either beef tenderloin with lobster tails or tenderloin with shrimp scampi, plus sides, salad and flourless espresso chocolate cake.
Call to order; 817-348-9200, thecapitalgrille.com.
▪ CRÚ Food & Wine Bar, 5188 Marathon Ave., is open again with limited seating and serving a $28 brunch for Mom.
The entrees include a choice of steak-and-eggs, crab cake Benedict, lemon sole or a frittata, with a salad or appetizer.
The dessert choices are tiramisu or cheesecake with blueberry sauce.
Book a table or order to go; 817-737-9463, cruwinebar.com.
▪ Del Frisco’s Grille, 154 E. Third St. in Fort Worth or 1200 E. Southlake Blvd. in Southlake, is open and serving its dining-room brunch with limited seating.
But note the family meal takeout deals: $60 or $120 for brunch for four.
The first menu offers frittatas, cinnamon rolls and chocolate-chip pancakes. The second menu offers steak-and-lobster, sides, pizzas for the kids and vanilla pot de creme.
Add more adults for $65. Order by noon; 817-887-9900 or 817-410-3777, delfriscosgrille.com.
▪ Doc B’s Restaurant + Bar, 5253 Marathon Ave., is offering a $59.99 brunch for two for pickup Saturday.
Share an entree such as a frittata, chicken-and-waffles, chocolate chip pancakes or apple pie French toast. Add candied bacon or chicken sausage two appetizers such as avocado toast, cornbread or a salad.
Order online at docbsrestaurant.com/mothers-day; 682-231-8820, docbsrestaurant.com.
▪ Eddie V’s Fine Seafood, 3100 W. Seventh St., is open Sunday at lunch and serving its regular menu.
But the best deal might be the take-out menu.
For $195, a family of six gets tenderloin or sea bass for pickup Friday or Saturday and reheating. The dinner comes with sides, Caesars and shrimp cocktail.
The dessert’s included: bananas Foster butter cake with butter-pecan ice cream. And Mom gets hand-dipped chocolate strawberries.
There’s also a $115 version for two. Call to order; 817-336-8000, eddiev.com.
Other restaurants had not sent opening information or menus by press time.
This story was originally published May 3, 2020 at 3:25 PM.
