multiple locations
hatchearlymoodfood.com
Get your Hatch fix at one of six locations across Oklahoma, including the Will Rogers International Airport. Hatch offers familiar breakfast and brunch dishes from steak and eggs to strawberry arugula salad, omelettes and sandwiches. Its full-service bar options include coffee cocktails, mimosas for the table, mocktails and macchiatos. Start with the Loaded Tumblers — crispy hash browns topped with bacon and chives then covered in smoked cheddar Hollandaise.
Sunnyside Diner
multiple locations
eatatsunnyside.com
Sunnyside Diner’s extensive menu expands the brunch basics with in-house baked goods and meatless twists on classic favorites. The French toast, pictured here with peanut butter and chocolate chips, is made with brioche baked at Sunnyside Bakery. Grab a chicken-fried meatless Impossible patty with two eggs and two sides and follow it up with a fresh-baked cinnamon roll topped with double espresso glaze and served warm in a mini cast iron skillet.
Neighborhood JAM
multiple locations
thatsmyjamok.com
Along with classic breakfast dishes, Neighborhood JAM boasts a hefty two-page gluten-free menu that features omelettes, pancakes and French toast, acai bowls, sandwiches and neighborhood favorite The Heap: hash browns covered with cheese blend, two eggs your way, your choice of meat, avocado, pico, cotija cheese, chives and toast. Find your JAM at one of the four OKC area locations, Norman, Tulsa and coming soon to South OKC.
Scrambl’d
1742 NE 23rd St., Suite A
scrambld23rd.com
405-900-5972
If your brunch vibe is more after-party than morning after, head to Scrambl’d on the Eastside. Regulars enjoy its fresh take on the classic mimosa, Henny Given Sunday, adding Hennessy to OJ and sparkling wine. It’s menu ranges from deep-fried French toast with cream cheese anglaise, powdered sugar and caramelized apple to blackened salmon salad with cherry tomatoes and lemon aioli salad dressing.
Aurora
1734 NW 16th St.
shinewithaurora.com
405-609-8854
The Plaza District’s Aurora serves standard brunch fare alongside tacos, wraps, pesto pasta and the eponymous Aurora Bowl: Green Goddess cucumbers, labneh, baba ghanoush, aleppo chili, heirloom tomato, Castelvetrano olives, pickles, pickled radish, sport peppers, eggs, sourdough toast and feta cheese. If you can’t escape Aurora’s magnetic pull, it’s also open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
Waffle Champion
multiple locations
wafflechampion.com
Waffle Champion’s sandwiches can be ordered with hot chicken, migas and chorizo, bacon, egg and cheese, or Florentine with scrambled eggs, garlic, spinach, mushroom, marinated tomatoes and goat cheese sauce. If brunssert (the combination of brunch and dessert we just made up) is what you’re craving, grab an apple pie waffle with cinnamon baked apples, bourbon caramel and streusel topped with a scoop of Blue Bell Ice Cream from one of its two OKC locations.
2409 N. Hudson Ave.
cheeverscafe.com
405-525-7007
Before Cheever’s Cafe became an Uptown destination for comfort favorites, the historic building was home to the Cheever family flower shop for decades. The display case is now full of desserts and the staff are busy tending to taste buds. Cheever’s chicken-fried steak with jalapeno cream gravy and brunch potatoes gives an old classic a kick, and the All Nighter cocktail featuring coffee-infused bourbon, cinnamon-vanilla syrup, black walnut bitters and cream will have you buzzing in a couple ways.
This article appears in OKC Ballet Shorts.