When it comes to brunch, that most polarizing of meals, people fall into two camps — those who love brunch and those who love to hate it.
But when Brunch in the Park, an outdoor gastronomic extravaganza, sets up Saturday March 1 from noon to 3 p.m. at Gaston Edwards Park, even naysayers will find it hard to pooh-pooh the ‘tweener meal. That’s because the caliber of restaurants promises to make this year’s event the very best since it launched as United We Brunch back in 2016.
Restaurants taking part this year include The Pinery, The Drake Kitchen & Bar, Lamp & Shade Kitchen, Superica, Torchy’s Tacos, Garp & Fuss, Hemisphere, The Hangry Bison and many others. More than 20 restaurants and food purveyors will be on hand this year as the event marks a change of venue.
“Not only are we ecstatic about the lineup of restaurants, but we’re thrilled to host Brunch in the Park along Lake Ivanhoe’s picturesque shores and under the park’s oak trees,” says Graham Jarrett, chief operating officer of Chava Communications, parent company of Orlando Weekly (who organize the event). “Last year, the event was held at Lake Eola Park, but you couldn’t actually see the lake part of the park. That won’t be an issue this year.”
And Jarrett isn’t the only one excited about the new setting. “I love that it’s right in our backyard,” says The Pinery’s operating partner, Carol Holladay, about the event. “And we can’t wait to reveal the special brunch dish we’ve concocted.”
The $60 ticket is all-inclusive, which means limitless grazing and limitless mimosas, Bloody Marys and beer. The $90 VIP ticket includes early admission (11 a.m. instead of noon), exclusive VIP “lite bites,” access to a private VIP area with shaded seating, a private bar with cocktails and a VIP gift. Live entertainment will be provided by DJ BMF and the Phat & Jazzy Players.
“Last year was a sell-out,” says Jarrett, “and VIP tickets for this year are almost gone.”
So don’t sleep on it. There’ll be plenty of time for that on Sunday.
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This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2025.
