Foreign Cinema

2534 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Price: $75 per person; $25 for children

Touted as one of the most popular spots for brunch in SF, Foreign Cinema’s bright dining space, lively outdoor patio, and innovative menu is a great place to celebrate any occasion with friends and family. This year’s set three-course Easter menu features many of the regular menu’s mainstay—with a few seasonal tweaks—including a half dozen oysters on the half shell with a Champagne mignonette. You could easily share this iced platter with the rest of the table, or not. We know we wouldn’t. If throwing back some bivalves at 11 a.m. isn’t really your thing then you definitely have to check out the baguette French toast with fresh coastal strawberries, Valencia orange sections, cacao nibs, and maple-lemon butter (they had us at baguette), or the spicy Tunisian shakshuka with grilled Merguez sausage and quail eggs. Browse the menu at foreigncinema.com.

Photo Courtesy of Marta Diaz

Bluestem Brasserie

1 Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco, CA 94103

Price: Regular brunch menu pricing

Conveniently located next to the Yerba Buena Gardens, this San Francisco brasserie serves up elevated American fare in an urban neighborhood setting. And you can get a little tasty taste from the bi-level restaurant’s regular brunch menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. To get your Basic B on order the flirty spring frosé (frosé all day baby) or check out the burrata frittata. I mean c’mon, the name itself is fun to say, just imagine what it tastes like. You might also consider the massive cinnamon roll with ooey-gooey brown butter, cream cheese frosting (um, ok), or “The King” pancakes—flapjacks drizzled in a peanut butter-banana Foster with a hefty sprinkling of bacon. Now that’s what we call a hunka hunka burnin’ love. Keep the party going well past appropriate brunching hours with a little Easter happy hour or dinner. Large groups and kiddos are welcome. Browse the menu at bluestemsf.com.

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Finn Town

2251 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

Price: Regular brunch menu pricing

Slated as “a tavern with a twist” Finn Town self-admittedly likes any reason to party. So it should be no surprise that they are included in this SF brunch roundup with their Bet Your Easter Bonnet spring brunch celebration. From 10 a.m to 3 p.m. get your eats on by indulging in any of their house-made breads and pastries, and other classic breakfast fares (brioche French toast fingers anybody?), while watching one of three holiday-themed films, including Steel Magnolias and What’s Up, Doc?, playing above the bar. And for an extra sprinkling of celebration, Finn Town is offering five different, half-priced, flavored Finn-mosas from 10 a.m. until noon for a brunchalicious Easter in SF’s Castro. Browse the menu at finntownsf.com.

Photo Courtesy of Kassie Borreson 

Waterbar

399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105

Price: $55 per person

For stunning SF Bay views, visitors and locals alike have got to check out Waterbar. Tucked right under the Bay Bridge, this restaurant is a seafood-lover’s paradise offering a three-course prix-fixe brunch featuring fresh-off-the-boat fare, such as ahi tartare, Ōra King salmon gravlax,  and grilled yellowtail jack, along with other more terrestrial-based eats. Just be sure to leave room for dessert because wrapping up a meal with a sticky toffee pudding with a mascarpone chantilly, or a speckled egg torte with duck-egg ice cream is a no brainer. Browse the menu at waterbarsf.com.

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4505 Burgers and BBQ

705 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Price: Regular menu pricing

Getting dressed up and sitting down to a fancier meal is always fun, but sometimes taking an easy-going classic and putting a twist on it can be just as exciting too. This barbeque joint is whipping up a special sammie for the springtime holiday. To craft the famous Easter Ham Sandwich, heritage pork legs are split, brined, and smoked in-house to make 4505’s delectable house-cured, smoked ham. The ham is then shaved thin before being piled high on an Acme pain de mie roll accompanied by bread and butter pickles, sliced Gruyère, and crispy onion strings. Excuse us while we wipe the drool off the floor. The piggy sammie is on offer from April 19 through April 21. Browse the menu at 4505burgersandbbq.com.

The Sycamore

2140 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Price: Regular menu pricing

Ok, we know what you’re thinking: How much more places are there to brunch? Oh, honeys. We haven’t even scratched the surface. But for low-key, gastropub fare in a hip, cool setting, with a menu that is crazy affordable for San Francisco, The Sycamore is a total must. Mix-and-match sliders go for $3.50 a pop (hello breakfast chicken slider, and welcome to my belly) and the smoked-salmon scramble at just $12.75, eating at this joint will make you feel like a maharaja. And did we mention the bottomless mimosas for a mere $12 (with the purchase of $8 worth of food, because no one likes to get mimosa-turnt that early)? The Mission eatery does not take reservations, but they do have a great outdoor patio and board games to help while away the springtime hours. Browse the menu at thesycamoresf.com.