Diners in Southern California can find Sunday brunch restaurants to please every budget and taste bud. Restaurants offer a wide range of prices for brunch starting at $15 and reaching over $40 a person, as of August 2010. Both buffet-style brunch options and sit-down meals are available, and menus feature a variety of food including omelets, steak and eggs, waffles, burgers and sushi.
The Sunday brunch menu at Jimmy's Famous American Tavern opts for hearty menu items that often have a Southern flair, such as dishes with sausage gravy and biscuits on the side. Brunch items available on Sundays include eggs Benedict, steak and eggs, short rib hash, and scrambled egg mixes. Other menu items include burgers, sandwiches and large plates of macaroni and cheese, fish and chips, or fried chicken. For drinks, margaritas, champagne cocktails and, for the more daring drinker, a vodka or tequila shot with beer chaser are available. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Sunday.
Jimmy's Famous American Tavern
The Promenade at Point Loma
4990 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
619-226-2103
j-fat.com
The Westgate Hotel in San Diego offers a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. with gourmet foods, live entertainment and champagne. Seafood, salads, a carving station, sushi, egg breakfast dishes, waffles, crepes and dessert are all available for one set price at Sunday brunch for $42 (price includes champagne), as of August 2010. Reservations are recommended, and children under 12 can eat for half the price of adults.
The Westgate Hotel
1055 Second Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
800-522-1564
www.westgatehotel.com
The Cajun restaurant Chateau Orleans in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego serves a buffet Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes live New Orleans-style jazz entertainment, a complimentary glass of champagne, and brunch dishes like Southern fried chicken, gumbo and Cajun pork chops for $15 a person (as of August 2010). Other drinks available for purchase include margaritas, Bloody Marys and champagne.
Chateau Orleans
926 Turquoise St.
Pacific Beach, CA
858-488-6744
chateauorleans.com
Moonshadows is a restaurant located in Malibu, an upscale beach city in Los Angeles County, and offers brunch from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Items on the Moonshadows brunch menu include appetizers like oysters, tuna tartare and vanilla crepes, while main courses include Kobe beef burgers, organic eggs, French toast and plenty of seafood dishes. Reservations are recommended.
Moonshadows Malibu
20356 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
310-456-3010
moonshadowsmalibu.com
