As mentioned in last week’s weekend brunch report, Denny’s is in the process of slamming America with free breakfast from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Here’s what you do:
1. Walk into Denny’s.
2. Be prepared to wait because there’s a lot of unemployed, hungry people with all the time in the world to wait.
3. Order a Grand Slam because it’s free.
4. Eat it.
5. Feel slight remorse, but then feel comfortable with your decision.
6. Tip your waitress and GTFO.
If you missed today’s Grand Slam deal, IHOP will be hooking up patrons with a free short stack of pancakes on Feb. 23 for National Pancake Day from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Proud to bring you another exciting installment of user-submitted videos showing Chicago Brunch Blog readers just like you eating breakfast and lunch! Today’s video comes from Justin Cheng of local dreampop band, Panda Riot, eating a bowl of soybeans and listening to Leonard Nimoy cover Seeger on a Saturday morning alone in front of his computer. That’s right, people. This is the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle in full-swing. Thanks Justin!
Winter is here, have you harvested? If not, try saving some of those brunch leftovers for evening hibernation. Today’s Scraps come from Blackbird Chef de Cuisine, Michael Sheerin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blackbird doesn’t “do” brunch, but that doesn’t mean Sheerin can’t whip up some tasty ideas — admittedly for more advanced home cooks.
“I’d have to say that generally brunch is for leftovers. Most restaurants try to make sausage from meat scraps and use left over veggies in quiches. I’ve always thought about a great way to reinvent ‘hash’ would be [with] rye gnocchi, rabbit chorizo and a slow poached egg.”
Was this week as long for you as it was for me? This is what happens when you have a vitamin D deficiency on account of living in a gray winter wasteland. Moving the limelight away from another exciting episode of Carly’s Irrelevant Health Issues, it’s back to focusing on more important issues: brunch. But first, a quick moment of Lost coffee talk: What if Sayid if alive on account of Jacob possessing his body a la evil John Locke? Will parallel world Jack be less annoying than castaway Jack? And why won’t they kill off resident Island ho, Kate? dun dun dun LOST. Stick that on your English muffin and eat it.
Saturday is so close, yet so far away (Photo: Carly Fisher)
Here we are, back in the saddle again with another weekend of plowing through a bottle of aspirin and resorting to the loving embrace of a fluffy omelet. So many brunch spots, so little time. Here is where to brunch this weekend.
User-submitted YouTube videos are the virtual love equivalent of having your name tattooed on someone’s neck. So, please continue to film your intimate moments over breakfast and lunch. Fun activity: position your laptop across from you as you eat lunch and it will almost be like you are never alone! Doing this in public adds extra points.
Today’s video comes from Steve G., who is washing down his lunch with a frosty glass of milk and listening to some sad indie music at a cafe. Thanks, Steve!
Slamming it up at Denny’s (Photo: Carly Fisher)
