Who doesn’t like brunch? While breakfast and brunch restaurants explode in the Wilmington region, other restaurants bring guests for attached midday meals.
Here are some that have started in recent weeks and months. Have we missed another big brunch? Let us know by e-mail aballard@gannett.com.
Bloody Marys, made with a house mixture based in Marinara, will be on the menu of the monthly brunch of Ciana Ristorant Italiano, 4724 New Center Drive in Wilmington, the first Sunday of the month.
Ciana Ristorant Italiano
This restaurant at 4724 New Center Drive in Wilmington makes brunch a regular event. It will take place on the first Sunday of each month. Chef and owner Lorraine Roderick adds some of his popular Cafe Sweet N Savory recipes on the menu. Look for the borrowers, the rolls and the homemade cinnamon cookies, the shrimps and the grains and the Epi, or the pork eggs with eggs and the Ranchero sauce. There are also some options for Mimosas and Bloody Marys, which are made from a house mixture made from their Marinara sauce.
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Fork n Cork
The owner Dustin Smith said he wanted to respond to the crowd of breakfast in downtown Wilmington for a while. Now fork N Cork offers a daily breakfast / brunch menu available from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 22 Market St. It includes its popular Bone & Bean BBQ tacos, which can come with eggs, cheese, meats like chorizo, cheese and striking beans. Also look for bloody Marys, Mimosas and Daily Brunch Specials such as omelets or Shrimps and Grains.
Texas style breakfast tacos are on a new breakfast menu / brunch at the Fork N Cork restaurant at 22 Market St., Wilmington.
Rum
Robert and Jennifer Becker resumed this restaurant in 2022 and made some look and menu updates at 121 Grace St. in the city center of Wilmington. Now they have added a Sunday brunch service. Look for a midday version of their eclectic dinner menu from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Tequila Comida & Cantina
Mexican brunch is one thing. And this restaurant at 5607 Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington added hours of daily brunch. The menu is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The menu includes spicy tamarindo mimosas, an authentic Olla coffee, grilled birria cheese, ranches and huevos calves, or French bread fitted with fried black beans, chorizo, cheese, gallo pico and agitation of sure cream.
Wing & Fish Company
This restaurant in Shalotte provides local seafood from the boats of boats from the ocean fishing center and also prides itself on the selection of wings and sauces – which are now available in bottles. Now there is a brunch menu offered from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Allison Ballard is the starnews food and restoration journalist. You can reach it at aballard@gannett.com
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