New Orleans treats brunch like a sport, from second lines between tables in the Garden District to fried chicken downtown and DJ sets that run after the club lets out. Nineteen rooms worth getting dressed for before noon.
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The next chapter of the Dooky Chase family, run by Chef Dook Chase, grandson of Leah Chase. Breakfast, brunch and lunch only, downtown. Order the fish and grits with crawfish and andouille, or the oyster benedict over creamed spinach. Grandma's recipes, a modern room.
Pip’s Tip Leah Chase's grandson, daytime Creole done right
James Beard winner Nina Compton brings her St. Lucian roots to Creole, French and Italian cooking inside the Old 77 hotel. Brunch means hot fire chicken, frozen cocktails and bottomless deals. The room is big and bright, built for birthdays and the whole crew.
Pip’s Tip Nina Compton's Caribbean brunch, frozen drinks flowing
Chef Lenora Chong and her son Larry Morrow built a Creole-meets-Korean room on St. Claude in 2018. Ninety's R&B plays all day. Get a bottle of mimosas for the table with mango or strawberry juice, then gumbo ramen and lobster mac. Girls' day out starts here.
Pip’s Tip 90s R&B, mimosa bottles, gumbo ramen
Glenn and Allison Charles run a grown, dressed-up brunch room on Earhart. The praline chicken and waffle is the move, or go big with shrimp, lobster and Gouda grits. Brunch runs Friday through Monday, and Sunday goes until 5:30. Bring the birthday table.
Pip’s Tip Praline chicken and waffles, brunch four days
The Tremé fried chicken legend, since 1957, now holds a full-service room downtown with high ceilings and a real bar. Weekends open at 10 for brunch. The chicken is the reason, the bread pudding is the closer. Come hungry and bring friends in town.
Pip’s Tip America's best fried chicken, weekend doors at ten
Third-generation Baquet family cooking on Esplanade, the last Baquet restaurant standing. Saturday is brunch day and there are no reservations, so pull up early. Fried chicken, gumbo, greens, mac and cheese, bread pudding. A neighborhood room where the regulars know each other.
Pip’s Tip Baquet family Creole, Saturday brunch, no reservations
Chef Charly Pierre, of Bravo's Top Chef, cooks Haitian street food that ties Haiti back to New Orleans. Sunday is the only daytime service, and it is brunch. Bold flavors, scratch-made sauces, and a room right off Basin Street in Tremé.
Pip’s Tip Haitian Sunday brunch from a Top Chef
A Black woman-owned cocktail bar with chandeliers, cozy alcoves and R&B on the speakers. Weekend daytime means hot sausage and grits with fresh herbs and a Hello Barbara berry martini. See and be seen, Bywater style. Girls' day out energy all the way.
Pip’s Tip Chandeliers, R&B, hot sausage and grits
The downtown sister to Nice Guys, near the Superdome. Weekend brunch comes with DJs and live music, and when the club lets out, brunch comes back from 1 to 6am. Craft cocktails, Creole plates, and a private room for the whole crew.
Pip’s Tip DJ brunch, plus after-hours brunch at 1am
A sunny breakfast room across from the Canal streetcar with '80s R&B on the speakers. The grits come with shredded cheese and queso. Add catfish or the buttery chicken biscuit, then order the Incredible Hulk: Hpnotiq, Hennessy and champagne. Walk-ins welcome.
Pip’s Tip Cheesy grits and the Incredible Hulk mimosa
The turquoise house on Washington Avenue has run the city's signature jazz brunch for generations. The band walks table to table and pulls people into a second line around the room. Jackets preferred, collared shirts required. Book early for Sunday.
Pip’s Tip The jazz brunch every other one chases
A long buffet of Creole classics in one of the Quarter's iconic courtyards, with live jazz every single day. Easy for groups, easy for first-timers, and brunch runs seven days a week. Last reservation is at 2pm, so plan the morning around it.
Pip’s Tip Daily jazz brunch buffet in the courtyard
The pink building on Royal has made breakfast an event since 1946, and bananas Foster was born here. Innovative Creole plates, old-world dining rooms, a courtyard, and the Roost Bar for a milk punch before noon. Dress for it and book ahead.
Pip’s Tip Pink walls and bananas Foster at the table
A French Quarter classic since 1920 with a courtyard that holds some of the oldest wisteria in the city. Jazz brunch runs Friday through Sunday. Start with a brandy milk punch, then the crawfish and brie omelet. The Empire Bar pours through the afternoon.
Pip’s Tip Courtyard jazz brunch under the oldest wisteria
A Creole cottage in the Irish Channel with local musicians on Sunday and a Bloody Mary list that runs from the green Bywater to the absinthe Bloody Fairy. Shrimp and grits, porch seating, dogs welcome outside. Call ahead for eight or more.
Pip’s Tip Bloody Mary lineup and Sunday live music
Two decades of scratch cooking in a bright Bywater corner house covered in Dr. Bob art. The praline bacon is the thing people fly home talking about. Weekend blue plate specials rotate, the bar is full, and the line moves.
Pip’s Tip Praline bacon, seven mornings a week
One of the oldest dining rooms in the Quarter, open since 1899, across from the French Market on Decatur. Sunday brunch brings French-Creole plates and a live band that gets the whole room singing. A proper Sunday, done the old way.
Pip’s Tip Since 1899, Sunday brunch with a band
Inside the Pontchartrain Hotel on St. Charles, a loud, colorful room built for celebrating. Order the disco punch, served in an actual disco ball for up to ten, then chicken and waffles and duck and andouille gumbo. Made for girls' weekend.
Pip’s Tip Disco-ball punch for ten, weekend brunch
Jamaica-born Chef Charles Blake and his family cook homeland classics on Oak Street. Weekend brunch brings jerk chicken on croissant waffles with guava butter, ackee and saltfish, oxtail and grits, and bottomless Ruomosas of rum punch and champagne. Upstairs holds the group.
Pip’s Tip Jerk chicken on croissant waffles, rum punch
Leah Chase's grandson runs a daytime-only Creole room downtown, and every plate carries the family name. Fish and grits, oyster benedict, and a table that feels like Sunday at Grandma's.
Members get the long table first at a Black-owned brunch room, with the Pip life pouring mimosas.
Brunch is one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, rooftops and jazz clubs below.
