Last Sunday, I was hanging out at the Saucer as usual, and I got into a discussion with my friend Kacy.\u00a0 I thought the discussion would make a good Sunday morning topic.\u00a0 The topic is, what’s the difference between lunch and brunch?<\/p>\n
It’s not the hours.\u00a0 Brunch on Sunday usually runs from 11 to 3, or maybe 10:30 to 3 – hours that are normally considered lunch hours.<\/p>\n
Is the food the difference?\u00a0 I know that “brunch” is “breakfast + lunch,” but when I go to the Majestic for brunch, I usually order off the lunch menu.\u00a0 Meanwhile, there are places that will serve breakfast food at lunchtime – Blue Plate, Denny’s, IHOP.\u00a0 People usually don’t think of those places as “brunch.”<\/p>\n
A couple of weeks ago, Kacy and her friends were out on a weekend day, looking for a place to eat lunch, meaning “let’s get a quick bite to eat.”\u00a0 They couldn’t find anyplace they liked, so Kacy suggested, “Let’s do brunch instead.”\u00a0 So they went to a restaurant – I forget where, think she may have said Boscos – and they sat down.\u00a0 Kacy ordered lunch.<\/p>\n
And a mimosa.<\/p>\n
That’s the difference.\u00a0 Brunch is not really lunch + breakfast.<\/p>\n
It’s lunch + ALCOHOL.<\/p>\n
Now, we need to refine this idea further.\u00a0 Is lunch + beer brunch?\u00a0 This to me seems to be a gray area.\u00a0 Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon I’ll get hungry and stop by the Flying Fish to eat.\u00a0 I’ll pull a can of PBR out of the refrigerator to purchase as my beverage.\u00a0 That to me seems more like lunch than brunch.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, if you’re having a mimosa or Bloody Mary, it’s almost certainly brunch.\u00a0 It seems like other mixed drinks would fall into this category too.\u00a0 My friend John D enjoys a screwdriver with brunch every once in a while.<\/p>\n
Actually, that makes me think even more.\u00a0 Most of the time, John D doesn’t order food, but just the screwdriver.\u00a0 Even without the food, is it still brunch?<\/p>\n
Just something to think about this fine Sunday morning.\u00a0 Better get out there and enjoy it before the rain moves in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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