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Updating the Eater Brunch Heatmap, April 2014

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Red Apron Penn Quarter
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Tipsters, readers, friends and family of Eater love a good boozy breakfast, and often ask the question: Where should I grab brunch this weekend? In the great tradition of the Eater 38, we could probably come up with a long list of places in this city that do brunch right. But instead we offer the Eater Brunch Heatmap, which will change often to continually highlight where the foodie crowds are flocking to at the moment.

It's been a few months since Eater updated our Brunch Heatmap, so naturally there has been some new activity when it comes to morning menus. This time around, four new restaurants made the list: Italian favorites Osteria Morini and Alba Osteria, as well as two meat-focused joints, Red Apron Penn Quarter and Urban Butcher.

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Republic

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Jeff Black's latest venture is serving up dishes like monkey bread, oyster po' boys and brioche French toast with pear compote. There's also a Cure Your Ailments drink menu with offerings like a charred tomato Bloody Mary.

El Chucho Cocina Superior

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El Chucho's new condensed brunch menu higlights four items: Chilaquiles, buttermilk masa pancakes, Green Eggs and Ham (poached eggs, ham, black beans and chimichurri sauce) and rum raisin tamales. All items are priced under $10, and there are brunch cocktails as well, including green Bloody Marys, mimosas and more.

Water & Wall

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Water & Wall's brunch features dishes like eggs with kimchi, truffled eggs and pumpkin buttermilk pancakes.

Cork has been trying to emphasize its cocktail program, with a formal menu and interesting offerings spiked with ingredients like cognac. It first started showing off the drinks at brunch service, where they accompany options like crispy polenta with poached eggs, Cork-cured Juniper gravlax and a wintery panzanella with roasted tomatoes.

Petworth Citizen & Reading Room

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Petworth Citizen has a fairly straightforward new brunch menu, with corned beef hash, shrimp and waffles and burgers. A horseradish and Sriracha-spiked Bloody Mary is a good accompaniment.

Ted's Bulletin

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Ted's Bulletin is known for its epic breakfasts and the new 14th Street location is no exception. Try homemade pop-tarts, donuts, beer biscuits and gravy and a "walk of shame" burrito.

Morrison House Hotel

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At the Grille at Morrison House, it's all about the duck press at brunch. The press helps the cook express juices from the duck to make a decadent sauce for the duck breast served at brunch. The brunch in general is a buffet, with other options like crepes, petit fours and beignets, all for $38.

Piola Arlington

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Piola Arlington decided to follow in the footsteps of the DC location this November and offer unlimited pizza brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Get the deal for $15.95 ($7.95 for kids) and add pitchers of sparkling drinks for another $14.95.

Et Voila!

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Et Voila started fall with a new brunch menu, with choices like a croque monsieur, buckwheat crepes and steak and eggs with Bordelaise. Some of the restaurant's cult favorites, like the mussel burger, are also available during brunch hours. Cocktails like a Bloody Lobster or bellinis complement ($12 for bottomless).

Baklava French toast and spit-roasted chicken and waffles grace the menu at Kapnos during brunch hours. There's also spiked coffee, and orzo pasta bake and more.

Bar Charley

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Just this week, Bar Charley announced its new brunch menu, which debuts Saturday. There's a prix fixe option that includes a basket of cheddar biscuits for the table, a choice of entree, and the choices of bottomless Mimosas, Bloody Marys, Bloody Beers (Schlitz and house-made bloody mix), Schlitz tallboys or Zeke's Coffee, all for $23.95. There's also an a la carte menu with items such as French toast and roasted mushroom omelette.

City Tap House

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City Tap House also kicks off its first brunch service this weekend. Look for such dishes as foie gras French toast, chicken and waffles, pizzas, a bottomless brunch bar (with Bloody Marys and mimosas) and more.

Osteria Morini

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This Navy Yard restaurant is offering dishes like a mortadella frittata, ricotta pancakes with whipped marscapone, and other items. The restaurant will also have a play on Eggs Benedict served on a tigelle bread. There are DIY mimosas, pastries and brunch cocktails as well.

Urban Butcher

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Brunch at Urban Butcher allows diners to branch out beyond meat (though there are still carnivore-friendly items like crispy pig tails and steak frites). Expect brioche French Toast, scrambled eggs with broccoli rabe, a smoked trout omelet and more.

Alba Osteria

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Alba Osteria's brunch features a mix of Italian-inspired dishes and breakfast classics. There are several options for diners: a bottomless food and drink option for $29.95, a variety of a la carte items, and the ability to add bottomless cocktails for $18 per person to any orders.Some of the brunch offerings include fried eggs and meatballs, egg white frittatas, brunch pizzas and Monte Cristo sandwiches with egg. There's live music, too.

Red Apron Butchery

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Red Apron's weekend menu is brunch-friendly, whether a diner is seeking more breakfast-like or lunch-like items. There are sandwiches, tigelle breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs, scrapple and burgers. They open at 9 a.m.

Republic

Jeff Black's latest venture is serving up dishes like monkey bread, oyster po' boys and brioche French toast with pear compote. There's also a Cure Your Ailments drink menu with offerings like a charred tomato Bloody Mary.

El Chucho Cocina Superior

El Chucho's new condensed brunch menu higlights four items: Chilaquiles, buttermilk masa pancakes, Green Eggs and Ham (poached eggs, ham, black beans and chimichurri sauce) and rum raisin tamales. All items are priced under $10, and there are brunch cocktails as well, including green Bloody Marys, mimosas and more.

Water & Wall

Water & Wall's brunch features dishes like eggs with kimchi, truffled eggs and pumpkin buttermilk pancakes.

Cork

Cork has been trying to emphasize its cocktail program, with a formal menu and interesting offerings spiked with ingredients like cognac. It first started showing off the drinks at brunch service, where they accompany options like crispy polenta with poached eggs, Cork-cured Juniper gravlax and a wintery panzanella with roasted tomatoes.

Petworth Citizen & Reading Room

Petworth Citizen has a fairly straightforward new brunch menu, with corned beef hash, shrimp and waffles and burgers. A horseradish and Sriracha-spiked Bloody Mary is a good accompaniment.

Ted's Bulletin

Ted's Bulletin is known for its epic breakfasts and the new 14th Street location is no exception. Try homemade pop-tarts, donuts, beer biscuits and gravy and a "walk of shame" burrito.

Morrison House Hotel

At the Grille at Morrison House, it's all about the duck press at brunch. The press helps the cook express juices from the duck to make a decadent sauce for the duck breast served at brunch. The brunch in general is a buffet, with other options like crepes, petit fours and beignets, all for $38.

Piola Arlington

Piola Arlington decided to follow in the footsteps of the DC location this November and offer unlimited pizza brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Get the deal for $15.95 ($7.95 for kids) and add pitchers of sparkling drinks for another $14.95.

Et Voila!

Et Voila started fall with a new brunch menu, with choices like a croque monsieur, buckwheat crepes and steak and eggs with Bordelaise. Some of the restaurant's cult favorites, like the mussel burger, are also available during brunch hours. Cocktails like a Bloody Lobster or bellinis complement ($12 for bottomless).

Kapnos

Baklava French toast and spit-roasted chicken and waffles grace the menu at Kapnos during brunch hours. There's also spiked coffee, and orzo pasta bake and more.

Bar Charley

Just this week, Bar Charley announced its new brunch menu, which debuts Saturday. There's a prix fixe option that includes a basket of cheddar biscuits for the table, a choice of entree, and the choices of bottomless Mimosas, Bloody Marys, Bloody Beers (Schlitz and house-made bloody mix), Schlitz tallboys or Zeke's Coffee, all for $23.95. There's also an a la carte menu with items such as French toast and roasted mushroom omelette.

City Tap House

City Tap House also kicks off its first brunch service this weekend. Look for such dishes as foie gras French toast, chicken and waffles, pizzas, a bottomless brunch bar (with Bloody Marys and mimosas) and more.

Osteria Morini

This Navy Yard restaurant is offering dishes like a mortadella frittata, ricotta pancakes with whipped marscapone, and other items. The restaurant will also have a play on Eggs Benedict served on a tigelle bread. There are DIY mimosas, pastries and brunch cocktails as well.

Urban Butcher

Brunch at Urban Butcher allows diners to branch out beyond meat (though there are still carnivore-friendly items like crispy pig tails and steak frites). Expect brioche French Toast, scrambled eggs with broccoli rabe, a smoked trout omelet and more.

Alba Osteria

Alba Osteria's brunch features a mix of Italian-inspired dishes and breakfast classics. There are several options for diners: a bottomless food and drink option for $29.95, a variety of a la carte items, and the ability to add bottomless cocktails for $18 per person to any orders.Some of the brunch offerings include fried eggs and meatballs, egg white frittatas, brunch pizzas and Monte Cristo sandwiches with egg. There's live music, too.

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Red Apron Butchery

Red Apron's weekend menu is brunch-friendly, whether a diner is seeking more breakfast-like or lunch-like items. There are sandwiches, tigelle breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs, scrapple and burgers. They open at 9 a.m.

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