Buckwheat pancakes, fried bucksnort trout with jalapeño relish, crispy potatoes with habanero aioli and queso fresco, and natural wine keep brunch fans coming back to Lou, the hip, Parisian-inspired East Nashville cafe from chef Mailea Weger. Interesting non-alcoholic drinks like an NA sparkling amaro and a variety of High Garden teas don’t hurt, either.

The Sunday brunch at this East Nashville bakery comes with a side of jazz music — and while there’s plenty for your ears to feast on, there’s just a much for your appetite as well. The breakfast ($23) and dinner ($27) menu is dished up buffet-style with eggs, fried chicken, neck bones and sauerkraut, fish and grits, and donut casserole to load up on. You can combine both breakfast and dinner menus for $36, but you’ll be limited to 90 minutes. Kids under eight eat free.

Hearts, an all-day Melbourne, Australia-inspired cafe, is the brainchild of Kate Ross, Michael McIlroy, and Sam Ross (the latter two brought cocktail destination Attaboy to Nashville in 2017). This East Nashville hang is a neighborhood brunch favorite, with the smashed avocado toast with sweet corn, jalapeño, and red onion ranking high on the must-order list. But the popular Turkish eggs with garlic yogurt and twice-baked French toast are also winners. You can also find a second location in 12 South.

East Nashville’s minimalist den of wood-fired Asian dishes has opened up both its indoor dining space outdoor patio for Sunday brunch service. You’ll find some of Noko’s greatest dinnertime hits on the menu (i.e. the hamachi crudo and salmon carpaccio), along with new dishes like the Japanese fried chicken and waffles and the Noko All-Star Breakfast with Filipino sweet sausage, eggs, waffle, and hash browns. Check out the ube colada — a riff off the piña colada with coconut ube cream, pineapple, and rum.

A Charleston-born restaurant that has become an East Nashville destination, Butcher & Bee has a lovely patio for brunch. It’s best to start with the crowd-favorite whipped feta; from there, move on to Bubie’s short stack, two griddled pancakes with chocolate tahini maple. Or opt for another Butcher & Bee specialty, the avocado crispy rice with collards, peanuts, and serrano chiles (for a brunch-y twist, add an egg for an additional $2.50).

The Nashville location of this beachy chain is ground zero for boozy brunches and bachelorette-watching near Broadway — complete with a swinging bed, a rooftop, and endless Instagram photo ops. For instance, you can order large-format frosés served in seashells, espresso martinis topped with edible gold glitter, and bloody marys. Meanwhile, Hampton Social’s food menu has both savory and sweet options, including seafood towers, avocado toast, and bananas foster French toast.

Brian Riggenbach and partner Mikey Corona moved to Nashville in 2016 to open the Mockingbird with long-time friend Maneet Chauhan — and the Gulch restaurant has been a brunch staple ever since. The whimsical decor matches the fun energy from the menu — exhibit a: plastic bags filled with sparkling wine and a straw; exhibit b: cream cheese-stuffed bagel balls coated in everything spice. (Honorable mention goes to the vanilla brioche French toast.) If the donuts are on the menu, be sure to place an order.

Suzy Wong’s Drag’n Brunch puts it all out there in the name: The boisterous restaurant does drag shows with brunch. And you can thank chef Arnold Myint — aka Suzy Wong — for it. Make reservations for one of its Friday through Sunday seatings, and you’ll simultaneously secure shared apps (like beignets and biscuits and gravy) and mains such as katsu chicken and waffles or a breakfast hash.

One of the city’s more stylish spots to stay, the Thompson Hotel houses two restaurants: one more polished, the other more upbeat. Marsh House is an all-day kitchen specializing in seafood-forward dishes steered by Southern flavors. Brunch is a daily affair here (yep, seven days a week) with chargrilled (or raw) oysters alongside cast-iron cinnamon rolls and fried oyster benedicts until 2 p.m. Or, you can opt to make it a party-style brunch at L.A. Jackson, the indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, where glittered chicken and large-format cocktails await.

The vibe at Common Ground isn’t fancy or over-the-top, and that’s okay — the focus is on the food landing on your table. The carrot cake French toast is a crowd favorite here, but the short ribs and eggs hit the spot when you’re in a more savory mood. A former Patterson House bartender and a Yolan sommelier run the show at this Sylvan Park hang — i.e., order a cocktail with brunch, like the AM Smash with bourbon, apricot, mint, lemon, and sparkling rose. You can also find a second location serving brunch in Berry Hill with an expansive patio for enjoying your meal outdoors.

Billy Dec’s pan-Asian Sunda, a chic Chicago import in the Gulch, offers a refreshing outside-the-box brunch option, moving beyond Music City’s usual hot chicken biscuit suspects. Try Filipino-inspired silog breakfast plates, ube waffles, creative sushi rolls, and an utterly absurd splurge cocktail: the massive 32-ounce Sumo Mary topped with tocino grilled cheese, a pork belly bao bun, a baked snow crab hand roll, lumpia egg rolls, and more.