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Dawn of the Dead

Your Best Brunch Bets on New Year’s Day

Someone tipped us off about your plans on the 31st. And they sound, well... good luck with that. But because we’re friends, we’ve gone ahead and found you five of the best morning-after remedies for your New Year’s Eve spectacle. Also known as: brunch.

THE ONE WITH BREAKFAST NACHOS

Today Was Made for Biscuits and Gravy

What you’ll drink: A Guavarita Slushee with guava nectar and agave wine, and the lager-and-mint-muddled Michelada Mojito.
What you’ll eat: Mini pork shanks with cornmeal waffles, biscuits with andouille-sausage gravy and nachos topped with a fried egg.
What you’ll do: Maybe regret that second order of nachos.

THE ONE WITH A VIEW

Fresh Air on a Rooftop. You Need It.

What you’ll drink: The ol’ brunch standby, bottomless mimosas.
What you’ll eat: An à la carte bounty of blueberry-lemon pancakes, grilled flatbread topped with bacon and pumpkin, and ropa vieja panini.
What you’ll do: Look out over the bay. Get philosophical about why they call it “ropa vieja.”

THE ONE WITH ALL THE STATIONS

Boundless Oysters and Tacos

What you’ll drink: Mimosas. Mojitos. Beer. Lots of it.
What you’ll eat: A winding buffet of Wagyu brisket, oysters from a shucking station, made-to-order potato gnocchi and tacos that you have content control over. Taco building is an underappreciated art.
What you’ll do: Wonder how you’ll ever wear belts again.

THE ONE WITH THE RAW EGG

Brunching by the Beach. Naturally.

What you’ll drink: A raw egg cracked into a glass of hot sauce and Worcestershire.
What you’ll eat: Alaskan king crab, truffle-roasted chicken, barbecue Berkshire pork ribs and pumpkin tartlets. All the major food groups.
What you’ll do: Listen to some flamenco. Channel you inner Stallone.

THE ONE WITH TANG

This Brunch Is Weird. You’ll Like It.

What you’ll drink: Pitchers of Tang mimosas.
What you’ll eat: Seven courses of things like mini Cap’n Crunch pancakes with condensed milk and General Tso’s chicken and waffles with scallions and maple soy sauce. Real complement to that Tang.
What you’ll do: Buy stock in powdered drink mixes.