From buffets to benedicts, here’s where to find Easter brunch around Pierce Co.
Easter Sunday is approaching fast — falling on April 5 this year. If you’re trying to plan an Easter brunch, The News Tribune has you covered.
This list includes restaurants that regularly serve brunch, restaurants that will offer special brunch service just for the occasion and restaurants offering special buffets and Easter festivities.
Here are some places to check out this Easter Sunday, around Pierce County.
Duke’s Seafood
- 3327 Ruston Way, Tacoma
- 253-752-5444
- dukesseafood.com/locations/tacoma
Duke’s only does brunch two days a year — Easter Sunday and Mother’s Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the local seafood chain will offer a brunch menu consisting of different eggs benedicts (including lobster, crab and shrimp variations), a Dungeness Crab Louie salad, a crab melt, filet mignon and the Duketail, a bloody mary garnished with two jumbo shrimp. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made online.
Charlie’s Restaurant & Lounge
- 113 E. Main Ave., Puyallup
- 253-845-0588
- charliesofpuyallup.com
This family-friendly restaurant in Puyallup will offer a brunch buffet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Easter Sunday, featuring prime rib, glazed ham, eggs benedict, Belgian waffles, seafood, fruit, a salad bar and more. It’s $50 a person for adults, $40 for seniors and $20 for kids. Bottomless mimosas are available for $12. Reservations are required and can be made by phone.
Stanley and Seafort’s
- 115 E. 34th St., Tacoma
- 253-473-7300
- stanleyandseaforts.com
This Tacoma landmark doesn’t usually offer brunch but will break that rule Easter Sunday, opening early at 10:30 a.m. The two-course prix fixe brunch menu is $32 a person and includes a choice of entrée and dessert. Entrées are Canadian bacon or crab cake eggs benedicts, prime rib hash, a caprese omelet, traditional breakfast and cinnamon French toast. Desserts are a fresh fruit plate, crème brûlée, key lime pie and a flourless chocolate tart. A three-course prix fixe dinner menu is also available for $61 a person, with choices like crab-and-artichoke dip, Oysters Rockefeller and herb-crusted prime rib.
Table 47
- 5268 Point Fosdick Dr., Gig Harbor
- 253-857-4777
- t47.com
This Gig Harbor restaurant, which recently brought back its brunch offerings, will go all out for Easter Sunday, with an egg hunt, a visit from the Easter Bunny and more. Brunch will be served for extended hours, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and includes three different kinds of eggs benedicts (ham, smoked salmon or veggie), shrimp and grits, cheddar biscuits and gravy, chicken and waffles, breakfast burgers, and sweets like zeppoles (fried dough balls with powdered sugar and fruit compote), Belgian waffles, a giant cinnamon roll and brioche French toast. The egg hunt will commence at 11 a.m., and photos with the Easter Bunny will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunch reservations are highly recommended and can be made by phone or online.
Later in the afternoon, there will be Easter-themed magic shows at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the magic show are available online at Eventbrite.
Woven Seafood and Chophouse
- 3017 Ruston Way, Tacoma
- 253-650-9500
- eatwoven.com
This upscale, waterfront restaurant from the Puyallup Tribe will offer an Easter brunch buffet with quite a few options. Guests will find a fruit and salad station, a mini waffle and pancake bar, a shrimp and oyster bar, a build-your-own poke bowl station and a sushi station. For the meat lovers, there will be a carving station with options like kalua pig, shoyu chicken and braised short ribs. It’s $135 a person for adults, and $35 a person for kids 12 and under. You can reserve your spot online.
Chez Lafayette Creole Brasserie
- 1101 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma
- 253-408-7037
- https://www.instagram.com/chez.lafayette/
Chez Lafayette will offer a number of specials Easter Sunday, including seafood au gratin (creamy crab topped with pecorino and served with house-made crackers), sticky toffee French toast and braised oxtail served over dirty rice with pickliz (pickled cabbage slaw). Those will be offered alongside the regular brunch menu, which includes eggs benedict, shrimp and grits, crepes and crawfish hushpuppies.
Le Sel Bistro
- 229 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma
- 253-327-1015
- leselbistro.com
This small, French-inspired restaurant in Tacoma’s Stadium District offers brunch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day. The menu includes five types of eggs benedict (pork belly, smoked salmon, traditional ham, veggie and bacon, avocado, tomato), along with omelets, breakfast sandwiches, quiche and other bites like banana French toast, avocado-and-smoked salmon toast and warm brie. Reservations are recommended and can be made online.
Lobster Shop
- 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma
- 253-759-2165
- lobstershop.com
While Lobster Shop won’t be serving brunch, the seafood restaurant will be offering a special three-course menu for lunch and dinner on April 4 and 5. For $80 a person, you’ll get a choice of a starter, either lobster bisque or a field greens salad, an entrée of prime rib or crab-crusted salmon, and a dessert, with options of a berries-and-cream tart or vanilla crème brûlée.
