Eats and Drinks
Best Brunch
Blue Moon Café
1621 Aliceanna St., (410) 522-3940
We woke up early one recent Saturday, bleary and famished, and began considering our brunch options. We called the Blue Moon, uncertain if they'd be open. "Oh, we've been pumping for hours," an employee reassured us. In fact, unlike some brunch-servers in town, the Blue Moon serves brunch during breakfast hours--say, 7 A.M. (They're open till 3 P.M. and--also unlike their competitors--serve brunch every day.) And so down to Fells Point we drove, falling into the café's welcoming embrace--its warm, fragrant atmosphere, always spiced with music that's relaxing but not sleepy (Tom Petty and the Beatles were in the CD changer that day); its almost motherly service; and most of all, its food: its omelets, its crepes, its pancakes, its mile-high biscuits, its fruit smoothies, its Mexican sausage, and its garden eggs (scrambled eggs studded with veggies and crispy hash browns and blanketed with cheddar). All this plus great coffee and the Blue Moon's famous big-as-your-head cinnamon rolls.
Other Awards for Best Brunch:
the Wine Market, 9/16/2009
Gertrude's, 9/17/2008
Two Sisters Grille, 9/19/2007
Red Star, 9/20/2006
Midtown Yacht Club, 9/21/2005
Kooper’s Tavern, 9/22/2004
Ze Mean Bean Café, 9/19/2001
Café Pangea, 9/15/1999
Blue Moon Café, 9/17/1997
Loco Hombre, 9/18/1996
All Awards for Blue Moon Café:
Best Breakfast, 9/19/2007
Best Weekday Brunch, 9/22/2004
Best Brunch, City, 9/18/2002
Best Breakfast, 9/19/2001
Best Brunch, 9/17/1997