Brunch—it’s our favorite meal. Happily for local residents, Chestnut Hill has a multitude of brunch spots to hit up when your workweek is done. Enjoy one this weekend as part of Second Sunday festivities, featuring brunch promotions, free parking, end-of-summer sales and free admission for kids at Morris Arboretum! Check out our lineup of spots to get your brunch on:
Cake
8501 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-247-6887
We’ve got our eyes on Brioche French Toast with fresh strawberries, vanilla mascarpone & Lancaster maple syrup at this cute spot in the home of a former conservatory. Find Cake’s brunch menu here.
Campbell’s Place
8337 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-242-1818
A burger for brunch? Sounds like a plan, especially when it’s the Breakfast Burger at Campbell’s Place, a house-made Angus burger with fried egg, scrapple, and American cheese. See the whole brunch menu here.
Chestnut Grill & Sidewalk Cafe
8229 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-247-7570
Put some spice into your weekend with Huevos Rancheros! Cheddar and jack cheeses, homemade refried beans, salsa verde, rice, avocado and chipotle crème with your choice of eggs sit atop corn tortillas in this stellar dish at Chestnut Grill & Sidewalk Cafe. More brunch ideas here.
Heirloom
8705 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-242-2700
Maybe you’re a salad person. Heirloom has a Crab & Shrimp Chop Salad on its brunch menu—with the added touch of candied bacon. Isn’t everything better with bacon? The restaurant’s Beet & Nectarine Salad is another great veggie option; find our recent tasting report on brunch at Heirloom here.
Iron Hill Brewery
8400 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-948-5600
Soups, pizza, sandwiches, even a gluten-free menu … Iron Hill has it all! Everyone in your group will find something to love when you visit the brewpub and restaurant. Wash it all down with one of Iron Hill’s seasonal beers; find the current lineup here.
Mica
8609 Germantown Avenue; phone: 267-335-3912
Brunch is available at Chef Chip Roman’s chic eatery only on Second Sundays. Visit the restaurant from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. to enjoy all your favorite brunch items, kicked up a notch with a seasonal, local flair. Call the restaurant to find out what’s on the menu this weekend.
Night Kitchen Bakery
7725 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-248-9235
Satisfy your sweet tooth with individual tarts, cupcakes, cookies, bars and brownies at the bakery counter. Or sit down and dive into Night Kitchen’s Duck Salad, a D’Artagnan smoked duck breast with Shellbark Hollow Farm goat cheese toasts and caramelized onions. Find the cafe menu here.
Roller’s Expresso
8341 Germantown Avenue; phone: 215-247-7715
Made-from-scratch pancakes and Swedish eggs scrambled with smoked salmon, scallions and cream cheese, plus local La Colombe coffee, bring hungry brunchers to Roller’s Expresso each weekend. Check out menu highlights here.
Top of the Hill Cafe
184 W. Evergreen Avenue; phone: 215-248-6009
Feast on fresh, homemade food while dining under summer skies in Top of the Hill’s outdoor courtyard. Find an incredible list of sandwiches, salads and much more here.
Valley Green Inn
Valley Green Road at Wissahickon Creek; phone: 215-247-1730
Sweet Potato Pancakes with smoked strawberry preserves and pistachio praline butter. Crabcake Benedict with caviar. Pinch us, we must be dreaming! Add in a Valley Green Inn Bloody Mary or Mimosa, and you’ll definitely be hooked on this fabulous brunch menu.
Top of the Hill photo credit: Top of the Hill. Other photo credits: Nina Lea Photography.
