Don’t want to cook Easter Sunday but still want a special Easter meal for you and the family? Door County residents have options.
A number of places in the Door that are regularly open on Sundays for breakfast or brunch will be open on Easter to serve their usual menus. But here are some Door County restaurants that have special Easter menus or special brunches April 5.
Sturgeon Bay
Cedar Crossing Restaurant, 336 Louisiana St. (at North Third Avenue)
The restaurant at Inn at Cedar Crossing will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a special menu that features cinnamon raisin French toast with peppered bacon; a traditional or crab cake benedict; corned beef hash with eggs and rye toast; chorizo-and-egg breakfast burrito; deep-dish quiche; and strawberry cinnamon rolls. The regular lunch menu also will be available. Reservations are recommended. 920-743-4200, innatcedarcrossing.com or facebook.com/innatcedarcrossingwi.
Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, 59 E. Oak St.
The popular Irish restaurant opens at 9 a.m. with a few special items alongside its usual breakfast menu, then offers a special Easter menu as well as its regular lunch/dinner menu from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The special breakfast items are an Easter burrito with hollandaise sauce, a Monte Cristo breakfast sandwich and a veggie skillet with eggs. The dinner menu features lamb lollipop appetizers; Wagyu prime rib, bourbon-glazed salmon, honey-glazed ham and lobster mac & cheese, with carrot cake for dessert. Reservations appreciated. 920-743-7441, kittyoreillys.com or facebook.com/kittyoreillys.
Stone Harbor Resort, 103 N. First Ave.
The resort’s Brygga Plates & Pours restaurant and bar hosts an Easter brunch buffet with Easter egg hunts for children taking place during the event. The menu includes quiche and other breakfast items, chef-carved ham and beef, smoked salmon, salads and sides, fruit and bakery. Diners also can build an omelet for an extra $3, build a bloody Mary for $10 or get bottomless mimosas for $10. $35 adults, $15 ages 12 and younger. Seatings are at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 and 2:30 p.m. and reservations are recommended. 920-746-0700 or stoneharbor-resort.com.
The Lodge at Leathem Smith, 1640 Memorial Drive
The lodge’s restaurant offers an Easter buffet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that features carved ham, turkey, leg of lamb, honey-baked chicken, stuffed pork loin, Swedish meatballs and other fish, along with side items and pasta dishes, peel-and-eat shrimp and smoked salmon, a full soup and salad bar, a breakfast station and dessert bar. $29.95 adults, $15.95 ages 5 to 10, and reservations are recommended with seats filling quickly. 920-743-5555 or facebook.com/lodgeatleathemsmith.
Scaturo’s Baking Co. & Cafe, 19 Green Bay Road
The bakery and cafe will be open on Easter with its usual Sunday brunch from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., but it also is offering a carryout-only Easter brunch platter and dessert platter to serve four to six people.
The food platter includes chorizo frittata, blueberry French toast, bacon and sausages, chicken, pastas and cheesy hash brown casserole, while the dessert platter has carrot cupcakes, pretzel torte, Biscoff banana cream cups, peanut butter Oreo cheesecake, double chocolate raspberry pie bars and glazed lemon cookies. Orders must be placed by April 3; pickup is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 5. $79.99 for both the brunch and dessert platters, $59.99 for the food platter only, $39.99 for dessert only. 920-746-8727 or scaturos.com.
Forestville
The Hen House Bar & Grill, 131 W. Main St.
Belgian trippe is part of the menu for this Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., joined by other breakfast items like scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, pancakes and French toast; broasted chicken, ham, beef tips and shrimp; hash browns and mashed potatoes with gravy; a full salad bar and desserts. $18.95 adults, $8.50 ages 5 to 12; reservations not required but appreciated for groups of six or more. 920-856-6950 or “The Hen House Bar and Grill” Facebook page.
Egg Harbor
The Log Den, 6626 State 42
The restaurant in the log building will hold an Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a wide selection of breakfast buffet items; lunch items that include honey ham, lamb, cherry BBQ chicken and lemon dill salmon; side items and a soup and salad bar; and desserts. $37.99 for adults, $14.99 ages 5 to 11, and reservations are recommended. 920-868-3888 or facebook.com/thelogden.
Contact Christopher Clough at 920-562-8900 or cclough@usatodayco.com.
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