Be About It

The Concept

Last year a group of friends set out to find the best brunch place in DC.

Because, let’s be honest, brunch is the best meal of the week. What other meal offers you bottomless alcohol? So every weekend for 3 months we sampled eggs, breakfast pizzas, steaks and of course, mimosas, to see which DC brunch place tops them all.

The idea was conceived by my good friend and avid bruncher, Ruth, for her birthday. To have the ultimate birthday brunch we would go out each week in the hopes of finding the best, in order to celebrate the best. It’s called Brunch Quest. Be About it.

It was so much fun that we are doing it again, (and again), and launching this blog to track our fun and share our reviews with DC and the wider brunching population.

The Rules

To make it on the Brunch Quest list, the spot has to meet the following criteria:

1.       Be highly rated online by foodies such as the Bitches who Brunch

2.       Offer bottomless mimosas

After each brunch, we rate the meal and experience based on 4 categories: Food, Drinks, Service, and Price.  And in a friendly twist, rate the person to your left as a brunch partner (punctuality, conversation, and attractiveness are a few suggested categories to consider). Ratings are on a 1 to 5 scale (1 being the worst and 5 being the best). Below, we share the final scores of last year’s Quest, based on the averages of those in attendance:

Pulpo	4.54
Scion	4.52
Medium Rare	4.39
Masa 14	4.21
El Centro	4.19
Local 16	4.13
Lavagna	4.11
Ardeo Bardeo	4.06
Level 1	4.04
Getaway	3.97
Lincoln	3.89
Wonderland	3.50
Veranda	3.48
Station 4	3.31

Pulpo came out on top by a very small margin. But we actually wound up at Scion for the birthday brunch because it was better suited for a large birthday crowd.

Brunch Quest 2014: Still About It

We’ve got t-shirts (last year’s in the picture above), and we’re ready for another round of carbonated vitamin C. Coming up this year is a whole new list of restaurants. We’ll post our detailed reviews each week here on this blog.

Though the Quest is February to May, some of us more committed folk have completed a few off-season work-outs this fall and winter. Reviews of those brunches will follow shortly.

We’re really excited for this year’s Quest, and we hope you’ll follow along. If you see us on the trail, come over and say hey. #stillaboutit