Yia Vang is launching his first full brunch at Union Hmong Kitchen on W. Lake Street. "This is a neighborhood restaurant and we want to give people a reason to wake up and come in on Sundays," he said over a spread of egg dishes punctuated by chile sauce, fresh herbs and UHK's signature sausage dressed up for brunch with a hint of maple syrup. "This isn't like a Marco Pierre White-type omelet," Vang said.
The brunch here is a coastal European, mainly Italian-influenced drawing inspiration from water-adjacent cities like Naples, Ibiza, Palermo and Valencia.
Restaurants really are bouncing back! The truest sign of that has to be that brunch is popping up at some of our favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities. Brunch is usually the last priority for a restaurant — mostly because chefs and servers are notoriously lukewarm about working it. But we’ve been impressed with the quality and popularity of places we’ve visited recently. Here are five .