America’s 15 Best Cities for Brunch Lovers

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on LawnStarter.

Where in the U.S. can you get top-tier brunch with bottomless mimosas?

We’ve got you covered with 2023’s Best Cities for Brunch Lovers.

To mark National Brunch Month in April, LawnStarter compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on five categories broken down into eight metrics. We looked at brunch deals, brunch clubs, and brunch vendor quality to name a few.

Dig into our rankings and discover where to get the best brunch below. To learn how we ranked the cities, see our methodology at the end.

1. New York, NY

• Overall Score: 70.593
• Access Rank: 3
• Quality Rank: 75
• Community Rank: 1
• Events Rank: 2
• Demand Rank: 1

2. San Francisco, CA

• Overall Score: 49.798
• Access Rank: 2
• Quality Rank: 19
• Community Rank: 10
• Events Rank: 20
• Demand Rank: 5

3. Chicago, IL

• Overall Score: 47.129
• Access Rank: 7
• Quality Rank: 18
• Community Rank: 6
• Events Rank: 6
• Demand Rank: 2

4. Denver, CO

• Overall Score: 45.885
• Access Rank: 20
• Quality Rank: 21
• Community Rank: 15
• Events Rank: 1
• Demand Rank: 10

5. Miami, FL

• Overall Score: 41.722
• Access Rank: 1
• Quality Rank: 125
• Community Rank: 42
• Events Rank: 47
• Demand Rank: 15

6. New Orleans, LA

• Overall Score: 40.918
• Access Rank: 33
• Quality Rank: 1
• Community Rank: 42
• Events Rank: 32
• Demand Rank: 22

7. Las Vegas, NV

• Overall Score: 40.751
• Access Rank: 10
• Quality Rank: 24
• Community Rank: 42
• Events Rank: 4
• Demand Rank: 15

8. San Diego, CA

• Overall Score: 38.727
• Access Rank: 30
• Quality Rank: 11
• Community Rank: 7
• Events Rank: 16
• Demand Rank: 13

9. Savannah, GA

• Overall Score: 38.225
• Access Rank: 43
• Quality Rank: 2
• Community Rank: 72
• Events Rank: 41
• Demand Rank: 52

10. Charleston, SC

• Overall Score: 37.818
• Access Rank: 50
• Quality Rank: 3
• Community Rank: 18
• Events Rank: 63
• Demand Rank: 4

11. Washington, D.C.

• Overall Score: 37.026
• Access Rank: 6
• Quality Rank: 141
• Community Rank: 2
• Events Rank: 9
• Demand Rank: 7

12. Seattle, WA

• Overall Score: 36.483
• Access Rank: 9
• Quality Rank: 40
• Community Rank: 15
• Events Rank: 36
• Demand Rank: 6

13. Portland, OR

• Overall Score: 35.872
• Access Rank: 24
• Quality Rank: 26
• Community Rank: 13
• Events Rank: 12
• Demand Rank: 17

14. Los Angeles, CA

• Overall Score: 35.853
• Access Rank: 22
• Quality Rank: 51
• Community Rank: 9
• Events Rank: 10
• Demand Rank: 3

15. Atlanta, GA

• Overall Score: 35.711
• Access Rank: 17
• Quality Rank: 124
• Community Rank: 3
• Events Rank: 3
• Demand Rank: 9

Methodology

First, we determined the factors (metrics) that are most relevant to the Best Cities for Brunch Lovers.

We then assigned a weight to each factor based on its importance and grouped those factors into five categories: Access, Quality, Community, Events, and Demand. The categories and factors are listed below.

• Brunch Vendors per Square Mile
• Number of Local Brunch Deals
• Average Consumer Rating for Brunch Vendors
• Share of Highly Rated (4.5+ Stars) Brunch Vendors (With 10+ Reviews)
• Average Number of Reviews per Brunch Vendor
• Number of Brunch Clubs
• Number of Brunch Events
• Average Monthly Google Searches for Brunch-Related Keywords Over Past Year

Finally, we calculated scores (out of 100 points) for each city to determine its rank in each factor, each category, and overall.

A city’s Overall Score is the average of its scores across all factors and categories. The highest Overall Score was ranked “Best” (No. 1).