!["The Gooch": Boomsma young genever gin, Lillet, ripped sage, Gmork, Gruner Veltliner Grassfed Beef Tenderlion Schiacciatta with crostini, egg, market greens, red onion, pecorino nuts, and white truffle oil. At The Strip Club Meat & Fish in St. Paul, Minn. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com, March 7, 2012, Minneapolis, Minn, Vita.mn, Beyond The Bloody Mary Drink ORG XMIT: MIN2012092514030761](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/Z6TLW3CXY2NHLCZDOWBIMMDLUI.jpg?&w=1080)
There's something for everyone at the charming Harriet Brasserie, with choices along the lines of cheddar grits with crayfish and andouille sausage, a fully loaded crab Benedict and a pretty salad version of a smoked salmon-cream cheese bagel, with most prices falling in the $9-$11 range. 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
2724 W. 43rd St., Mpls., 612-354-2197, www.harrietbrasserie.com
Night owl Nightingale is now in the brunch business, and the $9-$13 menu is full of delicious ideas: shrimp with white grits, chive biscuits with ham and a mushroom gravy, masa cakes with slow-roasted pork shoulder and poached eggs and flapjacks with rhubarb compote. The bar keeps up with a half-dozen $8 midday cocktails. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
2551 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-354-7060, www.nightingalempls.com
At the Strip Club Meat & Fish, chef JD Fratzke caters to morning-after appetites with steak and eggs, a towering pancake-fried egg-ham stack, a marvelous duck confit hash, a breakfast BLT, curry-teased deviled eggs and more, with most prices in the $12-and-under range. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
378 Maria Av., St. Paul, 651-793-6247, www.domeats.com
RICK NELSON
