Best Sunday Brunch

Rosie's is just a nice place to be. Their lanai is big and cool and blessed with a funky Hawaii-lite aesthetic that somehow demands a mimosa (which they serve in French, Italian, and Grand varieties, the last involving Grand Marnier). And at brunch-time - unlike, say, any other moment of the week - Rosie's is quiet enough that you can actually hear your tablemates. Not that you'll want to. Rosie's brunch menu is filled with things that are a lot more appealing than a hung-over attempt at conversation. Like Miss Truny's Deep-Dish Southern Style Not-So-French Toast, baked with a pecan-praline glaze, or The Nelly Frittata, an egg-white frittata with sausage, chicken, bacon, spanish onions, and red and green peppers. This is actually more delicious than it sounds, even when your stomach is doing loop-de-loops in flight from last night's excesses. Heavy fare like this has a wonderful stabilizing effect. But there's light stuff, too-fried green tomatoes with avocado, a delicious Greek omelet called The Un-Teeny Santorini, and a Belgian waffle topped with bananas, pineapple, mango, blueberries, and whipped cream that goes down like a confection and may even be healthy.