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The Morning After Gave Us All We Love About Brunch

By Philip Kingston

Feb 10, 2020

I’m not the biggest brunch guy. I feel like maybe later in life I’ll get there because I certainly love traditional brunch items, and day drinking seems like it might be fun in an alternate timeline where I don’t have so damn much to do. But Medrano is a brunch...

The Morning After is finally this Saturday.

This Weekend: Croissants in East Dallas, The Morning After at the Farmers Market and Lao Food in The Cedars

By Taylor Adams

Feb 5, 2020

Start your weekend by trying four brews from North Texas breweries paired with mini cheesecakes from Dandelion Cheesecakes. Expect gooseberry elderflower with Manhattan Project’s Half Life, strawberry with Bitter Sisters’ Family Trip, dark chocolate-raspberry with Panther Island’s Sweet Fang and bananas Foster with Oak Highlands' DF Dub. What: Cheesecake and...

Hold on to your gravy boats: the Morning After brunch fest is back Feb. 8

Morning After’s Just About 2 Weeks Away (and It Can't Come Quickly Enough)

By Taylor Adams

Jan 21, 2020

Out of the food events the Observer does, I hear many people talk specifically about how they love the brunch event. Morning After takes over part of the Dallas Farmers Market to bring us some fantastic bites from a meal that’s become a highlight of our week. Even if you’re...

Here’s Your Lineup for the 2020 Morning After Brunch Event

By Taylor Adams

Jan 7, 2020

If there's one thing we hear when talking to local restaurateurs, it's this: Dallas loves brunch. To celebrate that, we're all going to sip brunch cocktails and try the best brunch foods our city has to offer at the Dallas Observer's annual Morning After festival. This event won't take over...

AllGood Cafe cooked up one of our favorite bites this year: fresh biscuits with local jalapeno jelly.

The Best Bites From the Morning After, Dallas' Annual Brunch Fest

By Beth Rankin

Feb 11, 2019

On Saturday morning, nearly 2,500 people converged on Dallas Farmers Market for the third annual brunch fest the Morning After, bringing dozens of Dallas restaurants together to celebrate all things brunch. It was a cold, blustery day — Did we spot a little snow flurry, or had we just had...

Waffle aficionados, now's your chance to get a deal on tickets to the Morning After.

Check Out the Final Lineup for the Morning After Brunch Fest

By Beth Rankin

Jan 22, 2019

We all know that Dallas loves brunch — but did you know that Dallas has its own dedicated brunch festival? The Morning After, a Dallas Observer brunch event, takes over Dallas Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, and this year's lineup is the best...

The Morning After returns to Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday, Feb. 9

Mot Hai Ba, Barley & Board Join the Morning After Brunch Fest Lineup

By Beth Rankin

Jan 3, 2019

On Feb. 9, we celebrate the only meal of the day that matters: brunch. The Morning After, an annual Dallas Observer food fest celebrating the best in brunch food and booze, is once again taking over the Dallas Farmers Market, and this year's lineup is pretty stacked. Check out the...

Good Gravy: Presale Starts Today for Brunch Festival the Morning After

By Beth Rankin

Dec 7, 2018

Wondering what to gift the brunch-lover on your Christmas list? We've got an idea: Presale starts today for the 2019 edition of the Morning After, a Dallas Observer brunch festival taking over the Dallas Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. A $30 presale ticket gets...

The Best Bites From This Weekend's Sold-Out Brunch Fest, the Morning After

By Beth Rankin

Feb 19, 2018

Doughnuts, chicken and waffles, French toast, mimosas, biscuits and gravy, bloody marys — if you made it to Saturday's sold-out brunch festival the Morning After, you, too, likely ate your bodyweight in breakfast foods from some of the city's best brunch institutions. Fest-goers got to vote for their favorite brunch...

A scene from the 2017 Morning After brunch event.

What to Do This Weekend: The Morning After Brunch Festival and a Lunar New Year Market

By Kathryn DeBruler

Feb 14, 2018

Scardello's chocolate, cheese and bubbles tasting is the perfect event to mask emotional pain. What better coping mechanism is there than a curated collection of food and alcohol? This Lonely Hearts Edition of Scardello's multi-day tasting involves some special pairings and solo-style treats. Tickets are $45 and selling fast, just...

Think Your Brunch Is Best? Prove It: Last Call For Vendors at the Morning After, a Brunch Event

By City of Ate

Jan 22, 2018

Last year's inaugural brunch affair, the Morning After — a festival showing off the city's best not-quite-breakfast, not-quite-lunch eats — sold out weeks in advance. This year's fest looks equally popular; VIP tickets already sold out. But before we throw down on a cornucopia of biscuits and Champagne at Dallas...

Brunch is coming, and it's got a festival.

Look Who's Coming to Brunch for The Morning After, Dallas' Biggest Brunch Festival

By Beth Rankin

Jan 2, 2018

Epic brunch festival The Morning After will once again take over Dallas Farmers Market on Sunday, Feb. 17, with tasty bites from more than 30 of Dallas' best brunch spots. Attendees get to sample unlimited brunch bites and sip eight cocktail, Champagne or beer samples because this is brunch, and...

Last year, Dallas brunch fans swarmed Dallas Farmers Market for a taste of the city's best brunch offerings. The fest returns this year on Feb. 17.

It Sold Out Last Year, but It's Back: Grab Presale Tickets for the Morning After, a Brunch Festival

By Beth Rankin

Dec 5, 2017

Last year, the first Dallas Observer brunch festival the Morning After was a hit — such a hit that the festival sold out weeks before the event. Now it's back, and Dallas brunch fans who want a taste of the fun can snag tickets early in a presale that begins...

Dallas seriously digs brunch, as evidenced by the turnout at the first-ever Morning After brunch festival.

Dallas' First Brunch Fest Was a Hit

By Beth Rankin

Feb 13, 2017

More than 2,000 brunch fans filed into the Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday afternoon for the Morning After, a Dallas Observer festival that featured all things brunch. Lines at the sold-out festival did get long, but most moved quickly, and the Champagne flowed all morning long. Two dishes in particular...

If you didn't snag tickets for this weekend's Morning After brunch fest, you're out of luck — but you can see what you missed out on using the hashtag #MorningAfterDAL.

This Weekend's Best Food Events: 50 Shades of Dark Beer, Free Bao and Dallas' First Brunch Fest

By Beth Rankin

Feb 9, 2017

Sambuca in Uptown is one of several spots hosting anti-Valentine's Day events this week, and this one involves food and drink specials and what's sure to be a rousing game of "Broken Hearts Bingo." What: Dark Hearts Happy Hour When: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 Where: Sambuca, 2120...

Brunch is Coming: A Look at the Restaurants Coming to the Morning After Brunch Fest

By Beth Rankin

Jan 5, 2017

On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Dallas Farmers Market will be transformed into a brunch-lovers' mecca filled with cornbread waffles, smoked salmon hash and bloody mary bars. If you haven't snagged tickets yet, you'd better do it soon — pre-sales were crazy, and this fest in on track to sell out...

Hold on to Your Hash Browns: Pre-Sale Starts Today for Dallas' First Brunch Festival

By Beth Rankin

Dec 13, 2016

Remember when we told you about The Morning After, Dallas' first brunch festival, coming to the Dallas Farmers Market in February? Well whip out those wallets, because pre-sale for the inaugural event starts today. This day-time brunch-sampling event — going down from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11...

Coming to Dallas in February: The Morning After, Dallas' First Brunch Festival

By Beth Rankin

Nov 29, 2016

Dallas takes brunch pretty seriously. In this city, "brunch culture" isn't just an obnoxious trendy catchphrase — it's a thing, and a big-money thing at that. Brunch draws huge crowds to weekend hotspots in restaurant-laden neighborhoods like Uptown, Deep Ellum and Oak Cliff. Now, the city is getting its first full-blown...

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