Heist Brunch

When Holly Whittle and other sorority sisters of mine came into town to celebrate the Guffey/Barbee marriage, we knew it was the perfect opportunity to get together and do what all trendy people in their 20s like to do on Sunday mornings—go get brunch.

I had heard from friends that a new-ish brewery in NoDa—Heist—had an amazing brunch deal for $15 brunch buffet and $10 bottomless mimosas. That’s right. Unlimited champagne and orange juice heaven.

I knew there would be a wait so we decided to show up early to try to get space. I told everyone else to meet up at 12:00PM because in North Carolina you CAN’T SERVE ALCOHOL until noon on Sundays. 

Before noon is God’s time, and then it can be booze time the rest of the day.

It turns out for a table of 20 people, you’re going to have to wait over 2 hours. I noticed for others coming in with 2-6 people, it was taking anywhere between 30 minutes-1 hour so that’s not too bad.

But the wait was so worth it.

Our waiter had a mustache—typical NoDa.

The food—oh my gosh—the food. The whole back bar area is food buffets that include breakfast foods like eggs, sausage, and bacon, but also rum-soaked pineapple, flatbread breakfast pizza and more. The lunch stations had BBQ chicken legs, amazing mashed potatoes, & steak & veggie kebobs. Let’s not forget the oyster bar [which I heard was good but I couldn’t bring myself to try] and a waffle bar which was heaven on a plate.

And yes, as you can tell from our smiling and laughing faces, they kept those mimosas flowing for us the whole time. Six mimosas later, I definitely felt like I got way more than my $10 worth. Adrienne got the bloody mary, and ay caramba, my taste of it was delicious. I didn’t even know I liked bloody marys until I tried this one.

As a side note—I’ve also been here for late night drinks. Their beer cocktails are phenomenal [beer with liquor, liquer, or other mix-ins], and I’ve heard their late night small plates are even better, although we didn’t try them.

To round it out: I love the building, I love this brewery, and I love this brunch.