Food and Drink Jan 7, 2013 at 10:14 am

Monday Morning Pointless Office Argument of the Day: When Does Brunch Start and End?

Wm. Steven Humphrey
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Traditionally, brunch should be about 10:30 or 11.

However, brunch has gone from being small meal between a breakfast for early risers and lunch to being "breakfast for people too fucking lazy to wake up in time for breakfast", so I'd say about 2. What time does Pine State Biscuits on Belmont close? That's the end of brunch.
Aestro on January 7, 2013 at 10:50 AM Report this
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Brunch entails the four hours prior to 12:59pm. Basically 9am-1pm = brunch
arenit on January 7, 2013 at 12:06 PM Report this
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Is that the same as "elevensies"? Oh, hell, we're Americans, we'll eat any time, our world is just one big Denny's.
Todd Mecklem on January 7, 2013 at 12:11 PM Report this
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I wasn't being a Tolkien nerd (for once), I was just botching a reference to "elevenses."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevenses
Todd Mecklem on January 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM Report this
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It's 12:30 and I haven't had breakfast yet. What meal am I about to eat?? I'm so confused now!!!
Chris Freeman on January 7, 2013 at 12:33 PM Report this
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The answer is in the name. Neither breakfast nor lunch, but rather the space in between. 76% of you (respondents so far) apparently think lunch starts after 3:00 pm. You're wrong. You may be eating breakfast food, but if you're doing it after about 11:30 am, you're eating it during the lunch meal. In related news, I love me some cereal and toast at night. But shockingly, it's still dinner, not breakfast or brunch.
Mike Tyson on January 7, 2013 at 12:34 PM Report this
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Lunch is the meal eaten in the middle of the day. Sure, that might mean noon if you woke up at 6, or it can be 3 if you woke up at 9. And if you're eating brunch, you probably woke up after 9.
Andy Mesa on January 8, 2013 at 2:18 AM Report this

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