If you love a good Easter brunch but want to skip the hassle of cooking, here are 10 Charlotte restaurants offering reservations next Sunday, April 20.

🍷 DTR SouthPark will offer brunch Sunday 11am-3pm.

• DTR Plaza Midwood will host Easter brunch Saturday and Sunday.

🍡 Mizu will serve a tapas-style brunch from 11am-2:30pm.

🥩 Oak Steakhouse will serve brunch 11am-3pm, with both individual entrees and entrees for the table.

🇨🇺 El Puro Cuban Restaurant will host an easter egg hunt and live music at their family day from 12-4pm.

🍾 Mimosa Grill will host its signature Easter buffet from 10am-3pm.

🌆 Fahrenheit will serve brunch 10:30am-3pm. It's $65 for adults, $15 for kids (five-13). Kids under five eat free.

🍝 Angeline's Italian-inspired brunch will run 10am-2pm. It's $48 per adult and $25 for children 12 and under.

🥩 Steak 48 will serve their full menu and have extended hours from noon to 10pm.

🦀 L'Ostrica will host a brunch from 11am-2am, with dishes like a hanger steak and frites, crab cake Benedict and various pastries.

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Humane Society of Charlotte's Pet Palooza 2025 is today at Truist Field in Uptown from 10am-3pm.

What to expect: A family-friendly festival with dogs in costumes, a photo booth, food trucks, a walk through Uptown, a pet-focused vendor market, and of course, lots of pets.

Context: This is Pet Palooza's 27th year. Proceeds support the Humane Society's programs, like sheltering and medical care.

If you go: Entry is $10. Kids 10 and under are free.

• The walk will kick off the festival at 10am.
• Find Truist Field at 324 S Mint St.

Yes, and: You can also support local shelter dogs by adopting or doing a daycation or staycation with CMPD Animal Care & Control, whose kennels are currently full.

Babaloo Coffee Club in South End recently dropped a fresh batch of spring drinks.

Sip on this: Highlights from the Springtime Collection include a tiramisu latte, matcha lemonade, banana matcha, and dalgona coffee that's made with coconut water and sea salt caramel.

If you go: To celebrate the drink launch, they're hosting a morning cafe set with local DJs today at 10am.

Stop by: Find Babaloo at 1425 Winnifred St., next to YAY Yogurt and Yuca.

• They're open Monday-Friday 7am-4pm and Saturday-Sunday 8am-4pm.

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The Supperland Speakeasy will launch its next cocktail tasting menu, "Pre-Prohibition: The Golden Age of Cocktails," on April 17.

What to expect: A four-course tasting menu and cocktail pairing with drinks that were common before prohibition in the U.S. — think Old Fashioneds and Manhattans.

If you go: Reservations are required, and tickets are $175.

• Seatings run 6pm and 8:30pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through June 14.

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