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Brunch menu template

Eggs, the griddle, a few lunch plates, sides, brunch cocktails, and coffee. This is a sample weekend brunch menu set in Gaslamp’s Casual Café design: warm paper tones, big section names, and the price under each dish.

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A sunny weekend brunch patio under canvas umbrellas with eggs benedict and coffee
Illustrative scene. The menu on this page is a real Gaslamp render.

The real menu, first two pages

The sample runs Eggs, From the Griddle, Lunch Side of Brunch, Sides, Brunch Drinks, and Coffee and Juice. Casual Café gives each dish room, so a full brunch menu runs to four menu pages plus the cover.

Casual Café brunch menu menu template, first menu pageCasual Café brunch menu menu template, second menu page

Sample menu. Dishes and prices are examples. Want to see one on a phone? Scan a live sample menu.

  • The filePDF, 92 KB
  • Pages5, with a coverThe cover carries the name and a QR code to the live menu.
  • PaperUS Letter, portrait
  • To download and printfree
Download the brunch menu template (PDF)

No signup, no email. It is a finished sample, so it carries sample dishes. Putting your own menu into it takes the free trial. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.

What belongs on a brunch menu

Brunch is two meals and a bar on one menu. Most guests order from the eggs and the griddle; a few want lunch; the whole table wants a drink before they decide.

  1. Eggs

    Benedicts, a plain two-eggs plate, a scramble, and one baked dish. What comes with them goes in the note under the heading, once.

    • Classic benedict17
    • Two eggs any style14

  2. From the griddle

    Pancakes, French toast, and a savory one like chicken and waffles.

    • Buttermilk pancakes13
    • Chicken and waffles18

  3. The lunch side

    A burger, a salad, a breakfast burrito, for the guest who slept in and wants lunch.

    • Brunch burger18

  4. Sides

    Bacon, sausage, potatoes, fruit. Short lines, priced low, ordered by the table.

    • Thick-cut bacon6

  5. Brunch drinks

    Mimosa, Bloody Mary, a carafe for the table, and coffee and juice after. The carafe is a line of its own with the serving size.

    • Mimosa10
    • Mimosa carafe34Serves three to four

Example lines and prices show format only. They are not pricing advice.

How Casual Café sets it

Casual Café sets the section name large in a serif, a short gold rule under it, and each dish with its price in amber directly under the name. It reads like a café card, which is how brunch should feel, and the price under the name keeps long dish names from crowding it.

The design is generous, so a full brunch runs longer than one page. If you want brunch on a single sheet, trim to four sections and move drinks to their own menu. Guests do not mind flipping a brunch menu; they mind a crowded one.

The QR code prints on the cover page. On a patio, put a tent on every table; the second round of mimosas is ordered from the phone, not the paper.

Prices on a brunch menu

Brunch plates price in a tight band, and add-ons are where the arithmetic happens. A common add-on (an egg on the avocado toast) goes in the description with its price, and a bigger one is its own line in Sides.

Bottomless drink offers are regulated differently by state and city. Check your local rules before you print one; this template sells a carafe instead.

Weekend brunch and weekday breakfast are often two menus. Gaslamp does not switch menus by time of day, so keep each as its own menu with its own code and set the right tents out.

Set it up in Gaslamp

EGGS Classic Benedict 17 Poached eggs, Canadian bacon, English muffin, hollandaise Smoked Salmon Benedict 19 Spinach, capers, hollandaise Two Eggs Any Style 14 Toast, bacon or sausage FROM THE GRIDDLE Buttermilk Pancakes 13 Three cakes, maple syrup, whipped butter Brioche French Toast 15 Berries, mascarpone Chicken and Waffles 18 Fried chicken thigh, hot honey LUNCH SIDE OF BRUNCH Brunch Burger 18 Fried egg, bacon, cheddar, fries Avocado Toast 13 Sourdough, chili flake, radish, add an egg 2 Kale Caesar 14 Parmesan, croutons, add chicken 6 SIDES Thick-Cut Bacon 6 Three strips Pork Sausage 6 Two links, maple glaze Breakfast Potatoes 5 Peppers, onion
The start of the sample, as plain lines: section, dish, price, a short description. You type yours over them in the editor.
  1. 1

    Start from this brunch menu

    Pick Casual Café and start from this sample. Every section, line, and price is already in place, so you type your own over it instead of building a blank page.

  2. 2

    Type your dishes over it

    Replace each name, description, and price in the editor. Delete the lines you do not serve and add the ones you do. The layout reflows as you type.

  3. 3

    Put the sides once

    Type what comes with the eggs in the note under Eggs instead of every description. It saves a line on every dish.

  4. 4

    Publish, then print

    Publish the live menu behind one QR code that never changes, print the table tents once, and print the PDF whenever the paper copy needs to catch up.

Running it

  1. 11:40 a.m.

    Out of hollandaise base

    The second batch broke. Mark both benedicts sold out on your phone and save; the patio stops ordering them before the kitchen has to send anyone out to explain.

  2. 9:30 a.m.

    Juice price change

    Oranges went up this week. Change the fresh juice and the mimosa together before open, save, and every table’s QR menu agrees with the register.

Brunch menus, straight answers

Is this brunch menu template free?
Yes. The Casual Café PDF on this page is free to download and print, with no signup. It is a sample, so it carries sample dishes and prices. To put your own menu into the design, start the 14-day free trial, no card needed. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.
What sections should a brunch menu have?
Eggs, the griddle, a few lunch plates, sides, and drinks cover most brunch menus. The sample shows that order, with coffee and juice at the end.
Can brunch switch to lunch automatically?
No. Gaslamp does not switch menus by time of day. Keep brunch and lunch as separate menus with their own codes, or one all-day menu with both sections.
Should a brunch menu list bottomless mimosas?
Only if your state and city allow it; rules on unlimited drink offers vary. The sample prices a carafe instead.
How do I take a dish off when the kitchen runs out?
Mark it sold out in the editor and save. About thirty seconds later the menu behind your QR code shows it struck through with “Sold out”. Use the show/hide switch instead if you want it off the phone menu entirely.
How much does it cost?
Start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card needed. Then it is $19 a month, or $190 a year (2 months free). No setup fee. Cancel anytime. The trial includes one published live menu with QR codes. PDF downloads and additional menus start when you pick a plan.

If you run one

Every design takes every menu. Switch between them anytime and your dishes stay put.

For the day-to-day, menu software for brunch spots covers what changes on menus like yours and how often.

The free QR code menu generator makes a code for whatever menu you have now.

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A packed neighborhood restaurant

The hollandaise broke at 11:40. The patio does not need to find out from the server.

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