Archived Article By Tom Fitzmorris Originally published January 27, 2006 Click here for the current edition Brunch Returns To Muriel's Our city still has a strained paucity of restaurants serving Sunday brunch, so it's great to see another venue open for that meal. This is a good one: Muriel's on Jackson Square. Brunch begins this Sunday, January 29, from 11:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m., from a special a la carte menu. The menu will vary a bit each week, but this will be typical: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Orleans Seafood Gumbo 6.00 Soup of the Day 5.50 Turtle Soup 6.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ House Salad Seasonal greens with goat cheese, sweet onion and reduced sherry wine vinegar  5.00 Bleu Cheese and Walnut Salad Mixed greens with bleu cheese, toasted walnuts & a red onion vinaigrette  6.50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sauteed Crabcake A flavorful crabcake placed atop baby spinach tossed in a warm bacon vinaigrette  9.00 Shrimp & Goat Cheese Crepes Goat cheese filled crepes topped with Louisiana shrimp in a buttery sauce of Chardonnay, onions, tomato, bell peppers   7.50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Creole Eggs Benedict Creole hollandaise & homefry potatoes  12.00 Louisiana Shrimp Omelette Three egg omelette with Louisiana shrimp and a sweet onion and roasted pepper relish  14.00 Grillades and Grits Tender veal simmered in a rich sauce served over traditional grits  14.00 Pain Perdu With bananas Foster sauce and grilled andouille sausage  11.00 Pecan Crusted Puppy Drum Served with oven Roasted Pecan and crabmeat relish, topped with a lemon-butter sauce   14.00 Blackened Salmon Served with popcorn rice, satsuma, and lemon butter sauce  14.00 Wood Grilled Petit Filet & Shrimp with mashed potatoes and wilted spinach and bearnaise sauce   16.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bread Pudding with candied pecans and rum sauce   6.00 Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee  6.00 © 2006 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. news@nomenu.com