Laura Maniec's convivial wine bar is an excellent choice for a boozy brunch. The brand new menu has things like short rib hash, Moroccan-style braised lamb, lobster salad, and French toast. Corkbuzz's Champagne Campaign extends to brunch, so that means that all bottles of Champagne are 50 percent off. And, as a bonus, Maniec is offering a "bucket list," which is a selection of wines that pair well with brunch food, all priced at $40.

ABC Cocina's brunch menu has several sandwiches, plus breakfast dishes like huevos rancheros, Mexican-spiced French toast, and coconut pancakes. But the best thing to do at ABC Cocina is order several of the vegetable plates, seafood starters, and fried snacks, and share everything.

Sara Jenkins just started serving brunch at her year-and-a-half-old East Village pasta parlor. Brunch skews slightly more Mediterranean than dinner, but you can still order pasta carbonara and pene arrabbiata. Other options include French toast with Nutella, orange-ricotta pancakes, fried eggs with porchetta hash, and a seared pork chop with polenta. Brunch rolls from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

The brunch menu at the Altamarea Group's retro Tribeca restaurant includes a fancy patty melt, fried chicken, egg dishes, pancakes, and salads. Eben Freeman's elaborate cocktails are also available during brunch, if you want to go down that road. The crisp, pleasantly creamy Grasshopper cocktail might be a good choice for brunch.

The Meatball Shop is a great place to go if you're nursing a hangover, because you can either dive head first into a big plate of carbs, or order an assortment of proteins and vegetables, all for very little money. The new Upper East Side location is the first Meatball Shop to offer brunch. The options include balls Benedict, "smash bun" French toast, and a version of biscuits and gravy made with meatballs.

Michael Toscano's new menu at this Chelsea hot spot includes things like tuna Niçoise, a dry-aged-beef burger, chicken & waffles, and several egg dishes. If you're really hungry, consider the shoulder steak with roquefort butter, pommes frites, and eggs.

Lafayette's cushy dining room is an ideal place to start your weekend. It's not a mob scene in the morning, and the menu includes many of the standout dishes from the breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. You can get a foie gras terrine, salads, soups, omelettes, steak frites, pastries, tripes Bourguignon, and fancy pressed juices.

Head to this well-reviewed new Upper West Side restaurant for monster tortas, tacos made with fresh tortillas, hearty egg dishes, and fresh baked pastries. Nothing on the menu is over $12. Pro tip: Make sure to get an order of the avocado cornbread.

The brunch menu at Harold Dieterle's West Village restaurant includes one of NYC's best new burgers. If you want something sweet, you can order some of Ginger Fisher's excellent pastries, or ricotta toast with honey and huckleberries. For savory dishes, the entree list includes a peekytoe crab frittata, pain perdu with duck liver mouse, and homemade bratwurst. The dining room is lined with huge floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto charming stretches of Greenwich and Bank Streets, making this an ideal place to dine during the day.

After almost a decade in business, Marco Canora started serving bunch at his East Village Italian restaurant earlier this year. The menu includes a Bev Eggleston pork blade steak with eggs, veal meatballs with polenta, pig trotter with poached eggs, and several vegetable-based entrees. The brunch menu offers a great taste of Canora's cooking at a very reasonable price, and the space has a nice, airy feel during the day time. Check out the menu here.

This stylish Gowanus seafood restaurant introduced a new brunch menu this month. The menu changes frequently, but right now it has poutine with clam gravy, shrimp with grits, a smoked trout omelette, and chicken & waffles. And if you want a lobster roll or a bowl of chowder, of course you can get that too.

On weekend afternoons, Leah Cohen's fun new Lower East Side restaurant serves dinner standouts like the sizzling sisig and the Chinese sausage salad, plus more brunch-oriented dishes like steak and eggs, pain perdu, and donuts. Bottomless mimosas are $15.

During brunch, Salvation Taco serves two of the best dishes from the lunch and dinner menus: the chicken thigh torta and the stellar lamb naan tacos. You can also get chilaquiles, a steak and egg burrito, a Spanish tortilla, or assorted fresh baked pastries. This is a cool choice for a long, boozy brunch, or a round of midday cocktails with Mexican bar bites. Brunch drinks are $10.