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| - As a craft beer fan who's all-too-willing to support my local brewery, I was surprised that I overlooked having brunch at SanTan Brewing Company. It was actually the idea of a friend of mine, a recent transplant to Phoenix from New Orleans, who has taken quite a liking to the East Valley. So the gauntlet was thrown down to get some Sunday brunch at SanTan, along with a morning adult beverage. I was still dubious after checking the restaurant's website and finding only a lunch/dinner menu, although Sunday hours appeared perfectly congruous with brunch (open at 10 a.m.). I'll be damned if I was going to eat a burger for brunch... with brunch I must have eggs! It turns out, I had nothing to fear. They serve brunch here on Sundays. Later fine-tooth-combing of the SanTan website revealed the brunch menu under "events".
Now for the food... I had some very respectable Green Chile Pork Enchiladas (served with EGGS!) and my dining companions had the Chilaquiles and the Beer Belly Breakfast burrito. All of these dishes featured the jalapeƱo bratwurst hash that our waiter raved about as his favorite. I do think it was a pretty tasty accompaniment to an already yummy plate of food, however, if they ever managed to use Von Hanson's jalapeno cheese brats to make their hash, I would indeed bump them up another star. Von Hanson's is a local Chandler meat shop (see my review) that has no equal when it comes to some of their signature sausages.
Another note: They offer some decent beer cocktails to go with Sunday brunch (although, for the life of me, I cannot find a brunch drink list on their website) including their interpretations of Bloody Mary's and Mimosas. My brunching friends were a little underwhelmed with the Bloodies (not spicy enough, in their opinions--but this was somewhat remedied with the waiter's assistance). But I was pretty content with my funky mimosa. It had a dose of their signature pineapple hefeweizen beer "Mr. Pineapple". Aaah... beer for breakfast!
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