Sweet Maple

How you feel about Sweet Maple depends on how much your heart flutters when you hear words like “bottomless” or “bacon baked with brown sugar and cayenne.” The bustling, near-chaotic Lower Pacific Heights brunch restaurant is one of the city’s better options for 11am weekend sustenance. It’s also no secret, so there’s basically always a line. If you’re down to wait, massive portions of eggs, pancakes, and Bloody Marys are your reward. You’ll dig into egg soufflés and sweet potato tots next to 20-somethings whose bloodstreams are 45% last night’s tequila shots, and families settling in for a nice pancake breakfast. This is the sister restaurant to candied bacon royalty Kitchen Story, so ordering the Millionaire’s Bacon is a non-negotiable.