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If you ask me, there are very few things more purr-fect than a lazy weekend brunch. After all, what's better than stretching out with a cup of coffee and a bloody Mary and enjoying a couple of hours of rest, respite and some of the best breakfast foods in town?

Here are six pawsome brunch dishes to try next time you're in the mood for brunch.

1. Engine Company No. 3 Turtle French Toast

I’m meowstly a savory gal. But, when I’m craving something sweet, it’s time to head over to Engine Company No. 3. Make every mewment of brunch sweet as can be with the Turtle French Toast. This clawsome dish features chocolate battered brioche with nuts, caramel and chocolate.

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Turtle French Toast ($9): Cocoa battered Troubadour brioche, spiced nuts, caramel,  chocolate and Wisconsin maple syrup.

2. Goodkind Breakfast Poutine

If you’re feline like poutine for brunch, Goodkind has the best around. There’s plenty of sausage gravy, along with goat cheese curds and a runny fried egg. I loved this one so much, I made my own copycat dish at home – imitation being the sincerest form of cattery.

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Breakfast poutine ($13): pork sausage gravy, goat cheese curds, arugula, French fries and fried egg.

3. Story Hill BKC Crepes

I’m not kitten when I say you can never go wrong with the ham and cheese-ridden Crêpe Monsieur. The mustardy dijonnaise is a divine touch and the chopped pickles perk everything up and add just the right pop. Mew-sic to your taste buds.

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Crêpe Monsieur ($11): Hickory smoked ham, Saxony Alpine cheese, house-made pickles, dijonnaise and poached eggs.

4. Bass Bay Brewhouse Chicken and Egg

This purr-fect dish starts with a tender buttermilk biscuit that’s been grilled until crisp on one side. Then you add a crispy hand-breaded and fried chicken breast, a layer of sausage gravy and a fried egg. Add a serving of some of pawsitively the best cheesy hash brown casserole you’ve ever had, and it’s really all you need on a Sunday morning, except maybe a nice cup of coffee and a lake view.

Chicken and ggg ($11): Hand-breaded chicken breast, fried egg, buttermilk biscuit, sausage gravy and cheesy hash brown casserole.

5. Wolf Peach brunch pizza

You really knead to try pizza for brunch sometime. And look no further than Wolf Peach for some of the best The crust on this amazing wood-fired pizza – alone – is enough to make you want to get up in the morning. But, when you add a runny poached egg, you’ll have me purring in your lap.

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Slow poached egg pizza ($13): Poached egg, seasonal vegetable, guanciale, parmesan, basil and garlic.

6. Blue’s Egg Dubliner Benedict

I’ve always been a fan of classic eggs benedict. But, when you take meowt to Blue’s Egg, I’m inclined to get my Irish on with the Dubliner – which is chock-full of pulled corned beef, sweet creamy leeks and a meow-tastic paprika aïoli. Add that runny poached egg, and it’s the perfect dish for a lazy Caturday.
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Dubliner Benedict ($11.95): Poached eggs, corned beef, creamy leeks, rye toast and paprika aïoli.