Piatti’s brunch menu is now available every Saturday and Sunday. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Piatti

San Antonio-born celebrity brand Bird Bakery’s has a cameo role in Piatti Italian restaurants’ newly launched brunch service in the Alamo City.

After a launch this weekend, Piatti’s Elian and Quarry restaurants are serving up brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with French toast made from slices of Bird’s Nutella Loaf topped with cinnamon, strawberry and lime. The locally made item is only available at San Antonio Piatti locations in limited quantities during weekend brunch, according to officials with the restaurants.

Piatti’s brunch menu also includes lemon-ricotta pancakes with blueberry compote as well as poached eggs on polenta with seasonal veggies and pesto oil. The restaurants also serve brunch cocktails such as an Italian take on the classic bloody mary, a limoncello bellini and a spritz made with aperol, aromatic bitters and two kinds of bubbly.

California-based Piatti last year closed both of its San Antonio locations for remodeling. The Quarry Market restaurant — 255 E. Basse Road, Suite 500 — reopened in January, while the Eilan dining spot — 17803 La Cantera Terrace — reopened weeks later. The chain operates nine locations across the U.S.

Bird Bakery CEO and founder Elizabeth Chambers has divided her time between Los Angeles — where she acts and hosts TV shows such as Food Network reality show Chopped Sweets — and San Antonio, where she opened Bird Bakery in Alamo Heights in 2012. The homegrown mini-chain now includes other locations in Dallas, Colorado and the Cayman Islands.

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This article appears in Aug 23 – Sep 5, 2023.

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