One Eared Stag, Inman Park

If you’ve been to a brunch spot in Atlanta or really any city for that matter you know the agony of waiting for a table but when I came to One Eared Stag on a Saturday I was shocked that it wasn’t crowded. I’m not sure if people just don’t know they serve brunch or what but it was a welcomed change of pace. The menu was smaller but don’t let that fool you, I had to carefully read each line.

I ended up going with the Chef’s Breakfast where the chef gets to choose what to put on your plate, typically its four smaller versions of things on that days menu, however, I heard that’s not always the case. There were two standouts for me; first were the Vanilla Pancakes with powdered duck liver butter (yes– you read that correctly), cane syrup, & bacon. And second, Fried Rabbit on a Black Pepper Biscuit.

What I liked most about the pancakes is that the butter and syrup were already on the them so I wasn’t able to ruin them by throwing the appropriate proportions of said butter and syrup out of whack.  Clearly there were a lot of flavors going on and I was pretty confident if that is how to chef wanted to prepare them that is how I should eat them.

Rabbit being more savory than chicken complemented the peppered biscuit and with it being so large I attacked it with a fork and knife, although eating it with your hands probably would have been more satisfying. Since fried chicken is served a lot in Atlanta it was a favorable exchange and perhaps even an upgrade!

The decor is funky mixing clean white walls with an overabundance of mounted deer heads but it works since their dishes have a parallel theme. If only all restaurants aligned their menu and setting accordingly.