Most brunch menus feel like an afterthought — a few egg dishes bolted onto a dinner concept to fill weekend seats. Barcelona Wine Bar on Miller Avenue didn’t do that. Their Saturday and Sunday brunch runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and gives you the full tapas menu alongside dishes built specifically for the morning, which means you can order olive oil pancakes with cinnamon butter and a plate of gambas al ajillo at the same time. Nobody is stopping you.
The brunch-specific dishes are worth your attention. The chorizo migas comes with a sunny side up egg and sofrito. The Serrano Benedict swaps Canadian bacon for jamón serrano. The torrijas — Spain’s answer to French toast — come with poached pears. There’s also a brunch fideos with chorizo, gaucho sausage, and a sunny egg on top, which is one of those dishes that sounds like a lot and turns out to be exactly right.
Beyond that, the full dinner menu is in play — patatas bravas, jamón and manchego croquetas, steamed mussels in saffron sofrito, pork belly with cherry pepper chimichurri, whipped ricotta with Texas honey and bee pollen on focaccia. Paella is where things get serious. Three versions are on the menu:
- Paella Verduras — mushrooms, cauliflower, green beans, peppers, garlic aioli ($18/$36)
- Paella Mariscos — calamari, mussels, shrimp ($29/$58)
- Paella Salvaje — chicken, chorizo, gaucho sausage, chickpeas ($28/$56)
The parrillada Barcelona, a mixed grill of NY strip, chicken, gaucho sausage, and pork loin, runs $33 for a half and $66 for a full. That’s not brunch food in the traditional sense. It’s just good food served during brunch hours, which is the point.
On the drink side, mimosas come four ways:
- Classic with fresh-squeezed orange juice
- Orange peach
- Grapefruit
- Guava lavender lemon
Sangria is available by the glass, pitcher, or carafe. The Bloody Mary uses Deep Ellum Vodka and a housemade mix. The wine list is what you’d expect from a place that runs one of the largest Spanish wine programs in the country — deep, specific, and reasonably priced by the glass.
Sunday is worth singling out: bottles are half off all day, which turns a good brunch into a genuinely great deal if you know what you’re doing.
Barcelona Wine Bar is at 5016 Miller Ave. in Dallas. Reservations can be made online or by calling (469) 862-8500.
