Revival’s giant, old-fashioned cinnamon roll ($8) generously feeds a family of four or a really hungry dough boy or girl. The scintillating, super-sized spiral pans out plenty for Revival brunch guests to share, and a video feature on Insider Dessert is generating Facebook shares like crazy. Ooey, gooey, butter-slathered dough rolls around cinnamon sugar and comes to the table warm and crowned with oodles of buttermilk frosting spilling over its cast-iron skillet baker. Knife and fork it or rip into it with bare hands. Warning: once you start, there’s no stopping until the last frosted finger is licked clean.
Is it a sin for a cinnamon roll to weigh a half pound? Not if it’s on the Sunday brunch menu at Revival, Kevin Gillespie’s Decatur restaurant. Thank heaven the old-fashioned warm cinnamon roll ($8) blanketed with oozy buttermilk frosting is easy to spot on the menu -- between homemade baked goods with honey butter and preserves and Revival’s cathead biscuit with spicy sawmill gravy. Righteous!
Mother’s Day, graduation, bridal and family gatherings...time to get Ready, Set, Brunch! While pointing out Atlanta brunch spots above, we’re also paving an avenue to homegrown hospitality. For morning sparkle, pour cranberry brunch punch or peach or white wine sangria. Polenta Benedict, smoked salmon egg-stuffed avocado and blueberry croissant puff invite oohs and aahs on the buffet. Finger foods such as maple bacon pancake bites, eight-minute bite-sized cinnamon rolls and bacon-wrapped tater tot bombs are easy for social butterflies to handle.
