Pera Mediterranean Brasserie has joined the brunch bunch with the introduction of a weekend midday menu available from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday and Saturday.images
The menu offers a prix-fixe brunch  for $18 that includes a cocktail and coffee along with a la carte offerings incorporating the Mediterranean ingredients that define this midtown restaurant.

Along with traditional brunch fair, the menu also includes lamb “French Dip” sandwich (a toasted baguette, thin-sliced roasted leg of lamb, feta cheese fondue); lamb au jus & (Turkish) beer battered onion rings; and manti & meatballs (mini meat dumplings, mini beef meatballs, garlic yoghurt, melted Marash butter).

The restaurant’s will also offer Pera signature items, such as the lamb Adana, assorted mezes and pidittes.

– guest contributor