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Prune
54 East 1st St.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-6221
www.prunerestaurant.com
Mother's Day is the one day of the year diners can actually make reservations for the wildly popular brunch at this East Village nook (pictured right).  So seize this rare opportunity to secure a table and indulge in sausage & oysters, the “Youth Hostel Breakfast,”  which features fish pastes, liverwurst, sausages and fresh breads, or cream of wheat with buttermilk ice cream and ingenious.  Don't miss out on an inventive selection of Bloody Mary's, like the wasabi-tinged "Green Lake" with beef jerky.

Country
90 Madison Avenue, at 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-7100
www.countryinnewyork.com
For $85 a person, Country's main dining room offers a veritable feast of finery to its guests with a choice between such hearty dishes as risotto, lamb, or a hearty bison for a main course.  Pulling out all the stops, there will also be stations for black truffled eggs, charcuterie, and soft shell crabs.   For dessert, a wonderland of French macaroons, chocolate, parfaits and tarts are served beneath a Tiffany’s glass dome.

Picholine
35 W. 64th Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 724-8585
http://www.picholinenyc.com
Beginning at 1 p.m., this elegant Upper West Side institution will offer an all-day Mother's Day dinner menu for $85 per person.  Preludes celebrate spring with white asparagus soup and fava bean salad, while “day boats” and “the land” feature wild striped bass with couscous caviar and licorice-glazed squab. Finish with a liquid chocolate tart with earl gray meringue, or their ethereal peanut butter soufflé with banana ice cream and salty candied peanuts.

Calle Ocho
446 Columbus Ave (between 81st and 82nd Streets)
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-5025
www.calleochonyc.com
A lively alternative to a conventional Mother's Day brunch, this Latin American spot serves fiery twists on brunch classics. Chocolate banana macadamia pancakes are enriched with a dulce de leche sauce, while the “Latin Benedict” features Serrano ham with a chipotle-flecked hollandaise sauce.  Plantains, beans & rice, and corn arepas complete the tasty ensemble.

Aureole
34 E. 61st St.
New York, NY 10021
(212) 319-1660
Celebrate at Charlie Palmer's upscale American restaurant set in a serene midtown townhouse with a special Mother’s Day brunch for $95 per person. Truffled rabbit and ham hock tortellini luxuriate in a spring vegetable consommé with foie gras, while lamb confit arrives with an eggplant fondue and garlic mashed potatoes.  For dessert, opt for the cornmeal buttermilk waffle, topped with warm rhubarb compote and blueberry ice cream.

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