CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For many Americans, the weekends are for brunch.

It's a meal 75% of people in the U.S. were looking forward to enjoying again once restaurants reopened during the pandemic, according to a survey by General Mills Foodservice.

What You Need To Know

  • Increasingly more people are searching for brunch spots near them

  • Americans were looking forward to enjoying breakfast/brunch at their favorite restaurant again once businesses reopened

  • Midnight Mulligan Brewing is expanding its brunch after an overwhelming response from brunch  lovers

Midnight Milligan Brewing in Charlotte is seeing the impact.

"We're much busier than we initially were when we first started," said co-owner Joe Baumgartner. 

Midnight Mulligan opened in December 2021, and started serving brunch on June 12.

"We have a unique setup with having a full kitchen, so we thought why not," said Baumgartner. "People in Charlotte love their brunch."

That same survey by General Mills Foodservice shows 56% of people love breakfast food now even more than they did a year ago.

Midnight Mulligan has seen such an overwhelming response from brunch lovers, the restaurant is starting to offer brunch on Saturdays as well.