Reader: Complaining About Wait for Brunch? First-World Problem!

Brunch is Denver's favorite meal, with long lines at the most popular joints, and green chile more common than ketchup. But one reader thinks brunch crowds are a one-world problem.

By Westword Staff

June 4, 2017

Mark Antonation

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Where will you be having brunch today? New options like Morning Collective are giving Denver diners options other than standing in line at longtime favorites or grabbing a breakfast burrito to go. Says John:

Looking forward to some variety. It will be nice to have something for breakfast without green chile on it.

Replies Jana:

OMG you are killing me. I'm living in the Netherlands right now...green chile haunts my dreams.

And then there's this from Giles: .

...absolutely hilarious! A bunch of people complaining about waiting to eat brunch at one of Denver's most popular spots?? First-world problems!!!! Why don't you complainers go find something positive to do with your time and your energy??

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