This edition of Excited about Eating takes us to the South Park area of Charlotte and to Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern. What a unique name for a restaurant. This casual neighborhood restaurant offers all of the normal tavern type foods, like burgers, sandwiches and wings, but also some not so typical, like sirloin, pasta, and chicken parmesan.

No fretting about parking. Free parking garage right around the corner!

Dora here. With their robust menu, Rusty Bucket has a little something for everyone. In case you’re like us and not a huge fan of brunch, they also offer their regular menu on the weekends, one aspect we really appreciated! I really liked the cozy, casual vibes of this place, and no fretting over parking, either. There’s a free parking garage practically right next door. Bonus! 

Really liked the cozy casual vibes!

For our appetizer, we chose the Warm Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes with a caramel dipping sauce. These donut holes were great, light and had great favor although not particularly sweet. I was not a fan of the dipping sauce, but if you rolled them around in a plate of sugar, the sweetness level was perfect. Dora here. Cinnamon heaven! The doughnut holes were light and airy, and I was a bit relieved that Ernie didn’t care for the buttery warm sauce because that left more for me! lol. Oh. My. Yum! 

Cinnamon Doughnut Holes…heavenly!

I chose the Breakfast Burrito from the Brunch menu. Scrambled eggs, sausage, peppers and onions, pepper jack and cheddar cheese wrapped in a tortilla then topped with ranchero sauce and sour cream and served with red skin breakfast potatoes. Now I have had breakfast burritos all over the world but I have to say this one was in the top three of the best I have ever had. The eggs were cooked perfectly, the sausage not spicy, the shell soft, and the ranchero sauce added just enough heat to finish off this dish. I would definitely order this burrito again.

Breakfast Burrito, one of the best I’ve ever had!

Dora here. What can I say about the Codwich? Oh my word, y’all! The picture doesn’t even do it justice. I could hardly get that giant chunk of cod in my mouth. lol. Huge. Meaty. Delicious! Oh yeah, I would order this again. My iced tea glass never ran dry, always a plus, and service was attentive and friendly. Rusty Bucket definitely made it on our repeat list!

Oh my stars, this sandwich, y’all! Huge. Meaty. Delicious. The Codwich.

We rate this restaurant 5 forks out of 5 for a family friendly restaurant serving outstanding food.

What about you? Do you get all excited about brunch? What’s your favorite brunch dish?