Where to Eat in Bloomingdale-Riverview on Easter

Why spend hours in the kitchen on Easter Sunday?

There are plenty of restaurants in the Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch area that will offer fare this Easter.

• 11228 Boyette Rd., Riverview, will host an Easter Buffet Sunday, March 31. There will be seatings at 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. for a full breakfast buffet including an omelet station. The cost is $10.99 for adults and $5.99 for kids 10 and under. Seatings for a brunch buffet will be at 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. The buffet will include an omelet station, soup and salad bar, fresh fruit, honey-glazed ham, slow-roasted beef and gravy, turkey and stuff, and sides. The cost is $14.99 for adults, $7.95 for kids 10 and under.

• 612 E Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, will open at 4 p.m. Easter Sunday, featuring its regular menu items. Call 813-655-9561 for reservations.

• 1020 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, will serve up homestyle favorites on Easter Sunday. It is open from 10:58 a.m. to 8:32 p.m.

• Park Square Cellar & Bistro, 16132 Churchview Dr., Lithia, will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and will host a brunch of traditional Eggs Benedict, Eggs Benedict with crab and spinach, barbecue beef Eggs Benedict with crispy onions and Eggs Benedict with filet medallions and gorgonzola crumbles.

• Feel like going Italian this Easter? Italian Kitchen Café, 6915 U.S, 301 S., Riverview, will open at 3 p.m. Sunday.

• 3345 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Valrico, will serve up a ham feast Easter Sunday starting at 11:30 a.m.

• 3452 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Valrico, will be open from 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

• 6264 Winthrop Town Center Ave, Brandon, will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

• For those who want Easter breakfast or brunch, the Recipe Box, 147 E Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, will be open from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• If you crave Greek fare, Acropolis Greek Taverna, 6108 Winthrop Town Center Ave., Brandon, will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

• 5924 Providence Rd., Riverview, will open at noon on Easter Sunday.

• 13420 Boyette Rd., Riverview, from be open from 3 to 9:30 p.m.

• 3422 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Valrico, will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Easter Sunday.

• Outback Steakhouse, 16547 Fishhawk Blvd., Lithia, will open at 11:30 a.m. for Easter diners.

• Stonewood Grill and Tavern, 612 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. Easter Day with its regular dinner menu, including oak-grilled steaks and chops, grilled rosemary and garlic lamb chops and ginger lime-glazed salmon. Call 813-655-9561.