Does Root Down have the hottest brunch in Denver? Quite possibly, especially if you’re sitting on the sun-drenched patio surrounded by The Beautiful People sipping (guzzling?) blood orange mimosas.

Summer is upon us, and the mimosa trees are blooming throughout Tennessee, their sweet fragrance perfuming the valleys and their pink pom-pom blooms lighting up the shorelines of our lakes and rivers.

I considered myself lucky a couple Sundays ago after scoring a seat at a plush booth inside Root Down for brunch. There I was, in a restaurant where it’s nearly impossible to get an evening table, ...