The Nut House Pub & Grille opens at 9am on Saturday and Sunday for weekend brunch at 295 S Water St in Kent, and stays open through to 2:30am. Ask at the bar for the current brunch line-up, or call (330) 548-9183. The patio faces South Water Street when the weather allows.
Two hours earlier than the rest of the week — that is the whole idea. Monday through Friday this room does not unlock until 11am, but Saturday and Sunday the lights go on at nine, and brunch runs from there. It is the only part of the week when the pub is a morning place, and it is worth catching.
If you have only ever been in here late, the morning version of the place will surprise you.
The brunch line-up changes and it is not published in the site's venue data, so this page will not pretend to list it — ask when you sit down, or call (330) 548-9183 on your way over. What is dependable is that the kitchen behind it is the same one doing craft pizzas, jumbo wings and the long shareables list the rest of the week, so nothing arrives half-hearted.
A pub at nine in the morning is a different animal from a pub at nine at night. The screens are quieter. You can hear the person across the table. And the patio on South Water Street, when Ohio permits it, is the best seat in the building for an hour when the street is still waking up.
It is also the quietest service of the week, which matters if you want to sit and talk rather than shout. A pub at nine on a Sunday is a genuinely different room from the same pub at nine on a Saturday night — same bar, same kitchen, an entirely different volume.
There is a practical argument for the early hour as well. Downtown Kent on a Saturday morning is an easy place to park a plan: the street is calm, the walk across from campus is short, and nothing else you have arranged that day has started yet. By the time the rest of Water Street wakes up you have already eaten.
Brunch pricing is not published here. The pub's printed list is the one that counts, and the venue data behind this site does not carry a certified brunch price, so quoting one would be guessing. Call (330) 548-9183 or look at the board when you arrive.
There is no standing brunch promotion listed in the venue record either — no recurring deal this page can promise you. If something is running on a given weekend, the pub will tell you at the bar, and @thenuthousepub_ on Instagram is usually where it shows up first.
Walk in and take a table; weekend mornings are the least crowded hours of the week here. For a pickup order, the Toast storefront linked from this site handles it online.
Bringing a crowd for a late-morning table? Call (330) 548-9183 ahead of time with your numbers so there is somewhere to put everybody.
Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 2:30am. Brunch is the front end of that.
Weekdays open at 11am, so there is no Monday-to-Friday brunch here. If you want the morning version, it is a weekend or nothing.
The Nut House Pub & Grille, 295 S Water St, Kent, OH 44240. Phone (330) 548-9183. Sat–Sun 9am–2:30am, Mon–Fri 11am–2:30am.
South Water Street sits just off the middle of downtown Kent, and the Google directions link on this site lands you at the door. Park, walk in, take the patio if it is warm.
