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Mother’s Day Hot Take: OpenTable Research Suggests Moms Want a ‘Time Out’ This Year

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OpenTable releases its annual Top 100 Brunch Restaurants list, with venues fit for the whole family, solo dines and everything in between

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Moms have spoken and they want to take a load off this Mother’s Day. OpenTable research reveals 39% of moms have had to book their own celebratory meal, and 44% say that having someone else take the lead on decisions makes Mother’s Day the most special.1 The findings also show an interest in having their own time out, with nearly one-third of mothers (30%) considering dining out solo as part of their Mother’s Day celebrations, in line with a larger movement of embracing ‘me time.’1

What Moms Really Want For Mother’s Day: OpenTable Unveils 2025 Dining Insights

Early dining means the whole day is free: 46% of moms want to start celebrations early to maximize relaxation time throughout the day.1 OpenTable data backs the trend: while noon was the most popular time to dine on Mother’s Day 2024, 10am saw the most growth, up 19% YoY.2Relaxing views are a priority: The number one wish-list for moms designing their perfect Mother’s Day meal out is a waterfront or scenic view (64%).1 Venues on OpenTable’s Top 100 Brunch list like North Pond in Chicago, and Mala Ocean Tavern in Hawaii are sure to deliver when it comes to views.Up the ante, moms deserve it: A chef’s tasting menu is a must-have for 51% of moms1 , as OpenTable data from 2024 showed a 29% YoY increase in OpenTable Experience dining on Mother’s Day.2Brunch is the main event, but celebrations will last all weekend long: 73% of moms surveyed want to celebrate Mother’s Day with a family brunch with their children but the fun doesn’t stop there, as 66% of U.S. consumers will celebrate multiple times over the weekend, whether with family, friends or solo.1

“Moms want to take a backseat on planning this year, but here’s the wake-up call for anyone looking to deliver that stress-free experience: 29% of families have had to panic-book within 24 hours of the holiday1, and use of our ‘Notify Me’ alerts jumped 36% year-over-year3  – so plan ahead,” said Cheryl Paniagua, VP of Restaurant Sales & Services at OpenTable. “For families looking to give the gift of a decision-free day for moms, our annual Top 100 Brunch list is a great place to start.”

Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in America for 2025

With Mother’s Day consistently ranking as the busiest dining day of the year, securing the perfect table is more competitive than ever. To help families navigate this much-anticipated celebration, OpenTable has released its annual list of Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in America for 2025, compiled by analyzing more than 10 million diner reviews, along with diner ratings, reservation demand, percentage of five-star reviews among other factors.4

California takes home the most number of brunch spots this year, with 22 spots including San Francisco’s Elena’s and Los Angeles’ Republique, followed by New York, with 12 restaurants including beloved restaurants like The Odeon and Little Owl in New York City.

The Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in America are as follows (in alphabetical order by state). For additional inspiration, explore OpenTable’s Mother’s Day dining hub and visit the OpenTable app.

California

Baltaire – Los Angeles, CABeachcomber Cafe – Crystal Cove – Newport Coast, CACesarina – San Diego, CADalida – San Francisco, CAElena’s – San Francisco, CAFarmhouse at Rogers Gardens – Corona Del Mar, CAForeign Cinema – San Francisco, CAGirl & the Goat L.A. – Los Angeles, CAinsideOUT – San Diego, CAMister A’s San Diego, CAMustards Grill – Yountville, CANick’s on State – Carlsbad, CAOriginal Joe’s Westlake – Daly City, CARepublique – Los Angeles, CAScala Osteria – Napa, CAStonehouse at San Ysidro Ranch – Santa Barbara, CASummit House – Fullerton, CAThe Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil – Rutherford, CAThe Rotunda at Neiman Marcus – San Francisco, CAThe Tea House on Los Rios – San Juan Capistrano, CAThe Village Pub – Woodside, CAZuni Cafe – San Francisco, CA

District of Columbia

Chez Billy Sud – Washington DCdLeña – Washington DCFilomena Ristorante – Washington DCOld Ebbitt GrillWashington DC

Florida

La Nouvelle – St. Augustine, FLLatitudes – Key West, FLMILA – Miami Beach, FLSails Restaurant – Naples, FLUlele – Tampa, FL

Georgia

Canoe – Atlanta, GACasi Cielo Mexican Cuisine – Atlanta, GALips – Atlanta, GAPoor Calvin’sAtlanta, GARumi’s Kitchen – Atlanta, GA

Hawaii

Duke’s Beach House Maui – Lahaina, HIMala Ocean Tavern – Lahaina, HIMerriman’s – Waimea – Big Island – Kamuela, HI

Idaho

Ten/6 – Coeur d’ Alene, ID

Illinois

3 Arts Club Cafe at RH Chicago – Chicago, ILCafé Ba-Ba-Reeba – Chicago, ILDuck Duck Goat – Chicago, ILGibsons Bar & Steakhouse – Chicago, ILGibsons Italia – Chicago, ILJoe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab – Chicago, ILMon Ami Gabi – Chicago, ILNorth Pond – Chicago, ILPetite Vie – Western Springs, ILPizzeria Portofino – Chicago, ILRL Restaurant – Chicago, IL

Indiana

The Cake Bake Shop – Caramel, IN

Kentucky

Carson’s on Main – Lexington, KY

Louisiana

Atchafalaya Restaurant – New Orleans, LABrennan’s – New Orleans, LALa Petite Grocery – New Orleans, LASt Francisville Inn & Restaurant – St Francisville, LA

Massachusetts

Bar VlahaBrookline, MABrassica KitchenBoston, MAComfort Kitchen – Boston, MAKrasi – Boston, MAPrima – Boston, MASilver Dove Afternoon Tea – Boston, MA

Minnesota

Baldamar – Roseville, MN

Missouri

Annie Gunn’sChesterfield, MO

North Carolina

Afternoon Tea at the O.Henry Hotel – Greensboro, NCHerons – Cary, NC

New Jersey

Tops Diner – East Newark, NJ

Nevada

Eiffel Tower – Las Vegas, NVEsther’s Kitchen – Las Vegas, NVOcean Prime – Las Vegas, NV

New York

BG – Bergdorf GoodmanNew York, NYCafe LuxembourgNew York, NYCarmine’s – 44th Street – New York, NYDel Vino Vineyards – Northport, NYGallagher’s Steakhouse – Manhattan – New York, NYLittle Owl – New York, NYNubeluz – New York, NYPalma – New York, NYTavern on the GreenNew York, NYThe Farm Italy Restaurant + Bar – Huntington, NYThe OdeonNew York, NYTony’s Di Napoli – Midtown – New York, NY

Ohio

Forno Kitchen and Bar – Columbus, OHLindey’s – Columbus, OHPier W – Cleveland, OH

Oklahoma

FRIDA southwest – Oklahoma City, OK

Pennsylvania

ParcPhiladelphia, PATalula’s Garden – Philadelphia, PA

Rhode Island

The Lawn Terrace at Castle Hill – Newport, RI

Tennessee

Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro – Townsend, TNNoko – Nashville, TN

Texas

Aba – Austin, TXAl Biernat’s – Oak Lawn – Dallas, TXCafe Pacific – Dallas, TXKenny’s Wood Fired Grill – Dallas, TXPerla’s Seafood and Oyster Bar – Austin, TX

Virginia

L’Auberge Chez Francois – Great Falls, VALe YacaWilliamsburg, VA

Washington

Tilikum Place CafeSeattle, WA

1 Consumer Research

An online survey was conducted by Walr among 1,542 US consumers who will be celebrating Mother’s Day this year.  Minimum quotas have been applied to major cities. Fieldwork took place between Friday 14th March – Tuesday 18th March 2025. Data has been collected adhering to MRS (Market Research Society) and ESOMAR guidelines to ensure ethical and accurate data collection.

2 OpenTable Data

OpenTable looked at seated diners, and Experiences and time slot when noted, from online reservations from all active restaurants on the OpenTable platform in the U.S. on May 12, 2024 and compared it to the corresponding date period in 2023 (May 14, 2024).

3 OpenTable Data

OpenTable looked at use of Notify Me alerts on May 12, 2024 and compared it to the corresponding date period in 2023 (May 14, 2024).

4  Top 100 Brunch Restaurants Methodology

OpenTable’s Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in America for 2025 list is generated from over 10 million reviews from verified OpenTable diners and dining metrics from 1st March 202428th February 2025. Restaurants with a minimum threshold of diner reviews were considered and evaluated by a compilation of unique data points, including diner ratings, the percentage of five star reviews, the number of alerts set, the percentage of reservations made in advance, percentage of capacity and direct searches. Metrics were weighted to comprise an overall score. The qualified restaurants were then filtered for a minimum number of brunch reviews and Sunday brunch availability. The resulting list appears A-Z, not in ranked order.

About OpenTable

OpenTable, a global leader in restaurant tech and part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), helps more than 60,000 restaurants worldwide fill 1.8 billion seats a year. OpenTable’s world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.

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Truemed and Highmark Benefits Administration Partner to Expand Access to Root‑Cause Healthcare and Enable Employers to Reach Benefits Goals

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AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Truemed, the leading platform enabling qualified health purchases with HSA and FSA dollars, today announced a strategic partnership with Highmark Benefits Administration, a trusted provider of comprehensive, compliance‑driven solutions committed to providing A+ benefits administration services to clients nationwide.

The partnership aligns two organizations focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve business goals while empowering employees to use their benefits confidently and proactively. By integrating Truemed’s medically-necessary qualification process with Highmark’s service‑driven administrative infrastructure, employers can offer a broader range of eligible health interventions while maintaining clarity, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Through this collaboration, eligible Highmark participants can use pre‑tax HSA and FSA funds on evidence‑based, root‑cause health solutions— including fitness and movement programs, nutrition and supplement options, stress‑management tools, and other medically‑necessary interventions designed to help employees proactively improve their health.

“At Highmark Benefits Administration, we understand that managing employee benefits and plan compliance can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be,” said Dan Bearden, Founder and Director of Highmark. “Partnering with Truemed expands what’s possible with HSA and FSA dollars while maintaining the clarity and compliance confidence our clients rely on. We’re excited to help participants access more meaningful health solutions.”

“Highmark has built a reputation for exceptional service and operational excellence,” said Justin Mares, CEO of Truemed. “This partnership builds on that foundation by giving eligible participants access to root‑cause health interventions that have been shown to improve health outcomes and chronic condition management. Together, we’re helping employers offer benefits that are simple, compliant, and truly impactful.”

Learn more at: truemed.com/a/highmark

Truemed is for qualified customers. See terms at truemed.com/disclosures.

About Truemed

Truemed partners with consumer health brands and benefits administrators to enable HSA and FSA payments for root‑cause healthcare expenses. Through licensed practitioner review and IRS‑aligned documentation, Truemed helps qualified individuals invest in medically necessary products and services using pre‑tax dollars. Learn more at truemed.com.

About Highmark Benefits Administration

Highmark Benefits Administration provides comprehensive, cost‑effective benefits administration services designed to simplify complexity and support employer goals. With expertise in enrollment and eligibility management, COBRA administration, FSA/HSA/HRA programs, compliance reporting, carrier billing, and employee communication, Highmark delivers exceptional service backed by modern technology solutions. Learn more at highmarkbenadmin.com.

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DistrictWON’s uReport Partners with KOIN to Usher Back Local Sports Coverage to Every Community

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PORTLAND, Ore., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — KOIN 6 is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with uReport, bringing comprehensive, community-driven sports coverage to every high school across the entire metro Portland and southwestern Washington markets.

Through this initiative, KOIN is offering uReport, a human-powered, AI-assisted platform widely endorsed across high schools and colleges nationwide, fully-funded to all high schools in the region. uReport is ISTE EdTech Index Approved and listed in the ISTE Learning Technology Directory, a vetted resource used by educators to identify high-quality digital learning tools.

This partnership empowers schools, students, and communities to create and share stories, highlights, and updates across all sports, while amplifying that content across KOIN.com. uReport is already endorsed by leading organizations including the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, College Sports Communicators and other groups representing over 17,000 high schools and colleges.

“Local sports coverage has historically reached the biggest schools and the biggest games. uReport flips that. Every school in our market — from the 6A powerhouse to the 1A program with 80 kids — now has a dedicated platform on KOIN.com,” said Tom Keeler, Vice President & General Manager of KOIN.

Key benefits for each school & community include:

A dedicated content platform for every school.The ability to cover every game, every sport at every level and include unlimited pictures and videos.Every school will also be featured on KOIN.com, allowing all schools to consistently make the news!Schools also distribute content onto their own social channels, creating an amazing content library Real-world training for student journalism and responsible use of AI in storytellingA free fan-powered mobile app for real-time contributions from the communityFull customer support for the platform, all year. 

Check out a quick explainer video here: KOIN – Supercharging Your Coverage

KOIN will host three short webinars for Portland market school administrators to learn more. Any administrator is encouraged to participate (administrator, teacher, coach or other, click below to attend):
Tuesday 5/5: 9am PT
Wednesday 5/6: 8am PT
Thursday 5/7: 12pm PT
Schools can self-start and sign-up right now to cover spring events and continue to have access for the entire 2026–27 academic year. Self-start sign-up is easy here: www.ureport.com/koin

For more information, contact uReport Director of Customer Success, Dan McGrath: 216-647-3857; dmcgrath@districtwon.com

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Fuutura Outlines Architecture Built for the Cross-Border Stablecoin Corridors the IMF Now Tracks

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As the IMF’s April 2026 Global Financial Stability Report calls for enhanced regulatory oversight of cross-border stablecoin flows to emerging markets, Fuutura’s compliance-first architecture across identity, payments, and trading is built to support exactly this kind of regulatory oversight

PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fuutura, a blockchain infrastructure company building a compliance-first financial ecosystem for the global market, today set out its position on rising cross-border stablecoin flows to emerging markets, following the IMF’s call for enhanced regulatory oversight in its April 2026 Global Financial Stability Report.

 

 

The IMF’s findings reflect a structural shift in how money moves across emerging economies. Cross-border flows of the two largest dollar-pegged stablecoins, Tether and USD Coin, rose from approximately $12 billion in early 2020 to $316 billion by early 2025, outpacing flows of Bitcoin and Ethereum. A significant share of those flows has been directed toward emerging markets, with cumulative net inflows accelerating since late 2023. The IMF’s concern is that rapid stablecoin adoption in emerging markets, absent appropriate regulation and backstops, could lead to currency substitution, weaken the transmission of monetary policy, increase capital flow volatility, and create challenges for capital flow management measures.

The IMF report also acknowledges that stablecoins, with adequate regulation, could offer improved settlement efficiency, faster cross-border payments, increased competition in the payment space, and broader access to digital finance. The same flows that warrant enhanced oversight also reflect genuine demand for financial services that legacy infrastructure has consistently failed to deliver in emerging markets.

Fuutura is being built to make both possible at once. A compliance by design approach facilitates the very regulatory oversight the IMF is advocating. That same architecture allows the platform to serve users in markets unreached by legacy financial infrastructure. What that looks like in practice is best described by the people who have built it.

“The IMF’s findings lay bare something that anyone working in cross-border financial services across emerging markets has been seeing for years. The flows are real, the demand is structural, and the existing infrastructure has not been built to give regulators the kind of visibility they need to do their work properly. That is the gap our infrastructure is built to address, across cross-border payments, identity verification, and the trading layer that connects users to the global financial system. Compliance is not something we have layered on top of an existing platform. It is part of how the system functions at every level.”

Ellis McGrath, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Fuutura

The architectural choice that defines Fuutura is the integration of compliance at a foundational level. Most digital asset platforms operate perimeter compliance, with KYC and AML conducted at onboarding and transaction monitoring sitting on top of an existing technology stack. Fuutura’s design records verified KYC and AML attestations on-chain and ties them to the user’s wallet, so that every interaction with the platform is gated by the presence of that attestation at the smart contract level. This applies across the entire ecosystem. Whether a user is opening a wallet, executing a trade on the exchange, or moving funds across borders, the same compliance design governs every interaction. The result is infrastructure where compliance is enforceable on every transaction and auditable by regulators at the on-chain level.

“The platforms that earn regulators’ trust will be the ones that make their work easier. The IMF’s call for proportionate monitoring of stablecoin flows reflects a broader truth about the relationship between innovators and regulators in this industry. Architecture that is open to inspection by default. A company posture that welcomes the questions responsible oversight requires. We believe the future of digital finance depends on builders and regulators working together, and we have designed Fuutura to support that relationship across every product on the platform.”

Oliver Cook KC, Co-founder and Chief Legal Officer, Fuutura

Fuutura is building for a market where existing financial infrastructure has consistently failed to deliver. The cross-border stablecoin corridors identified by the IMF are one part of that market. The broader scope is the millions of people and businesses across emerging economies who require digital identity, secure custody, and access to global financial markets in a single connected environment. The company’s launch marks the beginning of a phased rollout, with further ecosystem development planned as the platform scales across the markets it was designed to serve.

About Fuutura

Fuutura is a blockchain infrastructure company building a compliance-first financial ecosystem facilitating participation in the global financial system from underserved markets with a focus on the Global-South. The platform combines digital identity verification, a wallet, and a trading exchange into one unified ecosystem, giving users access to crypto and tokenised real-world assets through a single environment. Fuutura is pursuing licensing in multiple jurisdictions. Built with KYC and AML integrated at an architectural level, Fuutura is designed to be open to regulatory oversight by design. Fuutura is building infrastructure to extend digital finance to markets that legacy banking has not reached.

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