Ever since opening its doors in 1991, Café Brazil has earned a reputation as a sundry neighborhood hotspot that’s a seamless blend of coffeehouse, juice bar, restaurant and art gallery. The café has kept this eclectic approach to its holiday menu with pumpkin treats such as its pumpkin pie latté, served with a gingerbread and white chocolate biscotti that’s good enough to eat alone. Also on the menu? A cranberry-pumpkin pie with cinnamon ice cream, pumpkin pie cheesecake with a brownie crust (sounds like an odd combo, but trust us, it works) and cinnamon-pumpkin pancakes topped with powdered sugar and fresh cinnamon butter. And we’ve got to mention the holiday turkey dinner because they’ve managed to take the traditional dish and breathe new life into it: It’s a roasted poblano pepper stuffed with chipotle rice, turkey and veggies, all smothered with a roasted red bell pepper sauce. It's not anything like the turkey your mom serves up every year. “We like offering things other places don’t, and we’re not afraid to try new things,” says Brant Wood, Café Brazil CEO. We couldn’t have said it better — Café Brazil is the spot for traditional treats with a funky flair. Cafe Brazil 2900 Greenville Ave 214-841-0900 Sun-Thur 7 a.m.-midnight Fri-Sat open 24 hours Five more spots with pumpkin treats 1 PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE It’s so melt-in-your-mouth good that you should consider picking one up for Thanksgiving dinner instead of serving the traditional pie. Cheesecake Royale 9016 Garland 2 PUMPKIN AND POACHED PEAR SOUP It’s one of the many pumpkin items chef Erron Thames will be serving up this season. Also try her pumpkin-infused brûlée, truffles, mini-pie, salad … Corner Market 3426 Greenville 3 PUMPKIN PANCAKES Forget the hash browns, sausage links and over-easy eggs. Just dig into a stack of these hotcakes, and relish every bite. IHOP 4040 Abrams 4 PUMPKIN CUSTARD Served in an actual tiny pumpkin. It’s almost too adorable to eat … almost. Thai Soon 101 S. Coit, Suite 401 5 PUMPKIN YOGURT It’s a swirled, soft-serve version and, considering how much we’ll eat this month, it doesn’t hurt that it’s a guiltless 96 percent fat-free. TCBY 6402 Mockingbird

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Q: Champagne and sparkline wines

Talk to retailers and other wine types, and they shake their heads about Champagne and sparkling wine’s popularity. It’s not what it once was, some of which has to do with the Millennium, which boosted sales unnaturally high, and some of which has to do with the fact that Americans haven’t had much to celebrate during the past six years. Which is too bad, since never has bubbly offered as much value for the money as it does today. Yes, the high-end French stuff (which can only be called Champagne if it was made in the Champagne region of France) is still ridiculously priced, but there is plenty of wine starting in the mid-$20 range and less. Much of this is quite food-friendly, whether it’s for the Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas ham or New Year’s black-eyed peas. (Keep in mind that brut means dry, and extra dry is a touch sweeter.) Plus, you can buy decent sparklers almost anywhere these days, including the grocery store. This makes holiday planning that much easier: • Buy it the night before you stop to get the cranberries: Korbel (about $12), from California, gets its grapes from Sonoma’s Russian River Valley, a nice piece of real estate. Freixenet ($10) is decent Spanish cava if you’re in a bind. Domaine Ste. Michelle ($12) is a value from Washington state. • Requires a trip to a liquor or specialty store: Toad Hollow Amplexus ($17) is French, but made in southern France's Limoge in a creamy, brut style. Never overlook the $10 or less Spanish cava, including Cristalino, Extra and Zero. Italian sparklers, such as Marenco Moscato d'Asti Scrapona ($13), are sweeter than most others. • Plan ahead for these. Ruinart ($40) is exquisite Champagne, and I’ll take it against any of the more popular or expensive brands. Argyle ($22), from Washington state, has never disappointed. Thienot ($35) is another French brand that deserves to be better known.

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