A 1960s-built suburban shopping center is an unlikely place to find the most decadent and delicious brunch buffet in the Bay Area. But such is the case in Campbell, where chefs with some serious fine dining bona fides are behind this gastronomic indulgence.
Every Sunday at Be.Steak.A, located in the Pruneyard shopping center, a $135-per-person buffet featuring about 130 different items takes over part of the dining room, the bar and even the kitchen. There are omelet, Belgian waffle and carving stations, a self-serve caviar bar and an over-the-top dessert selection.
“We’re doing something that nobody else is doing in the Bay Area at this point,” said chef and owner Jeffrey Stout. “Nobody else allows you to go and eat the quality of food that we’re putting out on this kind of a brunch.”
Stout was the founding chef of Alexander’s Steakhouse and, during his tenure, its Cupertino outpost earned a Michelin star. In 2014, he debuted casual New American eatery Orchard City Kitchen in the Pruneyard and, seven years later, Italian-influenced steakhouse Be.Steak.A (the name is a play on the word bistecca, which means steak in Italian)…