Whether you’re a breakfast die-hard or you spend your mornings scarfing a bagel on the subway, there’s one thing we can all agree on – breakfast is delicious, especially if you have the time to sit down and enjoy it.
Spoon
Just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the Flatiron building, hidden on 20th Street, sits a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant called Spoon. From chocolate croissants, to ham, egg & cheese breakfast burritos, Spoon offers the best selection of cheap, satisfying, and fast breakfast fare.
Buvette Gastrotheque
Each day from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m., West Village’s French bistro Buvette serves the breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes of your dreams. Espresso-steamed eggs topped with prosciutto, buttery croissants, and fluffy Belgian waffles draped with syrup and fresh berries – count me in!
Clinton Street Baking Co.
Clinton Street Baking Co. is inarguably one of the best breakfast spots in the city. Known for its light-as-air pancakes, homemade maple butter, notoriously long wait time, and separate webpage to match, it’s no wonder customers are lined up by 8:30 a.m. just to snag a spot.
Egg
This Brooklyn breakfast nook is as sweet and simplistic as its name implies. From homemade buttermilk biscuits swimming in a delicious pork sausage gravy to the southern breakfast staple grits and eggs, Egg is sure to satisfy even the pickiest eater.
Spreads
If you like your breakfast sans frills, then Spreads is the place for you. Spreads offers a wide selection of breakfast sandwiches and (you guessed it) spreads, such as pimento cheese, cream cheese, and hummus all under $8.
NoMad Hotel
You know those mornings when you just wake up feeling #BOSS AF? For those rare and empowering days you’re going to need more than an afternoon pick-me-up sandwich stop. The NoMad serves an exquisite, short list of breakfast delights including maple-glazed French toast topped with banana slices and walnuts and smoked salmon served with capers, radishes, cucumbers and toast.
La Bonbonniere
From its cameo on Californication to its love-letter-worthy banana pancakes, La Bonbonniere is by far one of the coolest diners in Greenwich Village. Stop by for a mile-high stack of pancakes or a triple-decker sandwich.
Penelope
Located on the corner of Lexington and 30th Street, Penelope offers customers nothing but the best. Penelope keeps the menu classic and seasonal – which means there will be “Punkin’ Waffles” served with cranberries and baked cinnamon apples as soon as that first leaf falls.
Veselka
Since 1945, Veselka (meaning rainbow in Ukrainian) has been serving up traditional Ukrainian food in the heart of the East Village. At Veslka, you can find just about anything, from pierogi, to borscht, to goulash, and of course, the traditional side of eggs.
Great Jones Café
In the mood for a southern-style breakfast with a western flare? Then head over to Great Jones Café where the jukebox is always playing and the cheddar grits are hot.