Guide

Coffee, breakfast and brunch

Morning-of-game coffee, diner breakfasts and weekend brunch spots, as picked by the pros.

• Je T'aime Patisserie Bakery · Brooklyn, NY
• Marc Heu Pâtisserie Paris French pastry · St. Paul, MN
• Miss Shirley's Cafe (Inner Harbor) Breakfast · Baltimore, MD
• Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery Ice cream and bakery · Pittsford, NY
• Red Rooster Overtown Southern · Miami, FL
• Bernie Beigne Doughnuts · Montreal, QC
• Brodflour Bakery · Toronto, ON
• Parma Café Cafe · Montreal, QC
• The Park Café Breakfast · Salt Lake City, UT
• Andee's Custom Blended Ice Cream (Spill the Beans) Ice cream · Clemson, SC
• Belong Kitchen HTX Cafe and grab-and-go kitchen · Houston, TX
• BIGFACE Coffee · Miami, FL
• Botanic Coffee and Caphe Coffee · Toronto, ON
• Brasserie Mon Chou Chou French brasserie · San Antonio, TX
• Café Du Monde (French Market) Cafe · New Orleans, LA
• Connect Roasters Coffee · Bourbonnais, IL
• Cozy's Café & Pub New American · Liberty Township, OH
• Cupanion's Kitchen + Coffee Cafe · Atlanta, GA
• Dunkin' Coffee & donuts · Manchester, CT
• Ed Debevic's Diner · Chicago, IL
• Katz's Delicatessen Deli · New York, NY
• Kelly O's Diner in the Strip Diner · Pittsburgh, PA
• O&H Danish Bakery (Washington Ave) Bakery · Racine, WI
• Old Soul Co. (Capitol Mall) Coffee · Sacramento, CA
• Paula's Donuts Donuts · Williamsville, NY
• Spoon and Stable New American · Minneapolis, MN
• The Roaming Biscuit Biscuits and breakfast · Cleveland, OH
• Tot Café by Little Cocoa Bean Co. Toddler café · Boston, MA
• TownHall American · Cleveland, OH
• Twotone Coffee · Houston, TX
• Voodoo Doughnut Doughnuts · Portland, OR
• 1122 Coffee Co. Coffee · Concord, NC
• 800 Maple Italian · Williamsville, NY
• A Market Market & Cafe · Newport Beach, CA
• A Votre Santé Health food · Los Angeles, CA
• Akron Family Restaurant Diner · Akron, OH
• Alana's Coffee Roasters Coffee · West Hollywood, CA
• Allez Cafe Cafe · Cincinnati, OH
• Almost Home General (Atlantic Highlands) Cafe · Atlantic Highlands, NJ
• American Doughnut Kitchen Doughnuts · Melbourne, Victoria
• Andytown Coffee Roasters (Front St) Coffee · San Francisco, CA
• Angelina's Eatery + Cafe Cafe & juice bar · Miami, FL
• Ann's Florist and Coffee Bar Cafe · Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Ann's Pastry Shop Bakery · Wadsworth, OH
• Anna's House (Plainfield) Breakfast · Grand Rapids, MI
• AnnKello Kahawa Coffee Bar Coffee · Houston, TX
• Any Day Now Cafe · Washington, DC
• Aqua Terra Bistro Southern fine dining · Buford, GA
• Archive CLT Coffee shop · Charlotte, NC
• Bagel + Slice Pizza · Los Angeles, CA
• Baja Café Breakfast & brunch · Tucson, AZ
• Bakery on King (Honolulu Coffee Co.) Coffee & bakery · Honolulu, HI
• Beans & Leaves Coffee · Southaven, MS
• Bearcat Cafe Brunch · New Orleans, LA
• Beauty's Luncheonette Diner · Montreal, QC
• Berkeley Social Club Brunch · Berkeley, CA
• Betty's Restaurant Diner · Shepherdstown, WV
• Bison Coffeehouse Coffee & pastries · Portland, OR
• Black Gold Records Coffee & records · Brooklyn, NY
• Blanca Deco & Café Café · Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Blue Café Breakfast & Brunch · Basking Ridge, NJ
• Blue Moon Cafe Breakfast · Baltimore, MD
• Blue's Egg + Bakery Breakfast · Milwaukee, WI
• Bluestone Lane (Front Street) Cafe · San Francisco, CA
• Booker's Restaurant & Bar Southern · Philadelphia, PA
• Boots & Kimo's Homestyle Kitchen Hawaiian breakfast · Kailua, HI
• Boudin Bakery (Fisherman's Wharf) Bakery & Cafe · San Francisco, CA
• Breakfast Club Breakfast & brunch · Phoenix, AZ
• Brennan's Creole · New Orleans, LA
• Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company (Chelsea) Bagels · New York, NY
• Burrito Express Mexican · Tempe, AZ
• Busboys and Poets Cafe & bookstore · Washington, DC
• Buttermilk Kitchen Southern · Atlanta, GA
• Butters Pancakes & Cafe (Hayden Rd) Breakfast · Scottsdale, AZ
• Cafe Brasil Brazilian brunch · Santa Cruz, CA
• Café Deux French-American café · Harrison, NY
• Cafe Latte Cafe and bakery · St. Paul, MN
• Cafe Mark Cafe · Cumberland, MD
• Café Ursula Seaside café · Helsinki, Finland
• Cameo (The Roost) Coffee · Washington, DC
• Campfire Grill Breakfast · Depew, NY
• Canal Coffee Co. Drive-thru coffee · Charlotte, NC
• Carnegie Diner & Cafe Diner · Secaucus, NJ
• Carol's Restaurant Breakfast & Diner · West Sacramento, CA
• Casualbird Breakfast & brunch · Daytona Beach Shores, FL
• Catalina Kitchen + Bar New American · Charlotte, NC
• Champ's Diner Diner · Philadelphia, PA
• Chapel Street Café Australian · Chicago, IL
• Childhood Cafe Coffee & pastries · Washington, DC
• City Hall Bistro American · Dallas, TX
• Clementine Cafe Brunch · Winnipeg, MB
• Coffee For Good Coffee · Greenwich, CT
• Colectivo Coffee Lakefront Coffee · Milwaukee, WI
• Dancing Goats Coffee Coffee · Atlanta, GA
• DePaola's Bagel & Brunch Bagels & brunch · Stevensville, MD
• Destroyer Breakfast & lunch · Culver City, CA
• Diane's Place Brunch · Minneapolis, MN
• Dodo Coffee Co. Coffee · Fayetteville, AR
• Domu Ramen & izakaya · Orlando, FL
• Dunkin' Coffee & doughnuts · Bloomington, IN
• Dunkin' Coffee & donuts · Baltimore, MD
• Dunkin' (East Franklin St) Coffee · Chapel Hill, NC
• Dunkin' (North Charles St) Coffee and donuts · Baltimore, MD
• Easy Like Sunday (Cross Keys) Brunch · Baltimore, MD
• Eddie's EuroMart Balkan market & café · Dallas, TX
• Egghill Breakfast · Nashville, TN
• Elemental Coffee Coffee · Oklahoma City, OK
• Ellianos Coffee (Baxley) Coffee · Baxley, GA
• Ellianos Coffee (Jesup) Coffee · Jesup, GA
• Elm New American · New Canaan, CT
• Elm Street Bakery Bakery · East Aurora, NY
• Emirgan Sütiş Turkish breakfast · Istanbul, Türkiye
• Everybody's Busy Coffee · Chicago, IL
• Federal Donuts & Chicken Donuts and fried chicken · Philadelphia, PA
• First Watch Breakfast & brunch · St. Louis, MO
• Folk Cafe & brunch · Detroit, MI
• Forin Cafe Coffee · Philadelphia, PA
• Fox & Goose Public House British pub & breakfast · Sacramento, CA
• Friedman's American comfort food · New York, NY
• Gables Bagels Bagels & sandwiches · Bloomington, IN
• Gertrude's American bistro · Brooklyn, NY
• Gigi's Country Kitchen Breakfast · The Plains, OH
• Goldberg's World Famous Deli and Bagel Chateau Deli · Millburn, NJ
• Good Day Cafe Breakfast · Golden Valley, MN
• Grand Concourse Seafood · Pittsburgh, PA
• Grandma's Cookies Bakery · St. Charles, MO
• Greek Islands Coney Restaurant Greek-American diner · Plymouth, MI
• Happy and Olive Cafe · Edmonton, AB
• Happy Dough Lucky Donut & Dive Bar Donuts · Milwaukee, WI
• Haraz Coffee House (Ballantyne) Coffee · Charlotte, NC
• Harlow Plant-based cafe · Portland, OR
• Harvey's American · Starkville, MS
• Herman's Boy Cafe, bakery & market · Rockford, MI
• Hue Boston Café, supper club & cocktail bar · Boston, MA
• Il Fornaio San Jose Italian · San Jose, CA
• Il Vecchio Café Italian · Caldwell, NJ
• Intermezzo Coffee & Cocktails Coffee & cocktails · St. Petersburg, FL
• Ivy. Coffee Shop Coffee · Toronto, ON
• Jacks N Joe Breakfast & brunch · Los Angeles, CA
• Jacob's Pickles Southern comfort food · New York, NY
• Java House Coffee Bar Coffee · Carmel, IN
• Java Lounge Coffee · Mansfield, TX
• Java Man Cafe · Hermosa Beach, CA
• Jesse's Taqueria & Bakery Mexican · Bryan, TX
• Joan's on Third Cafe · Los Angeles, CA
• Johnny's Other Side American · Orlando, FL
• Juneberry Table Brunch · Cleveland, OH
• Kape't Torta Filipino bakery · Elmhurst, NY
• Kavarna Zvezda Café & pastry · Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Kingsmen Coffee Coffee · Duncanville, TX
• Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley Soul food · Philadelphia, PA
• Kora Filipino doughnuts · Sunnyside, NY
• La Boulangerie Bakery · New Orleans, LA
• La Madre Canyon Grill Mexican · Las Vegas, NV
• La Vie Mediterranean · Washington, DC
• Laughing Horse Coffee & Tea Co. Coffee shop · Harrison, NY
• Le Café Alain Ducasse, La Manufacture Coffee · Paris, Île-de-France
• Le Peep Breakfast and brunch · Charlotte, NC
• Leaps & Bounds Café Cafe · Green Bay, WI
• Let It Fly Sports Bar American sports bar · Omaha, NE
• Liebman's Deli Kosher deli · Bronx, NY
• Little Collins Australian cafe · New York, NY
• Little Hen English brunch & afternoon tea · Houston, TX
• Little Ruby's West Village Australian · New York, NY
• Lois the Pie Queen Southern breakfast · Oakland, CA
• Lola's Coffee + Bar Coffee · Cincinnati, OH
• Long's Bakery Doughnuts · Indianapolis, IN
• Long's Bakery Bakery · Indianapolis, IN
• Lontra Coffee Coffee · Los Angeles, CA
• Lucky's Lunch Counter Diner · San Diego, CA
• Lunch Box Restaurant Breakfast & lunch · Cranston, RI
• M'Dears Bakery & Bistro Soul Food · Los Angeles, CA
• Maman (Georgetown) Cafe · Washington, DC
• Mandabatmaz Turkish coffee · Istanbul, Türkiye
• Maplewood Kitchen and Bar Breakfast · Cincinnati, OH
• Marie's Donuts Bakery · Sacramento, CA
• McDonald's (Kaighns Ave, Cherry Hill) Fast food · Cherry Hill, NJ
• Mi Tierra Café y Panadería Tex-Mex & bakery · San Antonio, TX
• Middle Child Sandwiches · Philadelphia, PA
• Mighty Bread Company Bakery · Philadelphia, PA
• Mike's Pastry Bakery · Boston, MA
• Milk & Honey (College Park) Southern · College Park, MD
• Milktooth Brunch & coffee · Indianapolis, IN
• Mirabelle by Orphée Bakery · Seattle, WA
• Miss Molly's Cafe & Pastry Shop Cafe & bakery · Milwaukee, WI
• Moonshine Mountain Cookies (West Hills) Bakery · Knoxville, TN
• Morning Mugs Coffee Coffee · Baltimore, MD
• Mr. T Modern French · Los Angeles, CA
• Neighborhood JA.M. (Norman) Breakfast · Norman, OK
• Neptune's Breakfast · Alameda, CA
• New Love Coffee Coffee roaster & café · Spokane, WA
• Nick's on Broadway New American brunch · Providence, RI
• Olive & Thyme Cafe · Burbank, CA
• Onyx Coffee Lab Coffee · Rogers, AR
• Pamela's Diner Breakfast · Pittsburgh, PA
• Panera Bread Bakery cafe · Miami, FL
• Parcelle Organics Organic cafe & smoothies · Minneapolis, MN
• Parcelle Organics Organic cafe & smoothies · Minneapolis, MN
• Pegah's Family Restaurant Diner · Shawnee, KS
• Pie Snob Pie bakery · Chandler, AZ
• Pinecrest Bakery Cuban bakery · Pinecrest, FL
• Portland Coffee Roasters Coffee · Portland, OR
• Poslastičarnica Gojko Ice cream & pastries · Sombor, Serbia
• Press on Monmouth Breakfast and brunch · Newport, KY
• Pullman Bar & Diner American diner · Iowa City, IA
• Q1227 Restaurant Southern-inflected New American · Roseville, CA
• Randazzo Pastry Shop & Bakery Bakery & Deli · Raritan, NJ
• Re:Bar Cafe & Juicestillery Café & juice bar · Tomball, TX
• Ritz Diner Diner · Livingston, NJ
• Roasted Coffee Shop Coffee · Olmsted Falls, OH
• Rolling Stars (Newtown Square) Bagels · Newtown Square, PA
• Rooms Coffee (135 Ossington) Coffee · Toronto, ON
• Rose Ave Bakery Bakery · Washington, DC
• Rumeli Kale Cafe Turkish breakfast · Istanbul, Türkiye
• Sadelle's Dallas Breakfast & brunch · Dallas, TX
• Sarabeth's Breakfast & brunch · New York, NY
• Saxbys Coffee · West Lafayette, IN
• Schlepp's Diner · Belmont, OH
• SCHOOL Restaurant Brunch · Toronto, ON
• Scratch Kitchen & Catering Breakfast & lunch · Newport, RI
• Screen Door Southern · Portland, OR
• Sessions Stand Cafe · Marietta, GA
• Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee Bakery · Costa Mesa, CA
• Sip & Purr Cat Café Café · Milwaukee, WI
• Slave to the Grind Coffee shop · Bronxville, NY
• Southwest Elixirs Juice & espresso cafe · San Antonio, TX
• Starbucks Coffee · Seattle, WA
• Starbucks (Terry & Republican) Coffee · Seattle, WA
• Steingold's Bagels & Nosh Deli · Chicago, IL
• Succotash Breakfast & Brunch · Kansas City, MO
• Sweet Diner Brunch · Milwaukee, WI
• Sweet July Café Caribbean-inspired café · Charlotte, NC
• Sweet Maple Brunch · San Francisco, CA
• Table 22 Brunch · Tampa, FL
• Ted's Bakery Bakery & Plate Lunch · Haleiwa, HI
• The Barista Lab Coffee · Geneva, Switzerland
• The Battery Cafe Cafe · St. John's, NL
• The Beaumont Steakhouse · Catonsville, MD
• The Breakfast Club MPLS Breakfast & brunch · Minneapolis, MN
• The Breakfast Faktory Breakfast & brunch · Maple Heights, OH
• The Coffee Club Cafe · Wollongong, NSW
• The Donut Scene Donuts · Strongsville, OH
• The Drip House Coffee Coffee · Ann Arbor, MI
• The Elk Cafe · New York, NY
• The Grange Outpost Cafe · Orchard Park, NY
• The Ground Rittenhouse Cafe · Philadelphia, PA
• The Home Bakery Bakery · Rochester, MI
• The Knick New American · Milwaukee, WI
• The Legacy Diner Diner · Audubon, NJ
• The Little Dipper Cafe & Ice Cream Shoppe Ice cream & cafe · Jamestown, MI
• The Monica American · Tucson, AZ
• The Monroe Modern American comfort · Orlando, FL
• The National Exemplar American · Mariemont, OH
• The Pancake Place Breakfast · Green Bay, WI
• The Pastry Project Bakery · Seattle, WA
• The Serving Spoon Soul food · Inglewood, CA
• Tim Hortons (8 Mile, Hazel Park) Coffee and donuts · Hazel Park, MI
• Tiny Boxwoods Cafe & garden restaurant · Houston, TX
• Toast Breakfast · Birmingham, MI
• Tony's Deli Deli · New Canaan, CT
• Tripoli Pizza & Bakery Pizza & bakery · Lawrence, MA
• Tru Bru Organic Coffee (Henderson) Coffee · Henderson, NV
• Twisted Waffles Breakfast & Brunch · New Orleans, LA
• Two Brothers Family Restaurant Diner & breakfast · Oshkosh, WI
• Uncle Bill's Pancake House Diner breakfast · St. Louis, MO
• Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern Breakfast · Milwaukee, WI
• Urban Roast Cafe & cocktails · Washington, DC
• Veniero's Pasticceria & Caffè Italian bakery · New York, NY
• Verna's Flight Line Restaurant & Catering American · Millville, NJ
• Waffle House Diner · Newnan, GA
• Waffle House (Tolleson) Breakfast · Tolleson, AZ
• Wagner's Pharmacy Diner · Louisville, KY
• Wake Up Call Coffee Coffee · Spokane, WA
• Waysider Breakfast · Tuscaloosa, AL
• Wi Jammin Caribbean Cafe Caribbean · Inglewood, CA
• Wilder New American · Philadelphia, PA
• Willard Hicks American · Campbell, CA
• Win Son Bakery Taiwanese-American bakery · Brooklyn, NY
• YELLOW (Georgetown) Cafe · Washington, DC
• Yo-Way Eatery Sandwiches · Gardena, CA
• Young's Beach Shack Breakfast · Dana Point, CA
• Yours Truly (Mentor) American · Mentor, OH
• Καφέ Κιβωτός Cafe · Athens, Greece