I agree SB. Cracker Barrel is the best. The Col. also gets the Sunrise Sampler. I get the Smokehouse breakfast but I get country ham instaed of bacon or the sausage. Fried eggs, biscuits and gravy.

I don't like the fried apples and the cheesy hashbrowns or the grits. I usually order extra biscuits and gravy.

Gotta disagree. I HATE Cracker Barrel....I hate their phony "country store" their service sucks and their breakfast potatoes are horrible.

The best breakfast places are slightly gready and slightly dirty mom and pop coffee shops.

I love Denny's while I'm in Florida, but they suck up here.

Lately, I've been doing whole grain toast, fresh fruit and oatmeal. But nothing makes me happier than steak and eggs, actually, any meat with eggs.

And I looooooooooove grits!

Once in awhile we go to Denny's here. I like Cracker Barrel better.

cereals with cold milk, coffee.

Although I've never eaten a breakfast at Cracker Barrel, I have had lunch and dinner there. I like Cracker Barrel.

As for Denny's, I'm not that crazy about them. I like Cracker Barrel much more than Denny's.


I find that the best breakfasts are served in Diners.

The Denny's in Florida are far superior to the ones in the Northeast. The ones up here just suck.

The whole country store thing is annoying, DT, but I have to disagree about their breakfast. I love it.

It may be annoying, but it's genius!

I think the country store only appeals to people who live in the city. Don't get me wrong SB, I know you lived here until you were a teenager. I enjoy them as a break from all the noise, and everything else that goes along with living in the boroughs.

The Denny's here is ok. And as for Cracker Barrel I like the country store. Nice things to look at while you are waiting for your table.

I had a great breakfast in a diner near Harrisburg Pa in May...
a real heart stopper...bacon, eggs, toast and a side order of creamed chipped beef (aka S.O.S.)

There's a diner I eat at in Florida all the time when I'm down there, it's called Ellies 50's diner, on North Federal Highway, in Delray Beach. It's a little corny (they have the pink Cadillac outside and everything) but the food is great. Their basic egg breakfast is called the "Little Star," it's two eggs, home fries, oatmeal, grits, toast, fresh fruit and coffee (you get all of those items, NOT a choice of them) for $3.57.

Where else you gonna go?

Who remembers when there were only a couple of big Diners in the boroughs and the smaller neighborhood places were known as Luncheonettes?

Now those places used to make THEE best breakfasts!

Don't ask me. I'm not smaht enough.

But if I was smart enough, I'd go with Soup Burg on Lexington, between 76th and 77th. At one time I kept an office in that neighborhood, I ate their almost every day...twice!

To this day, it's my favorite burger in the city, with Jackson Hole (Columbus Avenue and 85th Street location) coming in a not-too-distant second. Jennifer Aniston worked there as a waitress. I'm told she was a very hard worker.

3rd goes to Veleska, the Ukrainian joint on 2nd Avenue and 9th Street. Unbelievable portions, and great food. Those Eastern Europeans really know from breakfast.

Matter of fact, I have to go down to west 8th street tomorrow morning, real early, like 6am. I'm gonna come back through the east side, so I'm gonna stop at Veleska for a coronary UN-friendly breakfast.

I loved luncheonettes. The best one was called Sal's on the corner of 234th and White Plains Road. My dad used to eat lunch there almost every day, and it was a real treat when I would go with him.

And I know this is going off-topic, but who remembers soda fountains?? My dad was a pharmacist, and he used to work the soda fountain sometimes. He made the BEST egg creams.

Of course, I remember ALL of the pharmacies had soda fountains in those days. On the way to school, I always used to stop at one at Fordham Rd, and by the time I got to Mount (1973-1977) there were a couple of pharmacies that had them up on White Plains Road.

For about 30 years, my dad worked at the Rexall on the corner of 233rd and White Plains Road, a few doors down from The Wakefield.

when i was in florida i went to dennys every morning for two weeks solid i think i might try and start a dennys franchise in the UK!

I had a pretty big breakfast downtown today. Lately, I've been doing a lot of fruit, and bran cereals, due to a recent bout with colitis, but today I went all out--3 eggs sunny side up, a short stack of blueberry pancakes, Canadian bacon, home fries, whole grain toast, and a cup of oatmeal (to keep things moving). Oh yeah, 2 smoking hot cups of REAL coffee (I've been watching the caffeine, too).

This thread can NOT be a good thing, but I love it.

Cereal and fruit for me!
Every morning

scabbled egg with bacon and corned beef for me in the morning cant wait!

Well done corned beef hash and scrambled eggs. Now yer talkin!

Mr. Babe loves corned beef hash and eggs. I can't eat it. It looks like dog food.

i have just had my eggs and corned beef harsh it was that nice i could eat it again actually i think i might tommorow

Back to healthy eating today. I had 1 poached egg, whole grain toast and fresh honeydew melon.

Poached eggs, corned beef hash and ketchup......heaven on earth.

I've come to love poached eggs. Actually, I always have. My mother would poach them with some vegetables for dinner quite often. She made ciambotta, which is kind of an Italian vegetable stew. Basically, it's some peppers, eggplants and zucchini, simmered in a light tomato sauce with some onions and garlic. Then she'd make little indentations in the pan, between the vegetables, where she'd crack the eggs. Then cover the pan and let the eggs poach in the steam from the sauce. A little grated parmigiano and a fresh bastone. Oh boy, do I miss her and her cooking.

My mother says that the secret to a poached egg is to add a drop of white vinegar (another use for Geoff, aside from cleaning the coffee pot) to the water so that the egg won't sink. Don't know how true that is, but she does make a very nice poached egg.