Sun in My Belly
This comfortable, meandering space is one reason to visit the community of Kirkwood; it’s easy to grab a seat for a quick early breakfast or a languorous, hours-long brunch.
The Silver Skillet
Hello, 1950s time warp. The sunny yellow walls, the fluorescent lights, the snug booths, the waitresses who call you “honey”: This is the place to take visitors longing to find some vestige of small-town Southern charm in Atlanta.
Rise-N-Dine
Settle into a table and immediately ask for a cup of the unusually fine coffee supplied by local roasting company Counter Culture.
Ria’s Bluebird
Ria Pell’s breakfast diner has been a Grant Park draw since 2000, a bastion of tattooed waitresses and diverse crowds that mill in the small front parking lot while waiting for a table. Beyond the sense of community, though, the appeal can sometimes waver.
Reveille Cafe
This newcomer launched outposts in
Marietta and Acworth last year, bringing fresh energy to breakfast in the northern burbs. Southwestern influences rev
many of the egg dishes,
The Red Eyed Mule
The location between Marietta and Kennesaw supports the highest concentration of biscuit pit stops in the metro area. The best of the bunch resides in a nondescript redbrick building with a dim, equally unassuming
interior. Oh, but those biscuits.
The Original Pancake House
Founded in 1953 in Portland, Oregon, and with 120 locations—mostly franchises—across the country, the OPH is an anomaly: The menu boasts crave-worthy specialties made with more skill and consistency than many of its independent counterparts.
Octane Coffee & The Little Tart Bakeshop
The second location for the city’s premiere java slingers and a bakery start-up that first earned loyalists at local farmers markets share a space in the back of Grant Park’s
Jane building across from Oakland Cemetery.
Home Grown
The restaurant prides itself on using local vegetables (some from its own garden), but you’ll find more evidence of such efforts on the lunch menu; breakfast is mostly a straightforward montage of egg dishes, pancakes, and biscuit sandwiches.
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