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Home My WebLink About2008 Apr 14 - USA Today.com Article10 great places to start your day sunny side up - USATODAY-com Page 1 of 4 Cars Auto Financing Event Tickets Jobs Real Estate Online Degrees Business Opportunities Shopping Search How do I find it? EARN FREE NIGHT'S' AND R1GWIM Home News Travel low Money Sports Life Travel » Destinations City Guides Country Guides 10 Great Deals Tech Weather Hoisting the beignets: Dung Hguyen delivers the doughy, sugary treats at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. By Mel Evans, AP Photo Ar"R 1 4 2008 HEAL I"H r)Epi- 1 o great places to start your day sunny side up Updated 80d ago I Comments 1 I Recommend 6 E-mail I Save I Print I Enlarge Good Enough to Ea- Big apple omelet, anyone? Good food, comfy vibes at Carrie Levin?s Good Enough to Eat, which is famed for its homemade breakfast. Now here's an eye-opener. January is "Resolve to 0 Mixx it Eat Breakfast Month." So, before the month is out, we asked Eddy Chavey, food historian, Other ways to share: breakfast expert and creator of a website Yahool Buzz dedicated to his passion for the most important Digg meal of the day (mrbreakfast.com), to share his favorite places with Kathy Baruffi for USA Newsvine TODAY, Reddit Ken's House of Pancakes I Hilo, Hawaii Facebook "Open 24 hours a day, Ken's is very popular what's this? among breakfast lovers on the Big Island of Hawaii. The menu features multiple variations of a signature Hawaiian dish called Loco Moco, a beef patty, gravy and an egg over rice. If you order the largest version, called the Sumo Moco, the staff will all yell'Sumo!' " Chavey says. "Also try the homemade coconut syrup on their Hawaiian -style pancakes." 808-935-8711 Pete's Kitchen / Denver http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/lOgreat/2008-01-24-10great N.htm 4/14/2008 10 great places to start your day sunny side up - USATODAY.com Page 2 of 4 From the guy walking in off the street to the couple arriving by FLIGHTS, HOTELS AND MORE limousine, customers come from all over Denver to slide into the cozy tan booths of this Greek diner. "Open 24 hours, 7 days a week, all year long, this is the place to grab breakfast after a long night of Flights Cars Hotels partying," Chavey says. 'Their breakfast burritos, smothered in chili, are the best in town." From (city or airport) To (city or airport) 303-321-3139; petesrestaurantstoo.com The Flying Biscuit Cafe / Atlanta Leave Return "For a healthy, hearty breakfast served all day and the fluffiest biscuits you'll get anywhere, try this hip restaurant in the Candler Park community of Atlanta," Chavey says. "Biscuits and gravy or biscuits Submit with their own homemade cranberry -apple butter are the don't -miss P` °`"� b'KAYAK items on the menu." Feast on organic oatmeal pancakes top ped with More search options warm peach compote, then visit galleries and shops in the nearby Little Five Points district. Flying Biscuit also has five other locations. 404-687-8888, flyingbiscuit. com Keltic Kitchen / West Yarmouth, Mass. Children who grew up feasting at this Cape Cod cottage near Nantucket Sound now bring their own families here to sit in the seats they call their own. "Come for a traditional Irish breakfast, including black -and -white pudding (aka blood sausage), brown bread, beans and thick Irish bacon. Expect to hear some Irish accents; a lot of customers come here to get a taste of home," Chavey says. 508-771-4835; thekeltickitchen.com Saddle Ranch Chop House / West Hollywood, Calif. "Watch fellow brunchers ride the mechanical bull while you enjoy huge portions of steak and eggs," Chavey says. "The building and d5cor are right out of a 1930s cowboy movie — an unlikely gem in the middle of the glitz and glam of the L.A. Sunset Strip." From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., serious stingers can down Bottomless Bloody Marys and mimosas. Campfires are aglow outdoors for everyone to make s'mores. This is one of two Saddle Ranches in metro Los Angeles. 323-656-2007, srrestaurants.com The Breakfast Klub / Houston When Beyonce visits her hometown, this is where she and Jay-Z come for breakfast. "Known for the combinations of Wings & Waffles and Katfish & Grits, it's the best place for a traditional Southem-style breakfast in Houston," Chavey says. "They also have the best cheese grits west of the Mississippi." The jazzy red, yellow and orange walls match the music played here. The day starts with gospel music and eases into jazz. On Saturdays, you can sing along to oldies. 713-528-8561; thebreakfastklub.com Good Enough to Eat / New York Chefs come here for breakfast because everything, from the dill onion bread to the sausage, is homemade. "You get a comfortable vibe when you see their white picket fence on the busy Upper West Side. Its a cool, relaxing joint to get a hometown -style breakfast," Chavey says. 'The Gramercy Park omelet, made with apple slices and Vermont cheddar, is a standout. Go on a weekday to avoid the long weekend lines." 212-496-0163; goodenoughtoeat.com Cadillac Cafe / Portland, Ore. 'The pink '61 Cadillac on display in this restaurant is an attraction for some, but it's the thick hazelnut -crusted French toast and the Bunkhouse Vittles Sampler (chicken -apple sausages, seasoned fried potatoes, eggs and a slice of hazelnut French toast) that are the real draw," Chavey says. After you feel fortified, walk over to Lloyd Center for some serious shopping or an exhilarating workout at the Lloyd Center Ice Rink. 503-287-4750 Caf6 Du Monde / New Orleans "This historic French Quarter coffee shop, unscathed during Hurricane Katrina, was dosed for two months after the storm due to lack of water or power," Chavey says. "It offers up the best beignets in the nation. They are simply fried dough covered with powdered sugar. The caf& also serves up notoriously smooth chicory coffee." Tables are set up under a huge green -and -white awning in the first building of the French Market. This is the original Caf6 Du Monde, which has expanded http://www.usatoday.com/tmvel/destinations/l Ogreat/2008-01-24-10great_N.htm 4/14/2008