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Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2008
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

And multiple metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick

Java Jive

Open for more than 10 years now, JAVA JIVE is especially popular on weekends, when there&#146;s always a wait. The Midtown diner has a retro &#146;50s feel with Formica tables and vinyl seating. The staff, like the coffee, is bracing but excellent. Gingerbread waffles with lemon curd have long been the favorite here, although pancakes are good, too. And the biscuits have no peer. Are you getting the drift? Aim for the heavy carbs. The egg dishes are decent, but the kitchen is at its best carbing you up. less...

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Howell Mill Village

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Toco Hills

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Roswell

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Kennesaw

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Midtown

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Buckhead

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
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Flying Biscuit Cafe - Sandy Springs

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick

Java Jive

790 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-876-6161 Open for more than 10 years now, JAVA JIVE is especially popular on weekends, when there's always a wait. The Midtown diner has a retro '50s feel with Formica tables and vinyl seating. The staff, like the coffee, is bracing but excellent. Gingerbread waffles with lemon curd have long been the favorite here, although pancakes are good, too. And the biscuits have no peer. Are you getting the drift? Aim for the heavy carbs. The egg dishes are decent, but the kitchen is at its best carbing you up. less...

Best breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick

Silver Skillet

We tend to be traditionalists when it comes to the morning meal and SILVER SKILLET is about as traditionally Southern as you can get. One of the last true diners in the city, the Skillet serves big buttermilk biscuits available straight up or stuffed. Our favorite order remains the mild country ham with two eggs (over easy), biscuits, grits and red-eye gravy. You can get the same heart-stopper with pork chops or corned beef hash instead of ham. Return a few hours later for an equally hearty lunch and be sure you get a slice of lemon ice box pie. less...

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

1001 Piedmont Ave., 404-874-8887.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick

Radial Cafe

Going out to breakfast should be relaxing, not cutthroat. RADIAL CAFE is one of the few places left in Atlanta where jockeying for a table isn&#146;t a professional sport. The space is cozy but not too cramped, and funky art on the walls could perk up even the most bleary-eyed night owl. Don&#146;t miss the hearty buckwheat pancakes and the giant breakfast burrito topped with spicy salsa, black beans and a drizzle of sour cream. less...

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Flying Biscuit Cafe

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Bobby And June's Kountry Kitchen

How'd that Republican ad go? Keep your neo-hippie, BMW-driving, latte-swilling, "New York Times"-reading lifestyle to yourself! Hell yeah! Head to BOBBY AND JUNE'S KOUNTRY KITCHEN for a "real" breakfast. Honestly, there's no political affiliation required here. Grab a rocking chair on the porch and hope a ham, suspended above, doesn't fall on your head. Then go inside, pass by the Lions Club photos, and grab a table or place at the bar. Very good country ham, biscuits and eggs fluorescently scrambled with yellow cheese attract cops, latte-swillers on sabbatical and businessmen alike. It's truly a step into small-town Southern America. "375 14th St. 404-876-3872." less...

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Flying Biscuit Cafe

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Thumbs Up Diner

THUMBS UP DINER has everything you want in a breakfast place: a hip assortment of folks looking tame as they wipe the sleep from their eyes; a funky vibe that feels cool but still come-as-you-are; and a long list of breakfast dishes that runs the gamut from tofu scramble to steak and eggs. We especially love the Southwestern scramble with black beans, guac and salsa, as well as the waffle cakes - pancakes made with Belgian waffle batter - filled with pecans and served with their own little bottle of gen-u-wine maple syrup. Waits can be long on weekends, but that's pretty much a given in this town, isn't it? "573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690." less...

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Java Jive

The morning meal is all they offer here at comfy, kitschy JAVA JIVE tucked into a crowded expanse of restaurants in Poncey-Highland. You can't go wrong with any of the scrambles, and ginger bread waffles (served only on weekends) make it worth the frequently long waits. Those of us who've been regulars since this place opened remember Shira Levetan's incredible pies, displayed in the front case where the antique toasters are now exhibited. "790 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-876-6161." less...