Where are the best breakfast sandwiches?
Egg and Swiss from Einstein Bros. Bagels
Lately my morning routine has changed so that twice a week I need to grab a quick breakfast on the go. Like everyone else in this great land of ours, I seem to have settled on the breakfast sandwich as my go-to drive-by breakfast.
I have been trying different ones on my route, with varying degrees of success. I don’t like to eat meat in the morning, so I’ve been munching my way through various combinations of egg and cheese.
I didn’t mind this multigrain bagel from Einstein Bros., bouncy and fluffy with innocuous yellow egg curd and a slice of Swiss cheese subbed for cheddar.
I really hated the gooey, pressed, leathery, steamy bagel from Panera Bread holding an egg puck and dripping napalm gobs of yellow cheese.
But if I’m looking for a good breakfast sandwich, where do I go?
- By John Kessler, Food & More blog
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130 comments Add your comment
Sara
February 1st, 2011
12:18 pm
Have you been to Bakeshop yet?
Christina
February 1st, 2011
12:21 pm
Martin’s is the very best place for breakfast. They have racks and racks of REAL eggs in their kitchen.. hence the taste that is far beyond all the other places out there!
RL
February 1st, 2011
12:28 pm
Since we are talking about breakfast, anybody been to the new Goldberg’s in Toco Hills?
A Reader
February 1st, 2011
1:05 pm
breakfast burritos are what i prefer. macdonald’s are simple enough and i actually like their coffee better than most places i’ve tried. chic-fil-a’s are ok.
Russell
February 1st, 2011
1:06 pm
The Biscuit Barn just off of exit 13 on 400 makes a killer bacon, egg and cheese biscuit. Freshly made with a ton of crisp bacon.
joe
February 1st, 2011
1:10 pm
what about your ol’ egg bahn mi at Lee’s that one’s a winner anytime. Corner Bakery used to have a good option too but still like Belly and Highland Bakery
slothtosser
February 1st, 2011
5:21 pm
(Bacon) egg and cheese biscuit from Pastries A Go-Go in Decatur
Great sandwich!
February 1st, 2011
5:28 pm
LOTTA FRUTTA!!!!
claude
February 1st, 2011
5:40 pm
Breakfast poboy at Big Easy Grille. Grilled Andouille sausage, scrambled eggs and cheese on warm poboy bread served with garlic cheese grits! yum!
ronald mcdonald
February 1st, 2011
9:27 pm
egg mcmuffin
Stew
February 1st, 2011
10:33 pm
Hate to mention New York again but the favorite up there is 1 fried egg (or 2) bacon and american cheese on a hard roll wrapped in wax paper until you eat it. Served at all streetcorner deli’s. A buttered hard roll is also big. Since there are no real bakeries or NY deli’s in Atlanta you cannot get a hard roll so buy a Kaiser roll at Publix and make your own. Nothing close can be bought or made here.
Kat
February 1st, 2011
10:45 pm
My favorites have already been named….but again…
Belly….try the rosemary bagel for a bit of savory goodness in the morning
Alon’s…it’s ALL good, but the egg/cheese panini is my fav…must be sourdough
West Egg…can’t go wrong with any choice, but try Pimento Cheese and Egg, yum
I’m still looking for somewhere to get a breakfast sammy on reasonable sized pancakes instead of a biscuit or bagel or toast. I can do this at the golden arches, but would prefer better sausage.
cmcRoswell
February 2nd, 2011
10:15 am
Thumbs Up Diner in Roswell has the best on the Northside. Their bagels are multi-grain and can be loaded up with anything and everything you can think of
Typical Redneck
February 2nd, 2011
10:28 am
Thanks for the pointless comment Stew.
Mignon
February 2nd, 2011
1:22 pm
Coming Soon!!! Another Broken Egg Cafe!! 2355 Peachtree Rd, NE! Peachtree Battle Shopping Center!! Check it out: http://www.anotherbrokenegg.com
Scott Douglas
February 2nd, 2011
1:25 pm
B.B’s in Alpharetta and Johns Creek. Great bagels. Terrific sandwiches. Can’t go wrong.
joe
February 2nd, 2011
1:55 pm
we need more Hardee’s near Atlanta, best fastfood breakfast
Stew
February 2nd, 2011
7:46 pm
I guess trying to provide information on a fantastic breakfast sandwich is insulting to Typical Redneck.
Chris
February 2nd, 2011
10:06 pm
Try the breakfast sandwiches at the Great Harvest Bread Co in Smyrna, GA –great egg, cheese & sausage sandwich made on their fresh made whole wheat bread with an awsome dill spread. They are so big — but you mange to eat it all. They get their meat from Patak — try turkey or ham too!
Typical Redneck
February 3rd, 2011
12:42 pm
Delta’s ready when you are Stew.
Y
February 3rd, 2011
1:58 pm
Einstein Bro’s Really?!? I am always disappointed with their food. DELICIOUS and CHEAP breakfast sandwiches can be found at the New York Deli on Atlanta Rd. http://www.jacksnyd.com/. Their coffee isn’t great though.
Edward
February 3rd, 2011
2:58 pm
Not surprised people would claim the CFA biscuit as a favorite since it is so loaded with sugar it is nearly inedible to anyone with a waist size less than their height.
You know, you can get a really quick bowl of delicious pho that will start your day off really well. Probably not take more than an extra 10 minutes of your time in the morning. Pho #1, Dai Loi #2, and several other places along Buford Hwy. Or grab a bahn mi to munch on the go.
Craig
February 3rd, 2011
4:19 pm
I don’t know about Atlanta, but up in Woodstock on Bells Ferry Road is a place called Zest and Zing and they make a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit that puts pretty much every other such biscuit to shame. Made to order on homemade biscuits and I seem to recall it runs like $3 or $4 but it’s plenty big and plenty good.
LT
February 3rd, 2011
4:42 pm
Love, love the egg & cheese biscuit I had recently at Highland Bakery. Huge fluffy, flaky biscuit that was warm even after I walked back to the office thru the cold morning air. Will sooo be going back to get another once it starts to warm up again. Delicious!!!
Jan B
February 3rd, 2011
5:44 pm
The biscuits at The Little Red Barn near downtown Lawrenceville are as big as Whopper buns! I’m not kidding!
Gene
February 4th, 2011
11:35 am
Your are i Decatur anyway, you can’t beat the egg and cheese biscuit at Pastries-a- Go-Go.
John
February 4th, 2011
3:30 pm
If you’re in the Tucker area stop by Matthews Cafeteria before 10AM. Get the scambled egg biscuit and if you don’t mind the drippings or calories ask the server for a little of the spooned-on melted butter. In fact just a butter biscuit is mighty tasty – again it can drip, if you don’t tell them to go easy on the butter. I like the bacon or sausage biscuits too. I haven’t tried the link sausage or ham. If you really want a gut bomb get the meat on a butter biscuit.
Omnivore Family
February 5th, 2011
7:29 pm
Egg and Cheese biscuit from Pastries a Go Go. Everything is fresh and you can taste the difference!
w
February 6th, 2011
2:06 pm
Bagel Palace in Toco Hill Shopping Center. Hickory House in the Northlake area. Pastrys A GoGo Decatur. Thumbs Up DIner Decatur. I usually go for bagel, bacon, egg, and cheese or the same but just on biscuit, it depends on the place. I wish we had Biscuitville here in GA, if you are ever traveling in NC look for them.
mary
February 7th, 2011
9:13 am
west egg biscuit sandwiches. The cheese and egg is so good and not too pricey. $3 or so.