Montauk Bake Shoppe
Open at 6am every day of the week, and until 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
Coffee shops, bakeries, bagel counters, and early-bird breakfast spots locals actually go to.
8 spots
Open at 6am every day of the week, and until 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
Hours: Wed-Mon 7am-3pm, closed Tue.
The original Tate's location, where the chocolate chip cookies started.
Levain's Wainscott bakery on Montauk Highway, open 8am to 4:30pm seven days a week.
Cult-favorite bakery with sourdough loaves, croissants, and morning buns.
Open Daily 8:30am-4pm.
James Beard-winning Carissa's third East End outpost, across from the Marine Park.
Call ahead for hours
On 249A Main St.
1 spot
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Hours: Mon-Fri closed, Sat-Sun 8am-3pm.
4 spots
Open Mon-Sat 5:30am-9pm, Sun 6am-9pm.
West Montauk Highway bakery open from 7am Tuesday through Sunday; orders taken by phone.
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The Westhampton Beach Main Street bakery and cafe, now run by the owner of the Montauk Bake Shoppe.
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Latin bakery, the third of three Familia locations.
7 spots
A Riverhead bakery focused on breads, cakes and pastries, opening at six on weekdays and staying open through the evening.
Doughnuts made fresh every morning on Love Lane since June 2018 — until they sell out, which they do.
The original Blue Duck on Front Street, Greenport.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm, Sat-Sun closed.
Old-school North Fork European bakery — strudels, danishes, breakfast pastries.
Bakery, gourmet food shop and wholesale kitchen.
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The Southold branch of the North Fork's three-shop bakery.
Cafes and roasters
20 of the spots above are coffee-first rather than sit-down breakfast. By region, then by kind; earliest opener first within each town.
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