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.
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Open at 6am every day of the week, and until 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
The original Tate's location, where the chocolate chip cookies started. Also the morning muffin spot.
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. Vogue and NYT covered.
James Beard-winning Carissa's third East End outpost, across from the Marine Park. Full coffee bar, pantry, and sourdough from the Wainscott mother ovens.
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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. Full breakfast menu, pastries, espresso, and a bakery case out the door.
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Latin bakery, the third of three Familia locations. The operator's site posts two conflicting week-long hour rows, so call ahead.
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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.
Old-school North Fork European bakery — strudels, danishes, breakfast pastries. Thursday to Sunday only.
Bakery, gourmet food shop and wholesale kitchen. Retail is Friday to Sunday only, with to-go coffee, tea and housemade pastries.
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The original Blue Duck on Front Street, Greenport. Naturally leavened bread and the cinnamon roll worth the drive.
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The Southold branch of the North Fork's three-shop bakery. Artisan loaves out front, and a cafe counter doing sandwiches on that bread, soups, salads and pastries.
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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