Stars Cafe
Open at 6am every day but Christmas, with a full breakfast and lunch menu and pastries baked on site.
Coffee shops, bakeries, bagel counters, and early-bird breakfast spots locals actually go to.
9 spots
Open at 6am every day but Christmas, with a full breakfast and lunch menu and pastries baked on site.
Open Mon-Sun 7am-8pm.
The Heights Cafe — Brooklyn Roasting Co. coffee and pastries.
Open Mon-Thu 7am-2pm, Fri-Sat 7am-3pm, Sun 7am-2pm.
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Breakfast and lunch seven days a week, year-round.
North Ferry Road kitchen open seven days a week — 8am to 8pm in summer, 9am to 7pm in winter.
Open Mon-Sun 8am-9pm.
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Hours: Mon-Fri closed, Sat-Sun 8am-3pm.
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On 184 N Ferry Rd.
Cafes and roasters
8 of the spots above are coffee-first rather than sit-down breakfast. By region, then by kind; earliest opener first within each town.