Breakfast in Boston

Ever wake up and just NEED eggs the way you like ‘em, juicy sausage, crisp bacon, warm toast, homemade jam, and towers of blueberry pancakes and thick French toast with warm maple syrup?

Yeah, me too. 

But, when you wake up in Boston with that tummy turning demand, where do you go?  Well, you could go to the top-rated breakfast place in Boston.  Zaftigs, in Brookline, offers Deli charm and breakfast all day long that will never disappoint your taste buds and isn’t hard on your wallet either.  However, you better hope it’s sunny and you better have no plans that day because you and 100 of your closest Bostonians will be waiting outside for a table for at least an hour on weekends. 

There’s also Henrietta’s Table… but I won’t even tempt you with tales of locally grown produce and New England home-style breakfast perfection because you’ll be left with only a craving.  There’s two problems with this jewel: One, it’s in Cambridge and Two, it’s NOT economical for a college student, or for this economy.  Make your own eggs at this point. 

Then there’s Bagel Rising.  Yes, their bagels are good, especially after a memorable night out.  However, the line is ridiculously long, the staff has a hard time remembering your order and it is no stack of hotcakes. 

Oh yeah, there’s also McDonalds… but who on earth is up early enough for that.  And there’s Dunkin Donuts…but I have one thing to say on that: If you’re running on Dunkin, keep running. EW.

So, there’s good breakfast with lines, there’s good breakfast if you have a money tree and there’s fast food.

WHAT’s WRONG WITH YOU BOSTON?! 

Breakfast has been a part of people’s lives since Adam woke up hungry enough to eat Eve’s apple.  Then, the ‘part of this complete breakfast’ entered homes in the 60s.  Ever since we’ve been making breakfast and coming up with easier and easier methods to eat it (you’re lying if you say you’ve never had an eggo or a poptart), because we’ve gotta have it.

So, as an advertising person, I’m always looking for a new market.  Hello?!  Why isn’t someone opening the BEST breakfast place ever in Boston?  Steal that title out from under Zaftigs (then the line might go down so I can go get some challah French toast!).  At least make them work for it.  It’s simple in my eyes: Boston needs more breakfast, so open a place and make some dough! 

Please. 

I miss hashbrowns.