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The 15 best breakfast sandwiches in NYC

Fifteen breakfast sandwiches worth crossing a borough for, on bagels, rolls, roti and scallion pancakes.

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7 of the 15

  1. Court Street Grocers

    Carroll GardensSandwich shop$$

    The Carroll Gardens original of the sandwich shop. Its B+B piles eggs scrambled soft, Burgers' Smokehouse bacon and melted cheese onto a roll, and it's worth the trip on its own. Open daily 8 to 5.

  2. Tompkins Square Bagels

    East VillageBagel shop$

    The original Tompkins Square Bagels, hand-rolling and kettle-boiling on Avenue A since 2011, across from the park. Order the Weezer, a bacon-egg-and-cheese with chorizo and cream cheese on the bagel of your choice.

  3. Win Son Bakery

    East WilliamsburgTaiwanese-American bakery$$

    The Taiwanese-American café's breakfast sandwich comes on a flaky scallion pancake with egg, bacon and Havarti, a New York classic remixed. The original is on Graham Avenue; a second Win Son Bakery is in the East Village.

  4. Sunny & Annie's

    East VillageDeli$

    An Avenue B deli in the East Village with a long board of named house sandwiches. Keep it simple at breakfast: a bacon, egg and cheese on a roll, among the cheapest good ones in Manhattan.

  5. Ess-a-Bagel

    Midtown EastBagel shop$

    The Midtown East Ess-a-Bagel, on Third Avenue between 50th and 51st, turns out some of the biggest, chewiest bagels in Manhattan. Expect a line and get a BEC or a nova sandwich.

  6. Bo's Bagels

    HarlemBagel shop$

    Harlem's own bagel bakery, which started as a small stand and now boils and bakes bagels and bialys daily on 116th Street. Breakfast is a sausage, egg and cheese on a fresh everything bagel.

  7. Bagel Hole

    Park SlopeBagel shop$

    A shoebox bagel shop on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope for three decades, with a gruff counter and firm rules: they won't toast your bagel. They don't need to. Get a bacon, egg and cheese on a warm one.

The other 8

The 15 are spread across 13 neighborhoods. East Village (2) and Nolita (2) have the most; Carroll Gardens, East Williamsburg, Garment District, Gramercy, Harlem, Lower East Side, Midtown East, Park Slope, South Slope, Two Bridges and Williamsburg have one each.

NYC Breakfast Sandwiches · 15 places

+8 more in the app

Smoked-fish bagels on Houston Street since 1914, an egg sandwich wrapped in roti, a BEC with miso-tahini kale, a Garment District shop with more than 15 cream cheeses, and more.

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Common questions

Where is the best bacon, egg and cheese in NYC?
Court Street Grocers in Carroll Gardens, whose B+B piles soft-scrambled eggs, Burgers' Smokehouse bacon and melted cheese onto a roll; Tompkins Square Bagels on Avenue A, for the Weezer, a BEC with chorizo and cream cheese on a hand-rolled bagel; and Sunny & Annie's on Avenue B, for a classic on a roll.
Where can I get a bagel breakfast sandwich in NYC?
Ess-a-Bagel on Third Avenue in Midtown East, for some of the biggest, chewiest bagels in Manhattan; Bo's Bagels in Harlem, which boils and bakes bagels and bialys daily on 116th Street; and Bagel Hole in Park Slope, where they won't toast your bagel and don't need to.
What is the scallion pancake breakfast sandwich?
Win Son Bakery's egg, bacon and Havarti on a flaky scallion pancake, from the Taiwanese-American café on Graham Avenue in East Williamsburg. A second Win Son Bakery is in the East Village.
Which New York neighborhood is best for breakfast sandwiches?
On our list, the East Village and Nolita tie for the most, with 2 of the 15 each. The rest are spread across 11 other neighborhoods, so there is a good one in most parts of the city.
What are the best breakfast sandwiches in Manhattan?
On our list: Tompkins Square Bagels and Sunny & Annie's in the East Village; Ess-a-Bagel in Midtown East; Bo's Bagels in Harlem. 10 of our 15 are in Manhattan, and all of them are in the Whosly app.
What are the best breakfast sandwiches in Brooklyn?
On our list: Court Street Grocers in Carroll Gardens; Win Son Bakery in East Williamsburg; Bagel Hole in Park Slope. 5 of our 15 are in Brooklyn, and all of them are in the Whosly app.
Where can I see all 15?
Whosly's NYC Breakfast Sandwiches pack has all 15, mapped, with our notes. Add it in the app and every one lands on your own map, ready to save, rate and plan around. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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All 15, on your own map

This page is 7 of them. The NYC Breakfast Sandwiches pack in Whosly has all 15 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.

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