Photograph by Marlene Rounds
Southwestern from The Bagelry
Pepperjack cheese, jalapeño garlic cream cheese, banana peppers, and red onions turn up the heat on scrambled eggs and a sausage patty for a fiery wakeup call. It’s all served on your choice of fresh hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagel—just what you’d expect from The Bagelry. 3212 Madison Rd., Oakley, (513) 996-0141; 1401 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 975-0631
Yaki Omelette Sando from Proud Hound
Made with omelette-style eggs and white American cheese, this toasted sando at Proud Hound Coffee is heavy on the ingredients—shiitake mushroom, green onion, cabbage, Japanese BBQ and vegan yum-yum sauces—and is probably the easiest on this list to swap out for a vegan version if you need to. (We don’t think you will, though.) 6717 Montgomery Rd., Silverton, (513) 987-1233
Goetta, Egg, and Cheese from Eckerlin Meats
Eckerlin Meats serves its breakfast sandwiches all day every day so don’t feel confined to the ante meridiem hours if you’re not a morning person. If you want to stay true to Cincinnati’s roots, the goetta (German-style sausage of pork and oats) is the way to go. 116 W. Elder St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 721-5743
Breakfast Sammy from Fable Café
There are some gems on the west side. Case in point: Fable Café. The coffeeshop has a small-ish menu of pastries and sandwiches, including the made-to-order Breakfast Sammy, which comes with egg, two slices of bacon, white cheddar, house-made arugula mayo, all on a toasted English muffin. 3117 Harrison Ave., Westwood
The Lola from Cackleberry
If you think 9 a.m. is too early to be out of bed on a Saturday, you’ve never had Cackleberry’s Lola (Spam, Japanese rolled omlette, green onion, chives, and sriracha mayo in a brioche bun). Affectionally named after China Fautz’s Filipino grandma (lola means grandmother in Tagalog), it’s one of the mobile breakfast bar’s best-selling menu items. There’s no need to wonder why. 731 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills
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