The 11 Best Breakfasts in New York

11. Sariling Atin (89-12 Queens Boulevard, Queens; 718-397-1200)
Breakfast at this unassuming Elmhurst Filipino restaurant is a communal affair: Everyone orders at the buffet and takes whatever seats are available in the modest dining room behind the cafeteria's front grocery area. Crispy pata — deep-fried pork trotter — comes piled high next to garlicky fried rice called sinangag. With splashes of sweet and sour, Pinoy cuisine is a guaranteed roller coaster for groggy taste buds. Served from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Depending on your previous night’s activities, your morning refueling might call for a bowl of oatmeal cooked with almond milk or a full Irish breakfast piled high with blood sausage and rashers. Though it’s harder than ever to carve out time for a proper morning meal in this city, ambitious breakfast menus keep popping up around town at buzzy places like Mission Cantina, Santina, and Ivan Ramen(ina). If you can afford at least a semi-leisurely start, you can partake of breakfast offerings that range from quickly grabbed sandwiches to luxurious sit-down feasts, and reflect this metropolis’s multitude of cultures and the diversity of its residents. With that in mind, here are our eleven best breakfasts in NYC. –Zachary Feldman