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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Richmond Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Baltik's Bagel · Forest Hill
A Forest Hill Avenue bagel shop with morning sandwiches, including an avocado-based breakfast option. The bagels give the south side a dedicated morning counter.
KAT'S Breakfast & Lunch · Downtown
A downtown breakfast counter where the daily specials run from a patty melt to a Monte Cristo. The Breakfast Torpedo packs meat, home fries, cheddar and eggs into a burrito.
Millie's Diner · Shockoe Bottom
A Shockoe Bottom diner whose brunch has long mixed familiar breakfast plates with bolder egg dishes. Its small East Main Street room has been part of the neighborhood since 1989.
Buna Kurs Ethiopian Cafe · Jackson Ward
This Jackson Ward Ethiopian cafe gives breakfast its own menu rather than treating it as an afterthought. The breakfast combo brings together tomato-spiced eggs, buttery kinche and injera fir fir, with the flatbread ready to scoop up the rest. Order that combination and consider the ginger-and-orange keshir tea alongside it. The small kitchen also hosts Ethiopian coffee traditions.
The Sassy Biscuit Co. · Manchester
Drop biscuits anchor the morning menu at this Manchester cafe, which opened on Hull Street in 2026. The Sassy turns a cinnamon-vanilla waffle biscuit into a sweet breakfast with buttermilk gravy; The Bennie layers a drop biscuit with egg, ham and pineapple hollandaise. For a savory start, order The Bennie, or choose The Sassy when breakfast calls for something sweeter.