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Restaurants: BREAKFAST!!

ECBG — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:55:01 GMT

How are resturants in your area when you go out to lunch?

In the last 3 years here, restaurants some have gone to such a large breakfast menu that non breakfast choices are very sparse.

I can't eat breakfast items through 2 pm and be able to make it to dinner. If it did hold me the fat count would be unacceptable. I also prefer salad and sandwiches to breakfast items.

You may like breakfast unlike me. Breakfast needs to be ended by 10 am (ish) in my book. I saw 2 entire pages of breakfast items today with 5 choices that were lunch. I saw the same thing the other day when I met a friend at another restaurant.

YES, I have complained.

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spumoni99 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:05:15 GMT

I haven't noticed that at all, unless its a breakfast type of place.

My favorite lunch spot is a sushi place so not much chance of that heppening there.

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AuntG — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:13:11 GMT

With staffing shortages, many cafes around here serve from 7am to 2pm. The focus is definitely on the breakfast items although there are sandwiches, salads and a few daily specials.

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freakygirl — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:21:31 GMT

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Sooner — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:58:56 GMT

@ECBG Don't be too hard on breakfast!

A chicken salad sandwich can easily run 400 to 1200 calories, not counting sides. And salads with lots of ingredients and dressing can be right up there with a biscuit or sausage patty!

And don't even talk about that basket of rolls or crackers! YIKES!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:50:00 GMT

99% of the time I'm still fasting in the AM and don't eat anything until sometime between noon and 1:00. Most of the time I cook at home since DH is still working. If we happen to eat out, neither of us have any problems finding suitable choices on the menues of places we go. It could be bacon & eggs, a big salad w/ protein, naked (no breading) Buffalo wings, Italian beef, burgers on a lettuce bun. No issues here.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:56:25 GMT

I live in a "diner" on every corner State w/24 hr breakfast. No need for restaurants to have a "breakfast" menu.

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ECBG — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:11:16 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@ECBG Don't be too hard on breakfast!

A chicken salad sandwich can easily run 400 to 1200 calories, not counting sides. And salads with lots of ingredients and dressing can be right up there with a biscuit or sausage patty!

And don't even talk about that basket of rolls or crackers! YIKES!

@Sooner

I would prefer a chicken salad anything to breakfast foods. I never eat rolls or crackers in a restaurant.

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kate2357 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:12:40 GMT

Most of the places I go to lunch are not open for breakfast. Lunch and dinner menus are similar...but lunch menu might offer smaller portions at less cost.

Where we have our beach home, some places offer limited breakfast items...but again, most places don't open until 11 am.

I don't usually eat my first meal before 11 am and I could eat breakfast items at lunch or dinner time. Food is food.

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ECBG — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:15:39 GMT

@kate2357 wrote:
Most of the places I go to lunch are not open for breakfast. Lunch and dinner menus are similar...but lunch menu might offer smaller portions at less cost.

Where we have our beach home, some places offer limited breakfast items...but again, most places don't open until 11 am.

I don't usually eat my first meal before 11 am and I could eat breakfast items at lunch or dinner time. Food is food.

@kate2357

At 12 pm or 1 pm, I don't want scrambled eggs or waffles. I can do that at home.

I also don't go out for breakfast.

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Etoile308 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:36:49 GMT

I enjoy breakfast food at all hours. And I can often eat dinner food mid-morning. Guess I eat what strikes my fancy at the time.

I do find that more and more I check a restaurant's menu before going, even if it's a restaurant I've gone to before.

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Carmie — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:46:11 GMT

I don't remember when I last ate breakfast or lunch in a restaurant. Probably more than 20 years ago.

I only eat dinner out a few times a year usually meeting up with friends.

If I am hungry, I cook at home, but more often than not, I skip breakfast. I usually skip lunch too, but sometimes will eat a salad or leftovers from the evening before.

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shoptilyadropagain — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:58:11 GMT

I haven't noticed restaurants around here changing to a larger breakfast menu.

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haddon9 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:59:20 GMT

I went out to lunch yesterday with a friend. I had a delicious grilled chicken caesar wrap with sweet potato fries and a glass of Pinot Grigiro. She had a garden salad with a scoop of chicken salad with cranberries and walnuts.

There are a lot of good restaurants in my area that serve a nice lunch.

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kate2357 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:24:26 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@kate2357 wrote:
Most of the places I go to lunch are not open for breakfast. Lunch and dinner menus are similar...but lunch menu might offer smaller portions at less cost.

Where we have our beach home, some places offer limited breakfast items...but again, most places don't open until 11 am.

I don't usually eat my first meal before 11 am and I could eat breakfast items at lunch or dinner time. Food is food.
@kate2357 wrote:
Most of the places I go to lunch are not open for breakfast. Lunch and dinner menus are similar...but lunch menu might offer smaller portions at less cost.

Where we have our beach home, some places offer limited breakfast items...but again, most places don't open until 11 am.

I don't usually eat my first meal before 11 am and I could eat breakfast items at lunch or dinner time. Food is food.
@kate2357

At 12 pm or 1 pm, I don't want scrambled eggs or waffles. I can do that at home.
I also don't go out for breakfast.

@ECBG

I cannot make hashbrowns or omelets as good as some restaurants can make. I have a favorite place I go to occasionally for lunch and I will order their Greek omelet for my noon meal. They also make a terrific quiche and their hamburgers are so good served on brioche buns. Dang, now I am hungry. 😆 🤣

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Venezia — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:31:16 GMT

It depends on the place, where I am. Diners that are open from the early hours (usually 5:30 or 6:00 a.m.) and close around 1:30 or 2:00, do breakfast for the entire time and lunch pretty much from 11:00 onward.

Restaurants that aren't open for breakfast do lunch and dinner. There aren't many that do both.

Personally, I love breakfast, but we have a couple of favorite places for lunch or early dinners, too. Each place we go to has its own appeal for us. One thing they have in common: they all do fresh food from scratch.

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Sooner — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:38:04 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@ECBG Don't be too hard on breakfast!

A chicken salad sandwich can easily run 400 to 1200 calories, not counting sides. And salads with lots of ingredients and dressing can be right up there with a biscuit or sausage patty!

And don't even talk about that basket of rolls or crackers! YIKES!

@Sooner

I would prefer a chicken salad anything to breakfast foods. I never eat rolls or crackers in a restaurant.

@ECBG I would take the breakfast because eggs and toast are far lower in fat. . . difference strokes for different folks. I am trying really hard to follow a mind diet routine. It's worked great for a year--so I'm sort of used to that now and lean toward those foods.

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GenXmuse — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:39:31 GMT

I'm not a breakfast eater so I love it when places have a robust lunch menu during brunch as well.

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ECBG — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:42:37 GMT

@Sooner

I would prefer to sit there with a glass of tea than have breakfast.

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beach-mom — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 04:29:38 GMT

When I was young, breakfast in our home always included grits. I had Hawaiian Punch and raisin toast. Once a week we had breakfast for dinner. Mom made waffles with bacon inside, or eggs with bacon, or scrapple if my relatives had visited recently, and toast.

I still love breakfast! I tried breakfast for dinner with my own family. We didn't do it every week, but my children still talk about it and how much they liked it.

I LOVE breakfast! During the week I eat a light breakfast. But I look forward to Sundays. Most of the time DH and I go to a late brunch (after church and anything else I need to take care of there). I love my omelettes! If we don't go out I come home and make cheese omelettes.

When we eat brunch out we usually don't have much later.

A lot of restaurants around here offer breakfast all day long. We went to Metro diner for dinner one night. DH had dinner, and I had a western omelette.