Food recs: Kansas City’s best breakfast restaurants and diners

Whether you're waking up with the roosters or you never made it to bed last night, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The Kansas City food scene has a plethora of early-bird offerings to start your day with a sweet or savory kick.
For many people, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what exactly makes breakfast truly eggs-cellent? Spanning the sweet and savory spectrum, our food panelists weighed in on their favorite spots to get breakfast in Kansas City.

For KCUR reporter Savannah Hawley-Bates, breakfast has one essential element.

"There's an egg involved somehow, even if you don't order the eggs," said Hawley-Bates. "They'll be on the menu and there will be an egg section. The egg is present."

Food writer Mary Bloch's favorite breakfasts are all about Mexican inspiration — especially the chilaquiles at Barbacoa on Troost Avenue.

"A new favorite," she said. "They are best if they have an egg on top, whether its a scrambled egg or fried egg."

We can't forget the sweet treats, either. The Pitch contributor Liz Cook said the doughnuts at Johnny's on 44th Street and Prospect Avenue are not-to-miss.