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16 eye-opening breakfast items to wake up your menu

The latest toasts, bowls, sandos, plates and more to get your breakfast mojo rising with the sun.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

January 10, 2023

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Your customers just might become full-on breakfast fanatics when you introduce these adventurous kick-starters to your menu, from savory to sweet, from iconic to unusual. Whether you serve breakfast at daybreak or as part of a late-night snack (we see you, college campuses getting ready for finals!), it’s a smart move to make your breakfast memorable as well as convenient. There’s something to be said about building up strong breakfast inspiration, wherever it pops up on your menu. 

We found some very cool items from onsite chefs who have found breakfast success. The items range from an evolution of avocado toast to bowls with plant-based, low-carb ingredients to sweet tooth-tempting French toasts to fired-up breakfast burritos to bagel sandwiches with layers of flavor to international savory bites like cauliflower fried rice to wild cards like dragon’s eggs or the new-to-us British Breakfast, complete with baked beans, black pudding and tomatoes.

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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