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Rise and shine with the 10 best fast food restaurants for breakfast
Best Fast Food Breakfast (2024)
How do you turn a good morning into a better morning? A delicious breakfast, served up lovingly and quickly, is one of our favorite answers.
USA TODAY 10Best's seasoned editors teamed up with a panel of experts to compile a list of their top choices for a fast, satisfying morning treat. Then, our readers voted for who swiftly serves up the best breakfast. Here are the 10 best restaurants in the United States for a fast-food breakfast.
- Farmer Boys
- Krystal
- Whataburger
- Chick-fil-A
- Hardee's
- Dunkin'
- McDonald's
- Jack in the Box
- Del Taco
- Biscuitville
Photo courtesy of Farmer Boys
No. 10:
Farmer Boys features an impressive menu, but it's their breakfast dishes that have an especially loyal following. Unlike most fast-food spots that only offer breakfast sandwiches or burritos, this beloved eatery also offers hot cakes, French toast, and omelets.
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No. 9:
Krystal is a slider-based fast-food restaurant that also gets plenty of love for its tasty breakfast menu. Among their more standout menu items are the Original Scrambler Breakfast Bowl (eggs, grits, cheese, and meat), the Sunriser (a breakfast slider with sausage, egg, and cheese), and the Southern pièce de résistance: the Spicy Chik Biscuit.
Photo courtesy of Whataburger
No. 8:
Whataburger has a loyal following, and that includes fans of their breakfast menu. Diners enjoy breakfast biscuit sandwiches, platters with pancakes, egg-filled taquitos with meat and cheese, and their breakfast burger. Additional delectable morning options include their honey butter chicken biscuit, biscuits and gravy, and the indulgent-but-oh-so-good cinnamon roll.
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No. 7:
One of the country's most popular fast-food chicken spots, Chick-fil-A is known for their scrumptious breaded chicken sandwiches and their chicken-based breakfast items, including the ever-popular chicken biscuits and their highly coveted sweet-and-sticky Chick-n-Minis. Enjoy them with a side of hash browns, a Greek yogurt parfait, or a fruit cup.
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No. 6:
Given this restaurant's Southern roots (Hardee's began in North Carolina), most of their breakfast dishes are biscuit-based, but they've also got a few other standouts that aren't so common to fast food. That includes a French Toast Dips platter and the Hardee Breakfast Platter (which includes biscuits and gravy plus eggs, hash rounds, and choice of meat).
Photo courtesy of Dunkin'
No. 5:
Dunkin' has been the preferred doughnut spot for families around the nation for decades and continues to bring in customers not only for these sweet treats, but also their bagels, breakfast sandwiches, hash browns, and coffee. It's where to go to get an affordable-but-still-tasty egg and cheese on a croissant or English muffin along with a massive latte before work.
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No. 4:
No matter how much time passes, the quality and flavor of a McDonald's Sausage Biscuit or Egg McMuffin never changes — and that's a good thing. Mickey D's lovers also can't get enough of the breakfast platters, complete with fluffy eggs and even fluffier hotcakes, savory sausage patties, and crunchy hash browns, with one of many McCafe coffee drinks to choose from.
Photo courtesy of Jack in the Box
No. 3:
You can never go wrong with all-day breakfast places and Jack in the Box is one such fast-food wonderland. Have a Supreme Croissant one day and a Meat Lovers Burrito the next. Or drop in for breakfast for dinner and scarf down a Breakfast Jack sandwich (grilled ham, egg, and cheese on a bun) with a side of mini pancakes — because life's too short to skip them.
No. 2:
When it comes to fast-food breakfast joints, there are several options, but Del Taco beats the competition when it comes to price. Try their breakfast rollers with hashbrown sticks, or consider their donut bites, which pair perfectly with their coffee (served hot or iced).
Photo courtesy of Biscuitville
No. 1:
Who doesn't love a delectable biscuit-based breakfast? With locations in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, Biscuitville's fresh-baked biscuits can be enjoyed a number of ways, from simple bacon, egg, and cheese or fried chicken biscuits to more elaborate breakfast sandwiches like their Spicy Chicken & Jalapeño Pimento Cheese Biscuit. With breakfast platters and sides of grits, hash browns, or country gravy, plus indulgent sweet treats like their blueberry muffin, it's no wonder folks return again and again.
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Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50 countries, many of them with her children in tow. She loves visiting everything from theme parks to ancient ruins and packs strictly carry-on-only. Jamie can be reached at [email protected].
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Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50 countries, many of them with her children in tow. She loves visiting everything from theme parks to ancient ruins and packs strictly carry-on-only. Jamie can be reached at [email protected].
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