Start your day off right with Northern Michigan’s best breakfast! Explore the 2023 Red Hot Best winners for best breakfast, bakery and coffee shop as voted by you.
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Best Breakfast Above the Bridge
Bakery
1) Joann’s Fudge
2) The Jampot
3) Wild Blueberry Breakfast & Bakery
Breakfast Spot
1) Keweenaw Coffee Works
2) Round Island Kitchen, Mission Point Resort
3) Watercolor Café
Coffee Shop
1) Lucky Bean Coffeehouse
2) Keweenaw Coffee Works
3) Watercolor Café
Keweenaw Coffee Works in Calumet.
Benzie & Leelanau’s Best Breakfast
BAKERY
1) 9 Bean Rows
2) The Bread Lady
3) Chimoski Bakery
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Pegtown Station
2) Fiddleheads
3) 45th Parallel Café
COFFEE SHOP
1) Red Door Coffee House
2) Mundos Roasting & Co.
3) Leelanau Coffee Roasting Co.
9 Bean Rows in Suttons Bay.
Best Breakfast in Cadillac, Manistee & Ludington
BAKERY
1) The Daily BakeHouse
2) Two Slices
3) 2 The Moon Bakery
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Lakeside Café
2) Diner 31
3) After 26 Depot Café
COFFEE SHOP
1) Roasted Cafe
2) Port City Brew
3) Yellow Dog Café
The Daily BakeHouse in Manistee.
Best Breakfast in Charlevoix & The Chain of Lakes
BAKERY
1) Friske Farm Market
2) Ruthann’s Gourmet Bakery
3) The Flour Pot
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Toonie’s Fish & Steak House
2) Smoke On the Water
3) Cafe Santé (tie)
3) South Arm Café (tie)
COFFEE SHOP
1) Happy Camper Coffee Co.
2) M88 Morning Grind
3) Ruthann’s Gourmet Bakery
Friske Farm Market in Ellsworth.
Kalkaska, Gaylord & Grayling’s Best Breakfast
BAKERY
1) Goodale’s Bakery
2) Sweet Shannon’s
3) Cops & Doughnuts Jay’s Precinct
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Moose & Stella’s Cafe
2) Yankee Boy Restaurant
3) Grayling Restaurant
COFFEE SHOP
1) Moose & Stella’s Cafe
2) Biggby, Kalkaska
3) Michigan Brew
Cops & Doughnuts Jay’s Precinct in Gaylord.
Best Breakfast in Petoskey, Harbor Springs & The Straits
BAKERY
1) JoJo’s Cookie Co.
2) Julienne Tomatoes
3) Johan’s Pastry Shop
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Julienne Tomatoes
2) Rusty Saw North
3) Sam’s Graces Café
COFFEE SHOP
1) Roast & Toast
2) North Perk Coffee
3) Johan’s Pastry Shop
Roast & Toast in Petoskey.
Traverse City’s Best Breakfast
BAKERY
1) Bay Bread Company
2) Common Good Bakery
3) Grand Traverse Pie Company
BREAKFAST SPOT
1) Red Spire Brunch House
2) Sugar to Salt, S2S
3) The Towne Plaza
COFFEE SHOP
1) Brew
2) Mundos 305
3) Cuppa Joe Drive Thru
Red Spire Brunch House in Traverse City.
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