This ramen and yakitori eatery opens early every morning to offer traditional Japanese breakfast; the basic set ($3) includes miso soup, rice, tofu and pickles but can be augmented with optional small plates for $1 or $2 each.

This super casual eatery specializes in homestyle, soul-satisfying Mexican dishes, from stews and braises to authentic morning starters including hard-to-beat versions of chilaquiles and Mexican-style eggs, from huevos rancheros to eggs topped with sauce from one of their daily stews.

Say aloha to the day with a hearty Hawaiian breakfast served all day at this cozy Pacific Beach cafe. Go for the Loco Moco (a hamburger patty over rice topped with gravy and eggs), the sweet Hawaiian bread French toast with coconut syrup, or Spam and eggs if you must.

Chef Vivian Hernandez-Jackson's Ocean Beach patisserie combines her Cuban heritage and French pastry-making skill. Start your day with a bracing shot of Cafe Cubano and a freshly-baked guava and cream cheese-stuffed pastry or Cuban meat pie.

The weekend Chinese breakfast menu, served from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday features fried crullers that can be dipped into sweet or savory hot soy milk, meat-stuffed buns, dumplings, noodle soups and other traditional Shanghainese morning eats.

This UTC-area eatery's menu is all over the map, with everything from pizza and pasta to falafel and kebabs, but it's one of the few places in town to get shakshuka, a tasty Middle Eastern dish of eggs cooked in a harissa-spiked tomato sauce, served here with homemade pita bread. It's available during weekend brunch.

This Little Italy eatery's weekend brunch menu includes housemade cream-filled pastries and Italian-inspired breakfast dishes, from ricotta-enriched pancakes to brunch pizza and French toast made with panettone, an Italian sweet bread.

Specializing in Belgian Liege waffles, studded with caramelized sugar pearls, this market stand turned semi-regular is open Thursday through Saturday with a menu that features the waffles topped with everything from seasonal fruit to cheese and jam or bacon, avocado and goat cheese.