The most important meal of the day
In the land of nourishment, breakfast is king, a meal worthy of our devotion. Put down your bagel, your Egg McMuffin, your Honey Nut Cheerios and leftover pizza, and instead embark on a tasty journey of the best breakfasts central Iowa has to offer. Mom wasn’t fibbin’: Your first meal is the best meal.
If you think we left out a breakfast better than any of these 13, stop scarfing pancakes long enough to log into the site and leave a comment below.
And after more than 2,000 votes cast on Des Moines Metromix over several weeks, here's the final ranking of these 13 breakfasts:
1. Machine Shed's cinnamon roll
2. Waveland Cafe's Lumberman
3. Drake Diner's pumpkin pancakes
4. Mr. Filet steak and eggs
5. Farm Boys breakfast burrito
6. La Mie omelette
7. Gateway Market's Challah French toast
8. Ken's Biggie
9. The Grove Cafe's pancake
10. Pupusa
11. A.K. O'Connor's He-Man
12. Florene's Belgian waffle
13. Sweet Binney's pastries
Tasty text: Metromix Staff
Scrumptious snapshots: Eric Rowley
What other people are saying...
kkwalker from Fairmount Plaza - East Side - August 05, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Ah Boswells - no better place in the world to eat breakfast. I remember drowning 'break-up' sorrows in a huge plate of scrambled eggs and hash bro...
Report This Commentcampbellt2009 from Dayton, Iowa - July 15, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Best breakfast--Granite City!! Best coffee we've ever had, best Bloody Mary's, and at the Sunday brunch buffet--an Eggs Benedict bar--any way you ...
Report This CommentMadMike from urbandale - July 02, 2009 at 10:54 PM
you guys totally missed Urbandale Cafe's breakfast!! it is GREAT!
Report This CommentMegF from West Des Moines - June 30, 2009 at 1:01 PM
I had no idea about the pumpkin pancakes at the Drake Diner! Im not really a pancake person-usually prefer the eggs and hashbrowns, but I love ever...
Report This Commentcrazygravy from Was 4-mile now Pennsylvania - June 22, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Glad to see I'm not alone with Boswell's. Many's the time a beer went with those Primo Hash Brown's
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