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

Photo by Aaron Peterson

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

Photo by The Daily BakeHouse

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 and Toast storefront

Photo by Rachel Haggerty

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

Photo by Riley James

Red Spire Brunch House in Traverse City.

Photo(s) by Jesse Green