Start Your Day with a Classic All-American Breakfast at These NoVA Restaurants

A runny yolk. A rasher of bacon that shatters at first bite. An old-fashioned American breakfast is all about simplicity. But that doesn’t mean it’s boring. These are some of the restaurants that will satisfy your taste for tradition. 

If your diner breakfast doesn’t come on multiple plates, you’re doing it wrong. Do it right at this shiny-metal Arlington landmark, where starting the day big is a way of life.    

Since 1995, NoVA residents have been treated to something mostly missing from our culinary landscape — a real New York–style diner, complete with outsize portions, a gorgeous bakery case stocked in-house, and a little bit of New Yawk attitude.   

Breakfast staples are available on the menu with add-ons galore. We like the creamy, cinnamon-speckled French toast made from thick slabs of housemade challah. From there, we add on bacon (Canadian bacon is also an option), a pair of scrambled eggs, and onion-laden hash browns.