• Support a family-owned business by eating breakfast at a local restaurant.breakfast image by jodi mcgee from Fotolia.com
  
  Spend the day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, entertaining yourself with festivals, museums and tours. Absorb some culture at the Milwaukee Art Museum or Marcus Performing Arts Center. Learn about the city on a historic Milwaukee walking tour. Dance, eat and party for 10 days at the city's biggest music festival, Summerfest. Wake up early and take in all the sights after you eat breakfast at a local restaurant.
  
  

Beans & Barley Market Café

• Tucked inside a neighborhood health food grocery store, the Beans & Barley Market Café serves a creative and nutritious breakfast on the east side of Milwaukee. Anticipate natural, organic and locally-grown ingredients. Start your day with pesto scrambled eggs, almond French toast, whole wheat buttermilk pancakes or a lox plate. Vegans can order the tofu scrambler with vegan sausage patties or the tofu burrito. This breakfast restaurant in Milwaukee sits within walking distance of McKinley and North Point Park, as well as Columbia Saint Mary's Hospital and Landmark Oriental Theatre. Use the free parking outside the store.
  
  Beans & Barley Market Café
  1901 E North Ave
  Milwaukee, WI 53202
  (414) 278-7878
  beansandbarley.com
  
  

Comet Café

• The Comet Café was recently the runner up in the "Best Hangover Breakfast" and "Best Restaurant for Vegetarians" in the Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee issue. Anticipate a bit of a wait for your home-cooked comfort food where everything is from scratch. This Milwaukee breakfast restaurant wants you to know, "Kids are always welcome...however we do not have a kids menu and we do tend to cater to adult customers." For those interested in a Bloody Mary with breakfast, the Comet Café offers a full bar. Order from the basic breakfast menu until 3 p.m. Specialty items include bacon pancakes and the breakfast burrito topped with ranchero sauce and spicy sour cream. Walk to the Comet Café from the Milwaukee Mile or McKinley Park.
  
  Comet Café
  1947 N. Farwell Ave
  Milwaukee WI 53202
  (414) 273-7677
  thecometcafe.com
  
  

The National

• Named after the street it sits on, the National wants you to know they "support vibrant local economic, social and ecological communities." This breakfast restaurant with outdoor patio seating creates healthy breakfasts from fresh local ingredients. The house recommends the French Toastwich, breakfast burrito and omelets. Vegans and vegetarians alike can indulge in the vegan French toast or a choice of tofu scrambles. On the lighter side of the breakfast menu, try the house-made granola, ginger infused yogurt and organic juices. The National is only a hop, skip and a jump from Walker Square Park and Walker's Point Center for the Arts.
  
  The National
  839 W. National Ave
  Milwaukee, WI 53204
  (414) 431-6551
  nationaleats.com