Great Escape: Trash the Burnt Toast, Grab a Great Breakfast

According to health experts, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As moms, we always ensure our children are well fed in the morning. But sometimes the clock is crunched, and breakfast time turns into a scramble. Meanwhile, mom is left to nosh on a power breakfast of burnt toast and cold coffee. 

Before you sacrifice your taste buds to the stopwatch of the morning routine, bide your time and savor solitude at a quiet breakfast from these local hot spots.

: It's a restaurant that could one day be featured in the Food Network TV show Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives. Uncle Bill’s offers a classic diner breakfast. Embrace the greatness of the greasy spoon and order scrambled eggs and hashbrowns. Like Gingham’s, Uncle Bill’s also is open for breakfast 24 hours a day. 14196 Manchester Rd., Manchester.

First Watch: Choose your time for breakfast, brunch or lunch. First Watch is the breakfast-lover’s heaven. The fresh fruit crepes are a wonderful lighter choice. For a more traditional breakfast option, try the BLTE—a bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich served with a fried egg. No matter what you order, just be sure that it includes a muffin. The lemon-poppyseed muffin comes highly recommended. 120 Hilltown Village Center, Chesterfield.

: Open 24 hours, Gingham’s serves breakfast around the clock. Try the restaurant’s popular stack of buttermilk pancakes and top it all off with a great cup of coffee. Gingham’s also scrambles a fantastic omelet. 15662 Manchester Rd., Ellisville.