Lalo in Mexico City is chef Eduardo Garcia's Roma Norte breakfast counter on Zacatecas, the all-day room with communal tables that anchors the Maximo Bistrot crew's morning agenda.
Must order: Huevos con chorizo or chilaquiles verdes with a Mexican wine by the glass.
Address: Zacatecas 173, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery with the larger Puebla branch that supports counter brunch, the morning stop for laminated guava rolls and conchas.
Order: Rol de guayaba; concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
Maque in Mexico City is the Condesa morning room on Ozuluama on the Parque Mexico spine, the brunch counter that pairs handmade pan dulce with chilaquiles and huevos divorciados.
Order: Chilaquiles verdes with chicken; a concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
El Cardenal Centro in Mexico City is the Briz family's 1969 traditional Mexican breakfast institution on Palma, the Sunday-morning room that built its name on hot chocolate frothed tableside with raw-milk nata.
Order: Hot chocolate frothed tableside with pan de nata.
Lardo in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Condesa all-day room with a strong wood-fired-flatbread brunch and Mediterranean morning plates that run from 08:00 weekends.
Order: Wood-fired flatbread with eggs; Roma garden tomato salad.
Fonda Margarita in Mexico City is the 1948 Del Valle morning fonda on Adolfo Prieto, the open-air patio breakfast counter that has served cabbies and politicians the same plates for over seven decades.
Order: Huevos con chorizo with frijoles puercos; a side of cafe de olla.
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery with the larger Puebla branch that supports counter brunch, the morning stop for laminated guava rolls and conchas.
Order: Rol de guayaba; concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
San Angel Inn in Mexico City is the 1692 hacienda turned restaurant in San Angel, a courtyard-and-garden colonial room where Saturday brunch sits under the bougainvillea with a Margarita Sabra.
Order: Chiles en nogada (July to September); a Margarita Sabra.
