Where to brunch in Baltimore. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.

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Blue Moon Cafe

Order The Cap'n Crunch French toast, crusted in cereal and griddled golden.

Blue Moon Cafe in Fells Point is a tiny diner famous for its Cap'n Crunch French toast, a 24-hour-on-weekends institution with a near-constant line out front.

Miss Shirley's Cafe

Order The fried green tomatoes and a coddie, the Maryland brunch tradition.

Miss Shirley's Cafe near the Inner Harbor is a Southern brunch destination, plating fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits and Maryland coddies.

Cafe Dear Leon

Order A laminated pastry and an egg sandwich with a careful.

Cafe Dear Leon on Canton Square is a cafe and bakery for a quieter brunch, plating fresh pastries, egg sandwiches and careful coffee off the square.

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Golden West Cafe

Order The green chile breakfast burrito, smothered and loaded.

Golden West Cafe on Hampden's Avenue runs a Southwestern brunch of green chile, breakfast burritos and huevos rancheros with deep vegetarian options.

Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen

Order Crab Benedict over the BMA sculpture-garden terrace.

Gertrude's at the Baltimore Museum of Art runs a Chesapeake weekend brunch, plating crab Benedict and shrimp and grits on a terrace over the sculpture garden.

NiHao

Order A spread of dumplings and soup dumplings off the dim sum cart.

NiHao in Canton runs a weekend dim sum brunch from chef Peter Chang's kitchen, sending dumplings, buns and soup dumplings to a packed rowhouse.

Papermoon Diner

Order A stack of pancakes and a milkshake.

Papermoon Diner in Remington serves a daytime diner brunch of big breakfast plates, pancakes and milkshakes amid a riot of toys and mannequins.

Dooby's

Order The breakfast sandwich with a cup of drip.

Dooby's in Mount Vernon runs an all-day cafe brunch of breakfast sandwiches and Korean-leaning plates, a reliable mid-morning stop on Charles Street.

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