The peaceful 3 Little Figs in Somerville offers a bunch of sandwiches, including egg and egg-free options. On the egg side of things, there's a black-pepper biscuit sandwich with scrambled egg, cheddar, and optional bacon, sausage, or prosciutto, and an egg-and-feta sandwich with tomato and arugula on a brioche roll.

Bagelsaurus has mastered the bagel sandwich in all its forms: with eggs, with meats, with cheese, and with frequent specials. The Eggspañola comes with chunks of feta cheese, a medium egg, pimenton aioli, and parsley gremolata, and you can push it over the edge by adding avocado. It comes with a choice of bagel and it’s great with an iced coffee in the summer (or whenever). For something a little meatier, try a hot or cold smoked-salmon bagel sandwich with onion and fresh dill.

Now at home in a storefront in Union Square, Sarah Murphy’s Vinal Bakery got its start as a pop-up at Bagelsaurus in Porter Square. (See above.) Murphy’s English muffins and pastries gained a loyal following, and now she has a space of her own where she’s serving English muffin sandwiches, coffee, tea, and more. Try a Sam-I-Am with egg, garlicky spinach, and dijonnaise, or an American Classic with egg, American cheese, and salted butter.

1369 Coffee House offers the same menu at both of its Cambridge locations in Inman and Central Squares. The menu has a few options for breakfast sandwiches, all of which are available on bagels, croissants, or sliced bread. The “spicy” sandwich packs a bit of heat, with pickled jalapenos and chipotle aioli atop eggs with cheddar cheese, and the rocket sandwich features arugula and pickled onions.

The bounty of breakfast sandwiches at Sunny Girl, which opened in the North End in April 2023, makes mornings a little sunnier. Highlights on the plentiful menu include the o.g., which features a fried egg, American cheese, and house “sunny” sauce, plus the lox with smoked salmon, everything-spiced marscarpone, confit fennel, and citrus salad. Both are served on a fluffy house-made English muffin.

Tradesman in downtown Boston has a couple of standout breakfast sandwiches, including one served on a cheddar-chive biscuit with bacon, cheese, spinach, and a fried egg. Be sure to also nab one of the over-the-top croissants, which come in flavors like red velvet.

This one’s a bit of a hidden gem in Downtown Crossing, but it’s no secret to those who work in the neighborhood. Archie’s is old-school — it serves breakfast all day, including the crowd-favorite “yahoo,” which consists of a fried egg with cheese, hash browns, and a choice of meat (options include ham, bacon, sausage, and pastrami) on a Portuguese muffin. Archie’s is only open on weekday mornings and early afternoons.

Diners at Mike & Patty’s original corner spot can take in the picturesque Bay Village streets while devouring a Fancy sandwich stuffed with two fried eggs, avocado, bacon, and cheddar cheese, or a Carolina Caviar with egg, sausage, and pimento cheese. Over the past few years, Mike & Patty’s has taken over the city with subsequent locations in Somerville’s Bow Market, food hall High Street Place, and a just-opened outpost in Jamaica Plain.

Though it started in Nantucket, Fresh sailed over to Southie last November. To add some kick to your mornings, opt for a wake n’ bacon sandwich, which features fried egg, bacon, hash browns, house-made jalapeno cream cheese and chipotle aioli on an everything bagel.  

Head to Dudley Cafe, which functions as both a restaurant and a creative community center that hosts events and showcases work from a rotating roster of local artists, for the Roxbury Deluxe: bacon, egg, cheddar, sauteed spinach, and seasonal fruit jam on an English muffin. Meanwhile, the second location opened in Cambridge in July 2023, where you can find a breakfast sandwich with and egg topped with a spicy sauce plus spinach and your choice of cheese on a bulkie roll.

Owner Julia Evora recently opened the storefront of her catering company on Dorchester Ave. to breakfast and lunch orders, to the delight of the surrounding neighborhood. The menu features two breakfast sandwiches: the Kriola (two fried eggs with spicy linguica sausage and cheese on a fluffy Portuguese roll) and the Dot bun (bacon, egg, and cheese on a croissant). The breakfast combo lets you pair a sandwich with a risois — a tasty savory pastry filled with either tuna, shrimp, or cod fish — of your choice.

Hungry diners in West Roxbury can choose from a whole lineup of breakfast sandwiches at Rox Diner. One option is "one heck of a breakfast sandwich” — that’s its name — stuffed full of mozzarella cheese, bacon, egg, and tomato on a grilled brioche bun. For a taste of Ireland, there’s another egg sandwich with bangers and rashers (bacon and sausage) plus the optional addition of white or black pudding (blood sausage).

In addition to full Irish breakfasts, Greenhills Irish Bakery in Dorchester serves breakfast rolls filled with sausage; croissant sandwiches; and a mega-sandwich that features bacon, Irish sausage, white and black pudding, and a fried or scrambled egg on a roll.