I don’t know about you, but I’m fed up.
I’m tired of paying through the nose for eggs.
Get this: In August 2023, a dozen eggs at the grocery store cost about $2.
Today? More than $4.
And what’s worse…
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As if inflation at restaurants wasn’t bad enough…
Waffle House has decided to add a 50 cent per egg surcharge to all their dishes, effective immediately.
Think about that for a minute.
A dozen egg costs a little over $4 at the grocery store.
But at Waffle House, in addition to paying for your underlying meal…
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Now you also have to pay 50 cents per egg in addition!
That works out to $6 per dozen!
Again, in addition to paying for your meal.
It’s absolutely ridiculous.
And I for one have had enough.
Here are seven great breakfast places that aren’t charging extra for for the privilege of eating an egg:
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You want eggs? Denny’s has got ’em.
Try the Everyday Value Slam – you get two eggs, plus bacon or sausage, plus two pancakes, slices of French toast, or a biscuit with gravy.
And best of all? It’s only $6.99.
With none of that egg surcharge nonsense.
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Cracker Barrel isn’t as cheap as Denny’s, but it makes up for it with excellent food.
Want a big meal? Try Grandma’s sampler pancake breakfast – for $12.99 you get two eggs, bacon + sausage + ham, and a breakfast side.
Or for something faster and more cost-conscious, you can get their egg sandwich (which includes a breakfast side as well) for $7.79.
No surcharge. No nonsense.
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When it comes to eggs, IHOP is not messing around.
You want a ham and cheese omelette with two pancakes? That will be $6, please.
How about their “Breakfast Faves” Combo? Two pancakes, two pieces of bacon or sausage (or turkey options of them), and two eggs any way you like them? That’ll be $6 as well.
No surcharge. Just solid food at a great price point.
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Silver Diner’s a higher price point, and it’s only available in the Mid-Atlantic, but the quality shines through in everything they do.
(And if you have a food allergy, I can tell you from experience that they do a fantastic job with accommodations.)
Their eggs are cage-free, but they don’t charge extra for them.
You want country-fried steak and eggs?
Corned beef hash and eggs?
Eggs benedict?
Great, those are all available to you.
With no extra charge for the eggs!
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With Bob Evans breakfast, in my opinion a cost-conscious customer essentially has two tracks.
Track #1 is the very reasonable series of “smaller” (but still plenty big) breakfasts – the griddle stacker, buttermilk breakfast sandwich, farm boy sandwich, or the mini sampler. Each is in the $5.99-$8.50 range, and each has at least one egg. (As they should.)
Track #2 is the family meals, which feed six (including loads of eggs) and run into the mid-$40s. (So your price per person is something like $7.)
Again, the price you see is the price you pay. No surcharges.
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A West Coast invention, Broken Yolk recently started spreading out from Southern California to Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and even Texas.
Broken Yolk has eggs just about every way you can imagine them (including seven different kinds of eggs benedict), and I want to especially call out their skillets for being filling, delicious, and a great value.
And again, no surcharges or other nonsense.
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Get this.
The classic Huddle House breakfast is two eggs, two strips of bacon, hashbrowns, and toast…for $3.99 (at least at my local location, maybe prices are a little different wherever you live).
Their hashbrowns all the way with two eggs? $5.99.
(They’ve got plenty of more expensive options too – but if you just want a good, cheap egg breakfast, they have got you covered all the way!)
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So there you have it – seven breakfast chains that didn’t need to add a 50-cent surcharge per egg.
Let’s give them a round of applause.
And one quick question:
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Who did I miss?
Who else has great breakfasts at affordable price points and isn’t charging customers extra for the privilege of eating a scrambled egg?
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