Food & drink
Where is the best breakfast in Perdido Key and Orange Beach?
For breakfast, Brick & Spoon is the standout sit-down brunch (get the beignets and something with crawfish), the Perdido Key Breakfast Club is the friendly local-diner pick, and City Donut is the fast, cheap grab-and-go. If you only do one real breakfast, make it Brick & Spoon.
The sit-down brunch
Brick & Spoon does a Louisiana-leaning brunch — beignets, crawfish, boozy coffees — that's a cut above the usual pancake house. Expect a wait on weekends; it's earned.
The local diner
Perdido Key Breakfast Club is the unpretentious eggs-and-coffee spot where you'll actually sit next to locals. Crazy Horse Cafe is another honest, no-frills morning option.
Fast and cheap
For a five-minute breakfast on the way to the beach, City Donut is the move — fresh donuts and a coffee for a few bucks, no wait like the brunch places.
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What time do breakfast places fill up?
Weekend brunch spots like Brick & Spoon back up by 9am in season. Go at open or after 11 to dodge the worst of it.
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