Bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches are a dime a dozen when it comes to breakfast bites. Still, Bean 2 Bean Coffee has managed to change the game with its Billy Penn B.E.C. Made with three eggs, Cooper sharp cheese, applewood smoked bacon, topped with chile morita, and served on a brioche roll, you can snag it for a steal on Tuesdays for just $5.99.

With three locations across the greater Philadelphia area, Gryphon Café offers an assortment of breakfast sandwiches that will impress. A favorite among regulars is The Oxford — an egg, prosciutto, and cheese sandwich made with your choice of bread (though getting it on a Philly muffin is highly recommended).

Hearty and fulfilling deli sandwiches and salads are Liberty Kitchen’s bread and butter, and when it comes to breakfast, they don’t disappoint. The Schwarmbomb sandwich here is one of the best ways to start your morning off on the right foot, made with scrambled eggs, pork roll, cheese curds, and their special Turner sauce (a blend of Dijon mustard, aji dulce, and Longshot mayo) served on a poppy seed kaiser.

Pasteis de natas may be the main attraction at this Portuguese café and market in Fishtown, but its small collection of breakfast sandwiches is more than worth a trip. The Antonio, for example, is packed with eggs, cheese, and linguiça sausage.

While a simple bagel with cream cheese may not seem like a breakfast sandwich, Rybread has flipped this idea on its head by adding Nova lox, lettuce, tomato, and red onion, making for a fulfilling start to any morning.

Slinging pastrami on rye is one of this Hershel’s East Side Del’s (located in the  Reading Terminal Market) spot’s claims to fame, so it’s no surprise that its breakfast take on this classic is a crowd-pleaser.

Breakfast sandwiches at Honeysuckle Provisions should be a case study on how to excel at creating a dish that’s marvelously versatile for both vegans and meat-eaters. Whether one chooses to enjoy one of their savory options with their maple sage sausage, “BlackEyedPea” scrapple, or a plant-based version that’s made of locally-sourced ingredients — nourishment is an understatement.

When you have the dynamic duo of Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov at the helm, you know the menu is nothing short of superb, and breakfast at K’Far is proof. The menu is filled with dishes and pastries made in the Israeli tradition, including their Jerusalem bagels. Here, this pressed long bagel, sprinkled with sesame seeds, can be prepared in a variety of ways, like as a grilled cheese sandwich with feta and mozzarella cheese, loaded with smoked salmon and scallion cream cheese, or go vegan with avocado, pickled red onions, and capers.

The breakfast menu at this eclectic coffee house (with locations in Kensington and Rittenhouse Square) includes a vegan breakfast sandwich that’s out of this world. The vegan sausage, egg, and cheese features Just Egg, Cooper sharp cheese, and Before the Butcher sausage, and can be made on your choice of a pretzel or kaiser roll.

Middle Child is known for its exceptional sandwiches, and its breakfast offerings don’t disappoint. Its corned beef, egg, and cheese sandwich (made on rye bread with fluffy eggs, American cheese, and their special corned beef) earned them national praise when it won Good Morning America’s “Best Breakfast in America.”

Already emerging sandwich wizards in their own right, Paffuto takes breakfast on a kaiser roll to the next level with the tastiest ensemble of scrambled eggs, cooper sharp, and fried mortadella.