Where can I get breakfast downtown in Sturgeon Bay?

Morning Glory by the Bay at 306 South Third Avenue is the downtown breakfast room, and 5th and Jefferson Coffee House at 232 North 5th Avenue serves breakfast all day in a converted house.

Which Sturgeon Bay restaurants serve breakfast all day?

Betsy Ross Family Restaurant says on its site that breakfast is served all day, and 5th and Jefferson Coffee House lists all-day breakfast and lunch.

Is there a dog-friendly breakfast spot in Sturgeon Bay?

Reviewers say the patio at Morning Glory by the Bay is set aside for diners with dogs and water bowls are provided, and 5th and Jefferson allows leashed pets outside only.

Which breakfast place is outside downtown?

Betsy Ross Family Restaurant is about 1.1 miles southwest of downtown on Green Bay Road, and Morning Glory Restaurant is about 5.7 miles southwest on Highway 42.

Can I eat breakfast at Inn at Cedar Crossing if I am not staying there?

The inn's site describes its continental breakfast as served in a second-floor common room reserved for overnight guests, so plan on lunch or dinner if you are not staying.

Sturgeon Bay Breakfast (Hash, Skillets, Cherry Waffles)

A downtown room, a Green Bay Road diner and a Highway 42 stop, and the morning each one suits.

A Sturgeon Bay breakfast comes down to a few plates: a corned beef hash with a crisp edge, a cherry waffle under a spoonful of cream, a skillet that covers the whole dish. The town serves them in three kinds of room. One is a small downtown space in a former bakery building, one is a diner with an old-school counter on Green Bay Road, and one is a highway stop southwest of town.

This guide covers the breakfast rooms we can describe from owners' pages, local roundups and visitor reviews, plus the coffee houses that cook and the inns that feed their guests. It is not every kitchen in town. Hours are the weak point, because the sources disagree and the seasons change them, so confirm each place on the day you go. If breakfast is the start of a longer day, the waterfront walks and museums fill in the hours after the last refill.

Downtown, a short walk from the water

Morning Glory by the Bay

Morning Glory by the Bay works from 306 South Third Avenue, about 0.3 miles from Inn at Cedar Crossing, in the former Lola May Restaurant and Bakery. Owners German and Nery Ramirez, who also run the original Morning Glory on Highway 42, remodeled the room with new tables, chairs, paint and flooring. Local roundups name a hash brown omelet, Swedish pancakes, egg quesadillas, skillets, steak and eggs, chilaquiles and corned beef hash, and reviewers describe a crisp corned beef hash, a chilaquiles plate with juicy chicken and a cherry waffle whose cream was not sweet. The bakery habit survives, because one reviewer took a raspberry-filled donut and a banana nut caramel cake to go. Reviewers call the room small but comfortable, and one says a short wait at a busy hour was easy to fill with a walk to the water. The patio is set aside for diners with dogs, who get water bowls, and Google lists free street parking.

Hours are where the sources part ways. The opening article and a 2024 local roundup give 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday, while the Google profile lists a 7 a.m. start and Sunday service until 1 p.m. The restaurant's online ordering page is the place to settle it.

The downtown location pairs with the maritime museum on the waterfront, which one brunch roundup calls a convenient next stop, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line.

A few minutes on foot from there, Cedar Crossing occupies an 1884 building at 336 Louisiana Street that once held an apothecary, a doctor's office and a tailor shop. Its breakfast is for overnight guests: the site describes a continental breakfast at your leisure, served in a second-floor common room reserved for guests. The dining room is open to anyone, but at lunch and dinner, and the sit-down restaurants in Sturgeon Bay are sorted by occasion in their own guide.

The diner on Green Bay Road

Betsy Ross Family Restaurant

Betsy Ross Family Restaurant is a diner at 239 Green Bay Road, about 1.1 miles southwest of downtown, and its site says breakfast is served all day. The list covers farm-fresh eggs, omelets, skillets, waffles, pancakes, crepes, French toast and Benedicts, with burgers and sandwiches for lunch. Visitors describe an old-school counter and food above average for the price, one guest staying for the season found it affordable when summer prices climb, and another says they could always get a table with no wait. A 13 October 2026 roundup suggests it for families with mixed tastes. Reviews are not all warm: a few say the service faded once the food arrived, and one found the hash browns undercooked. Google lists a free parking lot, a children's menu and a step-free entrance.

The site posts 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, while Google shows Monday closed, so call (920) 743-8111 before a Monday plan. Several motels sit along the same road, which makes this the natural breakfast for anyone staying out that way.

If you have not picked a bed yet, the hotels in Sturgeon Bay are compared in their own guide.

Out on Highway 42

Morning Glory Restaurant

Morning Glory Restaurant is at 7502 State Highway 42 South, about 5.7 miles southwest of downtown in a straight line, so it is a drive rather than a stroll. Its Google profile mentions skillets and biscuits and gravy alongside locally sourced Door County coffee, and a brunch roundup adds eggs, omelets, pancakes, hash browns and breakfast sandwiches with daily lunch specials, open year-round. Visitors praise generous portions and quick food, one family says they stop every year on the way home from Door County, and others mention clean tables and bathrooms. Google lists a parking lot, a step-free entrance, outdoor seating and a children's menu.

The profile lists a 6 a.m. opening, which would make it the earliest table in this guide, but a breakfast roundup warns that hours differ by Morning Glory location, so do not assume this one matches the downtown room. The number is 920-743-5355.

Coffee houses that cook breakfast

5th and Jefferson Coffee House at 232 North 5th Avenue is the coffee house to choose if you want to linger, and it serves breakfast and lunch all day. Its site names a Belgian bacon waffle, a pulled pork burrito, fresh scones and a spicy egg bake, and visitors single out the breakfast burritos. It sits in a converted house about 0.2 miles from Cedar Crossing. Leashed pets are welcome outside only, and the site lists daily hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., although a brunch roundup notes that hours vary by day.

Kick Coffee at 148 North 3rd Avenue is the lighter option, a coffee stop with cafe fare rather than a plated breakfast, since its own site lists only drinks. The site currently posts winter hours of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. The other coffee shops downtown and on Madison Avenue are covered together if a cup and a pastry is the whole plan.

Breakfast at the inn

Some breakfasts in town are served to guests only. White Lace Inn at 16 North 5th Avenue, about 0.2 miles from Cedar Crossing, says full breakfast is included, and a recent guest describes cherry French toast one morning and an egg bake the next. The Pembrooke Inn, about 0.3 miles from Cedar Crossing, lists a home-cooked breakfast among its features, and guests call the breakfasts delicious.

Neither site gives a menu or a serving time, so ask when you book, and ask early about dietary needs.

Which breakfast for which morning

For a walk to the water and a hash with a crisp edge, take the downtown room. For a big plate and a table for a mixed family, the Green Bay Road diner is the steady pick. For the earliest start or a drive home to the south, the Highway 42 restaurant is on the way. For a long sit with a burrito and a book, take the converted house. If a dog is coming, the Morning Glory patio and the 5th and Jefferson outdoor seating both welcome leashed pets.

Honest limits: none of these breakfast rooms is an evening kitchen, most close by mid-afternoon, and reviews at every one of them swing between delighted and let down, so treat any single review, including the ones quoted here, as one table's morning. Winter schedules can run shorter than summer ones.

Whichever room you choose, order what the reviewers keep naming, the crisp-edged hash or the cherry waffle, and the morning sorts itself out.