Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and finding the perfect restaurant can make a significant difference in starting your day off right. Anna Maria Island is home to many delicious breakfast restaurants with each spot offering a unique style and flavor.
Below is a list of breakfasts spots on AMI.
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- Anna Maria Coffee Shack
- Anna Maria General Store
- Anna Maria Island Beach Café
- Back Alley Treasures & Bar
- Blueberries Café and Wine
- The Cheesecake Cutie & Café
- Cool Beans AMI
- Coquina Beach Cafe
- La Crêperie
- The Donut Experiment
- Fifty Three Fifty, The Pourhouse
- Ginny’s and Jane E’s Café
- Gulf Drive Cafe
- Mademoiselle Paris French Restaurant
- Minnie’s Beach Café
- North Shore Café
- Paradise Bagels and Café
- Scott’s Deli
- Two Scoops
- Wicked Cantina
- Breakfast Themed Holidays
Anna Maria Coffee Shack
- 5500 Marina Drive · Holmes Beach
- 941-226-1821
- Monday through Friday · 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Saturday and Sunday · 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Anna Maria Island Coffee Shack is new to the breakfast game. They offer traditional egg sandwiches, bagels, muffins, cinnamon rolls, and cereal. In addition, they offer a variety of coffee blends and espresso drinks.
Anna Maria General Store
- 503 Pine Avenue · Anna Maria
- 941-779-9200
- Monday through Saturday · 8:00 to 11:00 AM
- Sunday · 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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The Anna Maria General Store has been the local place to go for food, drinks, and supplies since the 50’s. They offer traditional egg sandwiches, omelettes, biscuits and gravy, and yogurt parfait. Enjoy your breakfast on their large deck overlooking Pine Avenue.
Anna Maria Island Beach Café
- 4000 Gulf Drive · Holmes Beach
- 941-778-0784
- Monday through Friday · 8:00 to 11:00 AM
- Saturday and Sunday · 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Located “where Manatee Avenue meets the Gulf” Anna Maria Island Beach Café is famous for their “ALL U CAN EAT” pancakes & sausage breakfast. They serve American-style breakfast food with a direct Gulf view.
Other options on the menu include omelettes, waffles, French toast, traditional egg plates, biscuits, and gravy, French toast, Belgian waffles, and the eggs Benedict. There are also many breakfast sides such as a bagel, corned beef hash, fresh fruit bowl, sausage, bacon, English muffin, home fries, or oatmeal.
This café is directly on the beach. You can wiggle your toes in the sand, appreciate the Gulf views, and breathe the sea air while enjoying your breakfast.
Back Alley Treasures & Bar
Back Alley Treasures, nestled on historic Bridge Street, allows you to immerse yourself in the stunning works of local artists as you enjoy baked goods and sip on a delicious coffee creation. They offer banana nut, blueberry, and chocolate muffins, plain and everything bagels, and cinnamon rolls. In addition, they offer gluten free mini lime cakes, mini carrot cakes, and coffee cakes.
The menu at Back Alley Treasures offers all kinds of coffee favorites. You can order something as simple as their medium roast house blend or something as unique as a blended frappe. Any of their coffee drinks can be made with the milk of your choice at no extra cost!
It’s not just a great spot for a light breakfast, it’s a treasure trove of art and creativity.
Blueberries Café and Wine
- 5337 Gulf Drive Suite 300 · Holmes Beach
- 786-296-9612
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday · 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- Saturday and Sunday · 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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A few steps from the water’s edge, Blueberries Cafe & Wine offers Venezuelan style breakfast options. Their menu features everything from arepas to avocado toast, to empanadas. They also offer croissants, tequeños, waffles, and parfait.
Guests can enjoy their breakfast in a cozy and casual dining atmosphere.
The Cheesecake Cutie & Café
- 3324 East Bay Drive · Holmes Beach
- 941-779-2253
- Monday through Saturday · 7:00 to 10:30 AM
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The Cheesecake Cutie and Café offers overnight oats, breakfast parfaits, breakfast burritos, bagels, and bowls. Try the Tom’s New Yorker with choice of toasted bagel, scrambled eggs and choice of cheddar, feta, gouda, pepper jack, or Swiss cheese. The Smokey Salmon Avocado Sensation on a ciabatta with scrambled eggs, avocado, smoked salmon, cutie honey dijon sauce, tomato, red onion, and arugula is another popular choice. They offer vegan, gluten-free, and keto options.
The coffee bar here is extensive with options such as espressos, lattes, cold brews, ice coffees, classic coffees, and teas.
Cool Beans AMI
- 101 South Bay Boulevard Unit A4 · Anna Maria
- 941-896-4293
- Daily · 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
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At Cool Beans AMI breakfast is served all day and they offer almost everything under the breakfast sun. Cool Beans AMI brews organic and micro-roasted craft coffee sourced from regions of Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Their breakfast menu includes breakfast sandwiches, bagels, avocado toast, parfait, yogurt, muffins, danishes, fresh fruit, waffles, and granola.
Grab your breakfast, find a comfy corner, and enjoy all of the local art…or enjoy your coffee outdoors with a picturesque view of the Tampa Bay.
Coquina Beach Cafe
- 2650 Gulf Drive South · Bradenton Beach
- 941-778-4757
- Daily 9:00 to 11:00 AM
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Coquina Beach Cafe is a casual waterfront choice for breakfast. They offer an intensive breakfast menu which includes waffles, French toast, burritos, egg sandwiches, and a traditional egg breakfast with all of the sides. You can choose between grits, home fries, bacon, sausage, or thick sliced ham.
Enjoy your breakfast with direct Gulf views.
La Crêperie
- 3216 East Bay Drive · Holmes Beach
- 941-251-7007
- June through February · Tuesday through Sunday · 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
- March through June · Tuesday through Sunday · 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Tucked in a strip mall, La Crêperie serves savory and sweet crepes, croques (toasted sandwiches), omelettes, quiches, and buckwheat pancakes. Their French cuisine offers something more unique than the traditional breakfast.
The Donut Experiment
Want to ditch the traditional breakfast?
Create your vision of the perfect doughnut and The Donut Experiment will bring it to life. Watch these hot and fresh vanilla donuts made right in front of your eyes.
When you step inside the shop, grab an order form and select your toppings. First, choose from chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, caramel, or maple glaze icing. Second, select your toppings from such flavors as rainbow sprinkles, peanuts, coconut, bacon, fruity pebbles, and many more. The last step is to pick your drizzle such as raspberry, peanut butter, chocolate, or caramel.
You can also choose a specialty donut such as key lime or sriracha. Their extensive coffee choices pair nicely with the donuts.
Come early to avoid the line or order online. Enjoy your custom donuts while sitting at the picnic tables on the shop’s deck or walk over to the beach and have your breakfast while enjoying the salt air.
Fifty Three Fifty, The Pourhouse
Fifty Three Fifty offers a creative menu of breakfast items. Their breakfast bagel sandwich with sausage and spicy bacon jam is a favorite. The egg-free burrito is stuffed with crumbled pork sausage, diced potatoes, corn, black beans, red pepper, jalapeño pepper, and pepper jack cheese. In addition, they offer avocado toast, French toast casserole, frittatas, and quiches.
Ginny’s and Jane E’s Café
Not only is Ginny’s and Jane E’s Café a delicious spot for breakfast, but you can also do a little shopping afterwards. Whether you are craving a hearty breakfast sandwich, a fresh-baked pastry, or a healthy fruit bowl, you will find it here. They offer vegetarian and gluten free options!
Their breakfast menu offers bagels, egg sandwiches, breakfast wraps, skillet breakfast plates, waffles (regular and gluten free), pancakes, decadent cinnamon rolls, more.
They also serve many different fruit smoothies take the heat off on a sunny day.
Gulf Drive Cafe
- 900 Gulf Drive · Bradenton Beach
- 941-778-1919
- Daily · 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Gulf Drive Cafe is a favorite breakfast spot among locals and tourists since 1981. In 2010 it was recognized as one of the best breakfast spots in Florida by Southern Living magazine.
Gulf Drive serves up large plates! The “Famous Gulf Drive Breakfast,” includes three silver dollar pancakes with two scrambled eggs and choice of sausage patties, sausage links, bacon or Canadian bacon and choice of potato casserole, steel-cut oatmeal, cheese grits or fresh pineapple. The Ultimate Belgian Waffle offers choice of one topping, strawberry, blueberry, banana, mango or chocolate chips, with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
For smaller appetites, they offer a toasted bagel served with smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onion, capers, tomatoes, and fresh dill or French toast with caramelized pineapple, toasted coconut, and macadamia nuts.
In addition to a delicious breakfast, Gulf Drive Cafe offers direct coastal views.
Mademoiselle Paris French Restaurant
- 9906 Gulf Drive · Anna Maria
- 941-226-0708
- Monday and Tuesday · 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Wednesday through Sunday · 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Mademoiselle Paris is a little slice of Paris for your Anna Maria Island breakfast. Try their savory breakfast crepes or the hearty croissant breakfast. You can enjoy the delectable breakfast items in the chic dining room or the palm shaded backyard garden.
The menu at Mademoiselle Paris offers traditional dishes such as a classic omelet, paper-thin crepes, flaky croissants, smoked salmon tartine, croissant French toast, eggs Benedict, and more. Those looking for a lighter fare can enjoy a traditional French plate of a baguette, butter, jam, a slice of quiche, or a bowl of fresh fruit.
On Saturday and Sunday mornings enjoy live music.
Minnie’s Beach Café
- 5360 Gulf Drive · Holmes Beach
- 941-778-4140
- Tuesday through Sunday · 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Minnie’s Beach Café, a casual family-owned business since the 1990’s, is an island staple. Their menu features all of the classics: Belgium waffles, bagel and egg sandwiches, pancakes, omelettes, fresh fruit, and more.
A favorite breakfast is “The Big Easy” which consists of two eggs, home fries or hash browns, sausage patty or one sausage link and one slice of bacon, homemade biscuit topped with sausage gravy, grits, and toast.
Daily specials might include Southern Benedict, a twist on eggs Benedict with pulled pork, fried green tomatoes, poached eggs, and hollandaise on an English muffin.
This is a cash-only business.
North Shore Café
- 304 Pine Avenue · Anna Maria
- 941-900-2671
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday · 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Saturday and Sunday · 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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If you are craving healthy avocado toast or acai bowls for your Anna Maria Island breakfast, North Shore Café is the spot. The North Shore Café also serves various pastries, pancakes, omelets, and breakfast sandwiches. They also offer lots of vegan options.
Take your breakfast to go or enjoy the tranquil outdoor dining area.
Paradise Bagels and Café
- 3210 E Bay Drive · Holmes Beach
- Monday through Saturday · 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Sunday · 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM
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The “Eggle”, bagel breakfast sandwich, at Paradise Bagels is a must-try. For twenty years they have been serving New York bagels, including gluten-free options. They also offer oatmeal, pancakes, eggs, and baked goods. There is a coffee bar with free refills.
Scott’s Deli
- 5337 Gulf Drive North Suite 300 · Holmes Beach
- 941-778-3000
- Monday through Saturday · 9:00 to 11:00 AM
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Scott’s Deli offers numerous breakfast options. There is avocado toast, steak and eggs, veggie wraps, Italian bagel, and an egg sandwich on an English muffin. In addition, they offer a variety of options to build your own breakfast sandwich. They offer gluten free bread.
Take your breakfast home, enjoy it on the outdoor picnic benches, or have it delivered.
Two Scoops
- 101 South Bay Boulevard · Anna Maria
- 941-779-2422
- Daily 10:00 to 11:30 AM
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Two Scoops offers much more than ice cream. Their menu includes a variety of casual breakfast choices.
You can choose a muffin, bagel, or fried egg breakfast sandwich, Belgian waffle, French toast, bagel with cream cheese, or a traditional eggs with sausage or bacon and toast.
For drinks they offer iced lattes, cappuccinos, cold brew, and espressos.
Wicked Cantina
- 101 7th Street North · Bradenton Beach
- 941-281-2990
- Daily · 7:30 to 10:30 AM
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The Wicked Cantina offers staple breakfast foods and Tex-Mex breakfast foods. Try the breakfast chimi, a fried flour tortilla filled with eggs and sausage or bacon, pico de gallo, cheese, and served with refried beans and grilled potatoes on the side. Or order safe with the classic American breakfast, two eggs with choice of two strips of bacon or two sausage links, served with grilled potatoes and toast.
Enjoy your breakfast indoor or on the patio while enjoying Gulf views.
Until next time…
· izzy
Breakfast Themed Holidays
- National Bagel Day · January 15th
- National Croissant Day · January 30th
- National Hot Breakfast Month · February
- National Pancake Day · February 16th
- National Cereal Day · March 7th
- International Waffle Day · March 25th
- National Doughnut Day · the first Friday of June
- National Waffle Day · August 24th
- International Bacon Day · the day before Labor Day
- International Coffee Day · September 29th
- Cinnamon Roll Day · October 4th
- World Egg Day · the second Friday of October
- National French Toast Day · November 28th
- National Maple Syrup Day · December 17th
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