The Best Breakfast Sandwich in Every State

This Albuquerque breakfast and lunch place offers several variations on the breakfast sandwich, but a favorite is the El Diablo — a fried egg with cheddar, caramelized onions, and spicy house-made Diablo sauce on ciabatta bread.

New York City might well be considered the capital of the breakfast sandwich, so any designation of a single purveyor as “best” will be controversial — but this Midtown bagel shop, whose bagels are often called the city’s finest, also regularly makes the top of various lists for its morning sandwich combinations. Of the many available, this one, served on one of 14 bagel varieties, is the classic.

An oversize homemade biscuit is the basis for this classic Southern breakfast sandwich, but Sunrise — a drive-through and counter-service operation — will substitute a bun or whole wheat bread upon request.

This classic breakfast sandwich is enhanced with carrot horseradish and sweet pickles at BernBaum’s, which has been hailed as the state’s best Jewish deli.

Eckerlin isn’t a restaurant, it’s a butcher shop, located in Cincinnati’s historic Findlay Market. It serves this sandwich — combining egg and cheese with the city’s emblematic goetta, a subtly spiced pork and oatmeal sausage — straight from the butcher counter.