Esquire's March 2009 issue has 16 pages dedicated to breakfast. The magazine offers 11 recipes and highlights 59 eateries in the United States worth checking out. The places you would expect--San Francisco, LA, Chicago, New York City--all grabbed multiple spots on the list but Chapel Hill's Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe also made it on the list. The Franklin Street diner is standard fare for hungover Carolina kids (just trying going there on a Saturday) and is barebones, but certainly a staple of the Chapel Hill scene. It's only open in the morning and early afternoon, but it's worth a trip if only because Esquire mentioned it. They write:
When you sit at the counter and watch the waffles as they're poured and browning, they taste better. The line will be especially long the morning after UNC plays Duke. Join that line.
So it's the afternoon after, but it's still worth a trip. It's no Piedmont, but it doesn't pretend to be either.
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