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How to find good eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict is a test of a brunch kitchen: two poached eggs, ham or bacon, an English muffin and hollandaise. Each part can go wrong, and the hollandaise usually does.
What separates a good one from a bad one
- Hollandaise made from scratch — Egg yolk and butter emulsified with lemon. Light and tangy, not gloopy or packet-yellow.
- Properly poached eggs — Firm whites, runny yolks, neat shape.
- A toasted English muffin — Crisp enough to support the eggs.
- Good ham or bacon — Canadian bacon is traditional; crab cakes, salmon and spinach are popular variations.
- Served hot — Hollandaise breaks and eggs cool quickly.
What to order
- Classic Benedict — With Canadian bacon.
- Eggs Florentine — With spinach.
- Crab cake Benedict — Rich, on the coast.
- Smoked salmon Benedict — Royale.
- Breakfast potatoes — On the side.
Where to find Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict is mostly found at breakfast and brunch spots, so that is where to look. Open listings put 14,647 of them across the US, and these are the cities and campuses with the most.
Cities with the most
Chicago, IL 189 Philadelphia, PA 123 Las Vegas, NV 117 New York, NY 112 San Diego, CA 101 San Francisco, CA 86 Los Angeles, CA 86 Atlanta, GA 77
Campuses with the most within a mile
NYU 32 New School University 31 The Graduate Center 31 Touro University 30 City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College 24 Baruch 23
A few to start with
- Terzo Piano — Chicago, IL
159 E Monroe St, Chicago - Express Breakfast and Lunch — Philadelphia, PA
1500 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia - Parlour Brunch and Late Night Burger Bar — Las Vegas, NV
616 E Carson Ave Ste 140, Las Vegas - La Parisienne — New York, NY
9 Maiden Ln, New York - The Morning After — San Diego, CA
531 F St, San Diego - Peacock Pansy — San Francisco, CA
392 Fulton St, San Francisco
Counts are listings in Overture Maps open data (September 2026), counted by the town in each address. Independent places only in the examples above, and they are a starting point rather than a ranking.
How Savor Scout looks for it
The search reads for scratch hollandaise, poached eggs and Benedict, and treats reviews mentioning broken or packet hollandaise as a strong negative.
Looking in a particular city?
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