Basil Doc's Pizza & Bistro
330 Holly Street303-322-5832
basildocspizzeria.com
Yes, you can get an inexpensive and scratch-made breakfast at a takeout pizza joint. Stop by Basil Doc's in the Hilltop neighborhood, where you can get an omelette sandwich on a fresh-baked biscuit for $4.25, with 75 cents for each additional topping.
This hot mess of a sandwich at Brass Tacks will ease you into your day if you're a late riser.
Mark Antonation
Brass Tacks
1526 Blake Street720-379-3993
brasstacksdinebar.com
Brass Tacks in LoDo builds a breakfast sandwich perfect for hospitality professionals who work late and sleep late. The bar opens at 10 a.m., so you can stop in for a mid-morning fried egg and cheese sandwich for just $3. Even if you add thick-cut bacon, hot links or ham, you'll still top out at just $5 for a fuel-up before another double shift.
City Bakery Cafe
726 Lincoln Street303-861-0809
citybakery.us
Fresh bread, cheap sandwiches and a strong cup of coffee make City Bakery a great morning standby. For $4, you can have an egg and cheese sandwich on a ciabatta roll, so you're getting twice as much food as a typical English muffin construction. For 50 cents more, they'll throw in some thin and crispy bacon.
Moxy's Green Eggs and Ham breakfast sandwich costs $7, but simpler sandwiches can be had for $5.50.
Mark Antonation
Moxie Eatery
70 Broadway303-524-9236
moxieeatery.com
Moxie feels like the kind of place that could easily charge seven or eight bucks for a fancy sandwich, but you can still escape for $5.50 for an egg and cheddar English muffin with either bacon or chicken sausage. If you're feeling flush, though, the Green Eggs and Ham is a lively way to perk you up, with pesto, goat cheese and prosciutto on an English muffin for $7.
The Noshery
4994 Lowell Boulevard720-524-3893
nosherycafe.com
The Noshery is the Regis neighborhood's cozy bakery cafe, where you can score a sandwich with egg and choice of cheese for $4.75, with meat ringing in at $1 extra. Check for daily specials on breakfast sandwiches; just be warned that the hard part is escaping without grabbing a few sweet treats for later.
Rise & Shine
5126 West 29th Avenue, 720-855-054076 South Pennsylvania Street, 303-722-1024
riseandshinedenver.com
Housemade biscuits form the base of Southern-style sandwiches at Rise & Shine. So you can go simple with a plain biscuit for just $1.35 (which, face it, does not count as a sandwich), then add eggs and meat and cheese options until you've got what you want. Craving a bacon, egg and cheese? That'll be $4.75.
Even this monster at Snarf's won't set you back much.
Mark Antonation
Snarf's
555 17th Street303-296-2100
eatsnarfs.com
Snarf's breakfast sandwiches aren't as big as the Colorado chain's lunch offerings, but they're still pretty hefty by morning standards. Hefty and cheap, that is, because a simple egg and cheese number is only $4.25. Add ham, bacon or sausage and the total rises to $5.25. Want all three? You'll have to go outside our budget, but you can ask for the Three Little Pigs for $6.25. Make sure you steer toward this downtown Denver Snarf's, since its the only outpost that serves breakfast (unless you happen to need a sandwich before your flight at DIA's A Concourse).
Stack Subs
1331 17th Street303-295-7827
stacksubs.com
Stack runs two sub shops in town, but only the downtown location serves breakfast (so don't go to the Belmar original if you're an early bird). For $4.25, you can get an egg and cheese sandwich with bacon, sausage, ham or pesto.
You almost hope for a rainy day when you head into the Weathervane for breakfast, because you won't want to leave.
Danielle Lirette
Weathervane Cafe
1725 East 17th Avenue303-355-5863
weathervanecafe.com
Grab a cup of coffee and settle in at the Weathervane, the most comfortable coffeehouse around. When you're ready to eat, you'll only have one breakfast sandwich option: an egg and cheese for $5. But you can add smoked ham for a buck extra.
Yampa Sandwich Co.
1617 Wazee Street, 303-534-7900444 17th Street, 303-534-2100
4919 South Newport Street, 303-927-6248
yampasandwichco.com
The locally owned sandwich chain formerly known as Backcountry Delicatessen still builds inexpensive but tasty sandwiches, including during breakfast. For $5.50, they'll make you a bacon, egg and cheese sammie on a brioche roll.
Note: Prices on this list are subject to change. Don't take it out on your server if you need to pony up an extra two bits or so; it'll probably still be a cheap sandwich.
