Breakfast near Quincy, MA — worth the fifteen minutes

Let's be straight about this: Quincy has good breakfast. It's a city of a hundred thousand people with a genuinely deep food scene, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. What Quincy has less of is somewhere you can park for free, sit down at 6:15 on a Tuesday, and get out the door for the price of a Quincy Center brunch tip.

Randolph touches Quincy at the corner, so we're about fifteen minutes from Quincy Center — ten from West Quincy. Sunnyside Cafe is family-run, has been since 2009, and opens at 6:00 AM every day.

The three reasons Quincy people make the drive

Parking. This is the big one. Quincy Center on a Saturday morning is a circling exercise. We have free spaces directly out front and you will get one.

The hour. If your shift starts at 7:00, or you're coming off one, most Quincy kitchens haven't opened yet. Our first hour — 6:00 to 7:00 — is nurses, trades, and people heading south before the traffic does.

Weekday brunch. A lot of the brunch places up your way run it Saturday and Sunday only. We serve the same breakfast and brunch menu seven days a week, 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM. If the craving lands on a Wednesday you don't have to schedule around it.

What to order when you get here

If you've driven fifteen minutes, get the Hungry Man's Special — three pancakes or French toast, three eggs any style, steak tips and home fries. Otherwise: the Sunny Sky Skillet (home fries, three toppings, two eggs, melted cheese, cast-iron pan), buttermilk pancakes, build-your-own omelettes, or the Black Pastrami Super Melt on grilled rye once lunch starts around 11:00. Full menu here.

Or order ahead and don't wait at all

Fifteen minutes of driving plus fifteen minutes of waiting is a lot of morning. Put the order in before you leave Quincy and it'll be on the counter when you walk in. Online ordering runs daily from 7:00 AM to 2:40 PM Eastern. Order pickup online.

Common questions

How far is Sunnyside Cafe from Quincy, MA?

Randolph touches Quincy at its northeast corner, so the drive is about fifteen minutes from Quincy Center down Route 93 or Willard Street. From West Quincy it is closer to ten.

Where can I get breakfast near Quincy at 6 AM?

Very few sit-down places on this side of the South Shore open before 7:00 AM. Sunnyside Cafe in Randolph opens at 6:00 AM every day of the week, including weekends.

Do you do brunch on weekdays?

Yes. Breakfast and brunch are served every day from 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, not just Saturday and Sunday. The weekend menu is the same as the Tuesday one.

Coming from somewhere else on the South Shore? We also serve Braintree, Holbrook, Canton, Stoughton, and Avon — or read the wider guide to restaurants in Randolph.