Brighton Cafe

Brighton Cafe serves breakfast well into the afternoon, which is useful when the day starts slowly. The Big Five combines pancakes, French toast, eggs, breakfast meat and home fries. Omelets include Greek, Western and vegetable versions, or you can choose your own fillings and have one with home fries and toast.

There’s an Irish breakfast with sausage, baked beans and cooked tomato, plus grilled muffins and banana-nut bread when you want something smaller. Lunch expands the choices to club sandwiches, burgers, tuna melts and pasta. The family-run café is on Commonwealth Avenue and posts a daily 4 p.m. closing time. Think breakfast, a late first meal or lunch; it won’t solve the question of where to go for dinner.