Café 26

Café 26 on Temple Place serves breakfast and brunch throughout its daytime hours. Pancakes, French toast, omelets and crepes cover the sweet-versus-savory debate, with avocado toast and breakfast plates adding more choices. The kitchen uses halal meats, including turkey bacon and beef bacon, which is useful to know before ordering a breakfast that usually comes with pork elsewhere.

La Colombe coffee, espresso drinks, chai and smoothies cover what goes alongside the food. The cafe opens daily at 7 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m., making it a breakfast or lunch option near Boston Common. Sit down for a meal, order takeout or arrange delivery. Reservations are available if you want to plan a visit with other people.