The 5 best breakfast and brunch spots in Durham

Foster's Market

In search of a new favorite breakfast and brunch spot?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top breakfast and brunch spots around Durham, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges.

1. True Flavors Diner

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Topping the list is the True Flavors Diner. Located at 5410 Highway 55, Suite AJ, the diner and breakfast and brunch spot is the highest-rated breakfast and brunch restaurant in Durham, boasting four stars out of 657 reviews on Yelp.

2. Rise Biscuits & Donuts

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Next up is Rise Biscuits & Donuts, situated at 8200 Renaissance Parkway, Suite #1003. With four stars out of 628 reviews on Yelp, the breakfast and brunch spot, which offers doughnuts and more, has proven to be a local favorite.

3. Elmo's Diner

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Elmo's Diner, located at 776 Ninth St., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the diner and breakfast and brunch spot four stars out of 541 reviews.

4. Foster's Market

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Foster's Market, a deli and breakfast and brunch and New American spot, is another go-to, with four stars out of 485 Yelp reviews. Head over to 2694 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd. to see for yourself.

5. Parker & Otis

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Check out Parker & Otis, which has earned four stars out of 495 reviews on Yelp. You can find the specialty food and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches and more, at 112 S. Duke St.

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