Cafe Fresco
Cafe Fresco has a limited breakfast menu for those who want a quick bite when traveling. The casual sit-down restaurant has bagels, croissants, muffins and danishes, plus delicious breakfast wraps with eggs, cheese and your choice of bacon or ham. The Southwestern wrap has eggs, chorizo, peppers, onions and jack cheese, and there is a mushroom and swiss cheese wrap with eggs, mushroom and cheese. Enjoy gourmet coffee, tea and hot chocolate, or grab a glass of cranberry or orange juice. Espresso, cappuccino, cafe mocha, cafe caramel and cafe lattes are also available. Cafe Fresco offers a metropolitan dining experience with a causal breakfast atmosphere in two Harrisburg locations.
Cafe Fresco
215 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA
(717) 236-2599
3352 Paxton Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111
(717) 564-6000
cafefresco.com
Perkins Family Restaurant and Bakery
Perkins Family Restaurant and Bakery is a family style restaurant that serves breakfast all day. The menu has a variety of omelets like The Heartland with eggs, smoked bacon, sausage, American cheese and diced tomatoes. Bottomless pots of coffee and tea are available, and Perkins has some delicious pancakes like potato, strawberry bliss and buttermilk. Belgian waffles and French toast are good choices, and classic egg dishes like steak and eggs and southern fried chicken with biscuits are on the menu. Eggs Benedict and potatoes and eggs are served with pancakes, muffins or toast. A limited kids' menu is available with pancakes, eggs and French toast. Good prices and discounts to seniors 55 and over make this a popular family restaurant.
Perkins Family Restaurant and Bakery
7833 Lingelstown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112-9392
717) 545-5650
perkinsrestaurants.com
Colonial Park Diner
The Colonial Park Diner has a great breakfast menu featuring golden brown waffles, waffles with chipped beef and waffles with fresh fruit. The selection of pancakes includes buttermilk, chocolate chip and pancakes stuffed with fruit. Most egg dishes are served with home fries, toast and jelly; selections are chopped steak with eggs, eggs with boneless strip steak, eggs and ham steak and eggs and chicken breast. For those who eat light there are plenty of sides like bagels, muffins, toast and cereal. A variety of omelets make the menu suit almost any taste. Coffee, tea, juices, and hot chocolate are available in a casual family atmosphere where breakfast is served all day.
Colonial Park Diner
2099 Jonestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17149
(717) 541-9794
Article Written By Joan Russell
Joan Russell has been a freelance writer for many years. She writes on variety of topics, including food, health, gardening, travel and education. She's written for the Christian Science Monitor, IGA Grocergram, Home Cooking, Atlantic Publishing and Duclinea Media. She has a B.A. in journalism/communications from the University of Bridgeport and an A.S in food service management from Naugatuck Valley Technical Community College.
