Abby’s Breakfast & Lunch, St. Charles

Sunlight spills through the windows at Abby's Breakfast & Lunch, brightening a cozy space decorated with purple accents and photographs collected from the St. Charles Historical Society. The diner hosts breakfast and lunch every day of the week, and both ends of the menu are stacked with house specialties.

In the morning, Abby's Breakfast & Lunch pours housemade andouille-sausage gravy over biscuits cooked in waffle irons. That ingenuity carries over to lunch, when tortillas packed with chicken chorizo are served with queso fresco, housemade verde sauce, and fried eggs. The BLT Abby's way is an equally creative take on the classic, with fresh multigrain bread spread with savory seasoned cream cheese and 2 fried eggs. Indeed, Abby's has built a reputation for its innovative cuisine, drawing high praise from the likes of the Chicago Tribune and KC Chronicle along the way.