Common Bond's posh brasserie and bakery made downtown that much tastier. Credit: Photo by Andrew Hemingway

Best Breakfast – Downtown: Common Bond Brasserie & Bakery

Located downtown in the Bank of America Tower, cult favorite bakery Common Bond introduced its first full-service restaurant to Houston last fall, offering a funky, bright and spacious sit-down brasserie next to the brand’s signature bakery counter and coffee bar. City dwellers looking for a morning pick-me-up can pick their poison, popping by the counter for cappuccino and kouign-amann or sitting down to dig into soft scrambles, lox tartine, challah French toast and gorgeously smothered Creole shrimp and grits. Breakfast runs Monday-Friday from 7 to 11 a.m.

800 Capitol
713-343-2255
commonbondcafe.com

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