The Cracked Egg

Step one: Make your way to a table inside one of this local chain’s five valley locations. Step two: Order the impossibly moist house-made coffee cake of the day and a cup of coffee. Step three: Try to decide between plates like the south shore scramble with chicken, bacon, avocado and Swiss, tropical French toast crusted in coconut and macadamia nuts and the carnitas omelet. Step four: Eat.