The Great Escape 2013: The Best Places to Grab Breakfast

In the run up to this year’s Great Escape Festival, we’re putting out a series of posts providing you with the best insider tips for the 3-day event. From food to our favourite venues, think of it as a sort of festival survival guide…

If there’s one thing we’re certain of happening at The Great Escape, it’s being hit with that god-awful, un-welcome, head-splitting hangover; there’s no way to avoid it really, so you might as well accept defeat. Instead of wallowing in self-pity in a pile of cigarette buts and beer cans, with your mouth tasting like the inside of an ashtray, we’ve got the perfect cure!

If you can bare to drag yourself out of bed (or wherever it is you ended up at silly-o-clock in the morning), then a hearty breakfast will be your saving grace, transporting you back into the real world, ready for the day ahead (before you do it all over again, of course!)…..

Whether it’s the super-organic, whole food cafes where you can sip on a super-foods smoothie to try and eradicate your headache (and guilt), or the ever-reliable, greasy-spoon café, where only double, deep-fried goods will do; Brighton has it all. Here are a few of our favourites:

Billies

With reviews stating it ‘the perfect hangover cure’, head to Billies for a big breakfast – emphasis on the ‘big’! From your standard Full English to trendy teas, lates and even Eggs Benedict, it’s a notch above the rest. Priced from around £4-7, you’ll leave satisfied and happy, with a few quid change in your pocket, too.

34 Hampton Place, BN1 3DD – 01273 774386. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 8.30-16.00. Sat-Sun 09.00-16.00.

The Market Diner

If you’re familiar with Brighton, there’s no doubt you’ll have graced this institution with your presence. Great for a late night meal after the pubs and clubs have kicked the last loiterers out, or great for breakfast – especially if you need to soak up the alcohol after a day’s gig-going. Located just away from the centre off the Steine, this cafe is famous for its ‘Gut Buster’, need we say more?

19-21 Circus Street, BN2 9QF

Bills

For a touch of class during your festival stint, take a seat in Bills and sample their award-winning breakfasts, sure to set you up for the day. With perfect sausage sandwiches or healthy breakfast boards, there’s even a simple offering of toast and jam if you can’t quite stomach a full meal. Our favourite? It’s got to be the rostis!

The Depot 100 North Road, BN1 1YE. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 08.00-23.00, Sun 09.00-22.20.

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