Check out some of the best places to eat breakfast in the Boston area—with mouth-watering appearances from the likes of red velvet pancakes and pastrami Benedict.

From homey to haute, here is where to go for the most important meal of the day.

By James H. Burnett III, Nicole Cammorata, Ike Delorenzo, Sheryl Julian, Doug Most, Anne V. Nelson, Kathleen Pierce, Mark Pothier, Julia Quinn-Szcesuil, Denise Drower Swidey, Rachel Travers, Adrian Walker, and Eileen McEleney Woods.