Bring cash (or a debit card) to Mama’s, a family-owned spot that opened its doors 50 years ago and has had lines out the door ever since. The food justifies the wait for your takeout order (which may be a little shorter if you get there right when it opens), especially the old-fashioned buttermilk pancakes and all of the Benedicts.

Rose’s, the home of an always-reliable weekday brunch, takeout only these days, so dishes like their breakfast pizza with ham, fontina, and eggs makes for a solid to-go choice, as is the French toast bread pudding with caramelized apples and whipped cream.

Neighborhood shoppers and Pac Heights locals line up daily at Jane's cheery cafe on Fillmore. The business, which opened in 2011 and has since cloned itself on Larkin and added a dedicated bakery off Geary, is a hub for beautiful baked goods, tasty soups and salads, green smoothies, and good coffee. It does get busy, but lines move fast and takeout is served up quickly.

Reasons to love Sweet Maple's breakfast include their millionaire's bacon (bacon baked in brown sugar with cayenne and red and black pepper) and their four different breakfast pizzas, both of which remain available for takeout. There's also a huge selection of Benedicts and scrambles, eight different "morning sandwiches," and even a few healthy choices.

Brenda’s breakfast is no joke. The egg dishes all come with potato hash or grits and toast or a biscuit (pick the biscuit), and there’s a beignet flight so you don’t have to choose between the four on the menu. You can’t go wrong with the Hangtown Fry (crispy oyster, bacon, and scallion scramble) or the brioche French toast with butter-pecan sauce.

For more than 20 years, Dottie’s has been serving hearty plates of pancakes, omelets, and home fries, along with freshly baked muffins and cornbread. When sit-down dining was allowed, its line would stretch down the block, but in these takeout times that’s no longer an issue.

The original Devil’s Teeth Baking Company is at 3876 Noriega Street in the Outer Sunset, but its Outer Richmond spot is the location that’s best suited for a weekday meal. The sourdough bread they use in all their concoctions is baked daily, and the biscuits they use in their special breakfast and breakfast sandwiches are also made in-house.

Manitas’ owners promise recipes “stolen from Grandma” — that is, if your Grandma made blisteringly spicy chilaquiles and breakfast tacos with chorizo, egg, and bacon. Best of all, breakfast is served all day long.

The good news is that Zazie serves its famous brunch on weekdays, which means that you can order their Pierre Noir (poached eggs with bacon and tomatoes Provençales) or the miracle pancakes or the croque madame or the eggs Mexico (scrambled eggs with chorizo, white Cheddar, roasted peppers, salsa fresca) for takeout any day you’d like.

Plow’s weekday breakfast menu is just as indulgent as its weekend brunch, with options like lemon-ricotta pancakes, a fried egg breakfast sandwich, and “the plow” (two eggs with choice of pork sausage patties, bacon, or chicken-apple sausage, two lemon-ricotta pancakes, and potatoes). But there are also a few “healthier” options, like chia seed pudding, bone broth, and gluten-free pancakes, for those who like to save their gluttony for the weekend.

Would you like your eggs with a grilled catfish filet or a pork chop? Or would you prefer a big breakfast burrito smothered in chili con carne? Or perhaps some pancakes or French toast hot off the griddle? And if you don't have work that day, maybe also a pint-sized mimosa. Because Just For You Cafe can provide all that. When you pick up your takeout order, grab a loaf of the cinnamon-raisin bread to enjoy later.

With It’s Tops and Art’s Cafe both just a memory, it’s up to New Taraval Cafe to hold up the so-non-hipster-that-it’s-deeply-hipster diner torch. Order takeout by phone from its limited menu of standards like their excellent Denver omelette, or experiment with their mushroom-laden breakfast sandwich. And hit the ATM before you head over, as NTC remains cash only.

Auntie April’s has chicken and waffles in its name for good reason, as folks travel from across town to dine on this soul food spot’s take on that iconic Southern dish. It also serves, hands down, the best shrimp and grits in town.