13 classic breakfast dishes that have mostly vanished from menus

Remember when breakfast menus felt comforting? With avocado toast and protein smoothies becoming the trend, breakfast menus these days are all about health and wellness. Yet some of the greasier, saltier, no-frills classics we grew up with have actually fallen out of restaurant menus in recent years. Here are 13 old-school breakfast items that you hardly ever see anymore but totally wish you still did.

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Corned beef hash with eggs

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This salty, crispy pile of potatoes and corned beef was pretty much the perfect comfort food. When slathered with two runny eggs on top, it felt like heaven.

Creamed chipped beef on toast

This was also known as SOS. That greasy, creamy, savory concoction was a breakfast staple at any and all diners. Can you even get it anymore?

Grits with everything

Delicious yellow grits with cheese, shrimps and bacon close-up in a plate on the table. horizontal — Image Credit: Shutterstock.

We still have grits. But that heaping buttery bowl, generously topped with cheese and bacon or even shrimp, has mostly been replaced by hash browns or not offered at all.

Fried apples and biscuit

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Warm, cinnamon-spiced fried apples served with a flaky biscuit? It was a sweet-and-savory Southern breakfast that felt like a hug.

Liver and onions

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Believe it or not, this was a real breakfast item for some folks, especially in older diners. It may sound intense now, but for many, it was a legit start to the day.

Pancake stacks with butter between each layer

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You might put a pat of butter on top of your pancakes now. But those golden stacks with butter between each and sometimes sugar sprinkled between as well? Gone.

Baked beans with breakfast

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Beans and breakfast were not just a British thing. Beans, eggs, and toast was a weird-but-good combo that somehow made it to American breakfast menus, too. But no one eats it now.

Country ham with red-eye gravy

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This salty, smoky ham with coffee-based gravy was once a Southern breakfast go-to. Most people don’t even know what red-eye gravy is anymore.

Popovers or freshly baked muffins served automatically

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There was a time you’d sit down and get a little basket of fresh popovers or muffins. There was no need to ask. Now? You’re lucky if you get a napkin without an extra charge.

Breakfast steaks

Steak and Eggs. Steak, served medium rare with eggs scrambled or sunny side up, toast and coffee. Traditionally classical American or French Bistro breakfast or brunch favorite: steak and eggs — Image Credit: Shutterstock.

Thin-cut steak, eggs, and toast were the original “power breakfast” before it was supplanted by protein bars. It was hearty and filling and made you feel like a cowboy before 9 am.

Apple rings dipped in batter and fried

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Apple rings that had been dipped in batter and fried like a fritter were a breakfast side specialty that we never see anymore. We’re also still a little mad about it.

Hot oatmeal with toppings bar

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Homemade oatmeal or cream of wheat with a toppings bar that included raisins, brown sugar, nuts, and jam was as simple and satisfying as it gets. Now it’s either pre-flavored packets or nothing at all.

Old-school French toast made with thick sliced bread

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French toast used to be thick, eggy slices of white bread fried to golden perfection, then drenched in syrup and powdered sugar. You hardly ever see it made like that anymore.

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