Belle and Herbs, Heaton, Newcastle

If you're serious about the most important meal of the day, Belle and Herbs is one of the best places in Britain to sample it. Seriously big US-style portions are on offer, and the menu contains more than a suspicion of stateside flavour, with its pancake stacks and "Californian" eggs Benedict. The classic full English requires serious dedication to the cause: bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, hash browns, black pudding, white pudding, breakfast sauce, potato scones and toast—a real Geordie hangover cure. Any restaurant legendary enough to inspire its own online tribute (blog.ilovebelleandherbs.co.uk) must be doing something right.