John's Country Kitchen   

If you like your breakfast served not the way your daddy did it but the way your great-granddaddy did it, check out John's Country Kitchen. Locals swear buy it. Health nuts shun it. But if lard and pork brains don't leave you scrambling, this little place is ready and waiting to serve you with a smile and a side of grits and gravy. Located in the heart of Plaza-Midwood in a building that's more than 100 years old, John's is surrounded by funky furniture shops, tattoo parlors and groovy record stores, making it not only a time-honored morning haunt, but also a great perch to people-watch. If you go there a couple of times, don't be surprised if the servers remember your name and greet you with a mornin' holler when you walk in the door.