‹ The Breakfast Sandwich 50 › Portland
No. 16 in America · November 2026
Tandem Coffee + Bakery
No. 16The one to order
The breakfast sandwich
A buttermilk biscuit, a square of baked egg, cheese and spicy pimento mayo. No substitutions, and it does not need any.
Where we found it: The Takeout, the best breakfast sandwich in each state (Sep 2025) · Tasting Table, the 20 best breakfast sandwiches in America (2022) · Chowhound, Maine's famous breakfast sandwich (2026)
Make it at home
The breakfast biscuit
45 min · 6. A flaky buttermilk biscuit is the most Southern way to hold an egg. Make the biscuits the night before and this is a ten-minute breakfast.
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