Doggy Bag: Syrup Never Sleeps

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French toast at the Lucky Penny.

Short stack at sunset: No longer the prerogative, merely, of swing-shift nurses and junkies, breakfast all day is aspirational, a trophy for a life spent in dirty sweatpants, engrossed in day-spanning World of Warcraft sessions.

At Citysearch, Tiffany Maleshefski has the hookup for your proudly ballsy lifestyle: a list of 10 city joints offering afternoon or anytime breakfast. Grubstake. Orphan Andy's. Lucky Penny. The omelets never stop (well, almost never). Which is exactly the kind of comforting notion you need after the synapse-tweaking exhilaration of a visit to Northrend.