Scrambled eggs and sausage should not be resigned to the first meal of the day. On the days you want to sleep in late or take another stab at breakfast (sometimes a muffin just won’t do), here are some of the best picks for all-day breakfast. These spots don’t just dump a plate of greasy eggs and potatoes in front of you and call it "breakfast;" instead, expect a meal prepared from fresh (sometimes local) ingredients and the option to wash it down with a gourmet coffee drink.

What Sven’s Café (a European-style coffee shop tucked into a renovated gas station in the heart of Bay View) does best are breakfast sandwiches. Choose from half a dozen sandwiches, plus a breakfast burrito, all less than $6. Crank up the gourmet factor a few notches and spring for the bacon, sausage, cheese and egg sandwich for $4.99. Add a buck and, for any sandwich, you can switch from a bagel to a croissant. Coffee snobs listen up: Sunday is when Sven’s grinds up Kona beans, for a smooth, mellow cup of joe.

At all Alterra Coffee Roasters locations, from the newest, sleekest one (on Oakland Avenue in Shorewood) to the gritty, industrial-chic Foundry in the Fifth Ward, breakfast doesn’t stop at 10 a.m. Instead, the three breakfast-friendly burritos — all locavore, containing ingredients like locally produced eggs, Usinger’s bacon or Wisconsin smoked Swiss cheese — as well as five other items can be ordered day and night. The extended breakfast is perfect for late-night owls, especially those who can sip an espresso-infused latte, or something extra chocolate-y (like the Bull Frog, a mint-flavored mocha) at any hour and not get a jolt.

Brady Street’s café culture is one of the neighborhood’s draws, and that is true at Brewed Café too. On the chalkboard menu at this house-turned-café (with cute pink window trim and perky green awnings), breakfast, lunch and dinner options are not tied to any time frame. Got a sweet tooth? Bite into the Fruttata (cream cheese and fruits on a flatbread crust). Or, for a more traditional plate, scrambled eggs and toast or waffles with the works (banana, walnut, syrup and butter) are popular orders. Coffee is brewed locally at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. in Bay View.