This Is IL's Best Breakfast Sandwich, New Ranking Says

ILLINOIS — When not just any breakfast sandwich will do, head to Allez Cafe in Chicago.

It's the home of the "breakfast sando," which the food website Chowhound rates as the best breakfast sandwich in Illinois.

This sandwich experience is like few others: Nestled in a soft potato roll, you'll get a plush square egg patty on a crispy hash brown, layered with thick-cut bacon, Gouda, jalapeno jam and onion aioli.

"Numerous diners say it's absolutely worth the hype," Chowhound wrote.

To determine the best breakfast sandwich in every state, Chowhound looked at customer reviews on such sites as Yelp, TripAdvisor and Reddit, and narrowed the list down to restaurants whose breakfast sandwiches earned scores of at least 4.5 stars.

"In terms of the sandwiches themselves, we looked for key characteristics like freshness (no store-bought frozen breakfast sandwiches), the quality of the ingredients, and expert execution," Chowhound said on the website. "Of course, great flavor was paramount."

If you need to eat on the fly, Chowhound also ranked breakfast sandwiches at fast-food restaurants:

1. The breakfast burger at Carl’s Jr.
2. The chicken, egg and cheese biscuit from Chick-fil-A
3. The ultimate breakfast sandwich from Jack in the Box
4. The Asiago sausage and egg sandwich from Panera
5. The Sausage McMuffin with egg at McDonald’s
6. The Egg McMuffin from McDonald’s
7. The sausage, egg, and cheese croissant at Dunkin’
8. The fully loaded Croissan’wich at Burger King
9. The sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich at Wendy’s
10. The sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit from Burger King