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

MASSACHUSETTS — When not just any breakfast sandwich will do, head to Mike & Patty's at one of their Massachusetts locations.

It’s the home of The Fancy, which the food website Chowhound rates as the best breakfast sandwich in Massachusetts.

The first Mike & Patty's opened in Boston's Bay Village neighborhood in 2008, but the spot quickly grew around the city as word spread and business boomed.

The Fancy gets top marks from Chowhound for what the publication calls its "mash-up of enticing flavors and textures."

A medium-fried egg, crispy bacon, melted cheddar cheese, avocado, red onions, and house mayo is sandwiched between two slices of toasted multigrain bread to make the sandwich.

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