7 places to eat breakfast for dinner in Dayton

Start your day of festival grazing off right with pancakes and sausage. CONTRIBUTED

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Start your day of festival grazing off right with pancakes and sausage. CONTRIBUTED

Sometimes eggs, sausage and pancakes dripping in syrup sound real, real good for din-din.

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Lucky for you, Dayton has restaurants for that.

Here is a rundown of where you can find breakfast at dinnertime and, in some cases, beyond.

Tank’s Bar & Grill

We are betting you can’t finish The Gambler - two pancakes, one slab of french toast, bacon and hash brown and a ‘girle’ size omelet. Pictured with sausage gravy.

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2033 Wayne Ave., Dayton | 937-252-2249 | Facebook Website 

Hours: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. The kitchen is open until 2 a.m.  As anyone who has tried the gigantic omelet can tell you, Tank's is more than a place for burgers.

>> MORE: Your ultimate guide to the best burgers in Dayton

The all-day breakfast menu includes the Jack and Jill — five silver dollar pancakes and two sausages for $4.49 and the Country Gentleman  — three eggs, meat, toast and hash browns.

Don’t go on a full stomach.

Tank’s will fill your tank.

Bunny’s Hasty Tasty Pancake House

Mike Hackman (R), the owner of the Hasty-Tasty Pancake House, and his wife Michelle stand outside the east side restaurant with one of their big breakfasts.

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3509 Linden Ave., Dayton | 937-254-8431  Facebook

Hours: 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

How about bacon, eggs and pancakes with a side of kitsch?

You’ll find nostalgia by the boatload at Hasty Tasty, and it won’t break the bank.

This Dayton mainstay has been slinging breakfast since 1952.

Get a slice of pie while you are there.

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416 Diner 

'Stuffed Breakfast Pepper Rings' is 416 Diner's newest breakfast special.

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 416 E. Fifth St., Dayton| 937-461-0416 |TwitterFacebookWebsite 

Hours: The diner is open daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

Guy Fragmin added West Virginia-style pepperoni rolls and hoagie sandwiches to the Oregon District when he opened 416 Diner earlier this year.  He also added much needed all-day breakfast.

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The breakfast menu includes an assortment of omelets ranging from cheesesteak to pepperoni to veggie and waffles and pancakes that can come topped with banana, chocolate chips, blueberries or strawberries.

George’s Family Restaurant 

The Senior Pancake feast at George's comes with one pancake, one farm-fresh egg and two strips of bacon or one piece of sausage.

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5216 N. Dixie Dr. Dayton| 937-275-0705| Facebook| Website

Hours:  Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to -8 p.m.;Friday and Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and  Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Looking for homestyle grub? George’s is the place for you. Open since 1994, the restaurant has both friendly staff members AND Broaster Chicken.

The all-day breakfast menu includes classic diner favorites like country fried steak and eggs and boast a pancake feast and a Belgian waffle feast.

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3 MORE OPTIONS

Three chain restaurants that serve breakfast for dinner.

IHOP 

Pancakes are among the free meals offered to children, ages 8 and under, 4-8 p.m. Mondays to Wednesdays at IHOP.

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2460 North Fairfield Road, Beavercreek and 7611 Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights.

The Dayton area had multiple IHOP locations in the 1970s and 1980s. The chain is coming back. A third IHOP is set to open soon in Vandalia near Miller Lane.

>> MORE: New Dayton-area IHOP now open, another location on the way

WAFFLE HOUSE

Multiple locations open 24 hours daily.

When some smothered and covered calls your name, there is only one place to go.

BOB EVANS 

Bob Evans on Tylersville in West Chester. The extensive remodeling and renovation initiative that Bob Evans Restaurants launched in Dayton in 2010 is now sweeping into the Hamilton and greater Cincinnati area, the company announced Wednesday. Bob Evans officials also announced the chain will expand into Arkansas, its 19th state, this year.The renovation program has been named the "Farm-Fresh Refresh" restaurant revitalization, and it's designed to update facilities, modernize the Bob Evans brand, and appeal to a changing demographic, company officials said. The renovations give a new look to both the exterior and interior of each restaurant, including the addition of a mural in the entryway depicting Bob Evans' farm heritage.Company officials say the project has resulted in increased sales at the renovated restaurants."All our remodel markets are outperforming the chain's same-store sales performance by approximately 5 percentage points, " Steve Davis, chairman and CEO of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., said in a news release. "The refreshes both modernize the brand and stimulate the economy by creating both local construction and hospitality jobs." Staff photo by Samantha Grier

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Multiple locations open daily  7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

It’s the down on the farm goodness we all grew up on.

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