Vovomeena

This fast-casual breakfast gem from DJ Fernandes is easy to zip past on this busy stretch of McDowell Road, tucked far back from the street. Once found, it quickly becomes a regular stop for Japanese cold-brewed coffee and breakfast vittles. Take home a bottle of ‘Morning Moonshine,’ available in new ‘infused’ flavors like orange-ginger and star anise-cardamom. Blow your daily sugar quota on fantastic banana bread pudding turned into French toast served with whiskey-kissed caramel sauce. Hungry? Try the aptly named b.m.o.c. (big man on campus), a waffle with a smoked pork chop, two eggs and a fried Portuguese doughnut halo.