Here's a comparison of the local diners from two years ago: Breakfast in Duluth: Comparing the diners

Out of the six places featured there, five remain; Jim's Hamburgers is no more: R.I.P. Jim's Hamburgers

Big Daddy's wasn't included with those six because it doesn't have booth seating, but here's a take on that: Breakfast in Duluth: Big Daddy's Burgers

Another good diner is in Superior -- the Kitchen.

As for fancier joints: At Sara's Table/Chester Creek Cafe and Duluth Grill are local favorites.

It probably hasn't been mentioned on this site before, but the best of them all is a good hour out of Duluth -- Delta Diner in Delta, Wis.

A poll is now underway to answer this question as definitively as possible ... you know, without putting it on the official city ballot.

Of course, there are other breakfast places that exist. The poll only included those recommended here, assuming that if there was no mention here after a few days the odds of one of those places winning a poll would be low.

Zeitgeist and Lake Ave. are great restaurants, but they seem to be less known for breakfast than for lunch and dinner.

Also, Zeitgeist only serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. Lake Ave. has the same opening hours; I'm not sure if you can get brunch on a weekday there after it opens at 11 a.m. or not -- which might also depend on how strictly we define the word "brunch."