All of us at Brigs are proud to have won over 200 awards since we opened our doors in 1988. We take pride in what we do, and we are honored to receive such recognition from websites and publications. More importantly, we are honored that so many of our loyal customers voted for us as one of the best breakfast restaurants in Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Wake Forest!
Years in Bold – We Won! Years Not in Bold – We almost won; we were Runner-up!
Top 10 for THE Best Breakfast in the Triangle 10BEST is a travel guide by the travel experts of USA Today.
Editor’s Pick for Best Bargain in Durham
Brigs Restaurants were awarded the GOLDEN EGG AWARD by the American Egg Board for “creative menuing and promotion of eggs.” The award is only occasionally given to any restaurant. Brigs also had the pleasure of serving on the American Egg Board’s Foodservice Advisory Council for nearly a decade.
According to American Express, ““We tallied up the places Card Members value and visit the most, and you’ve come out on top. You’re one of the local businesses American Express Card Members can’t live without.” Thank you American Express Card Members!
Big7 Travel named their “Top 50 Places For Brunch In America” (one in each state) based upon reader’s recommendations, and Brigs at the Forest was named THE Best Place For Brunch In North Carolina! Wow and thank you!
Cary Living did not have any awards in 2019.
The Cary New stopped publishing in early 2018.
Thanks AOLCityguide! We especially love (and agree with!) the editors’ “An egg-ceptional breakfast is guaranteed!”
AOL discontinued its CitysBest for the Raleigh area after the 2008 awards were announced.
Online voters got to select their favorite businesses in different categories in random years.
The only voting for restaurants in the Triangle since 2005 was in 2010. Results of the 2010 voting have since been altered for some reason. In every category, all of the winners are now listed as tied, and some newly listed winners were not even open in 2010.
The Destination Guide named Brigs Restaurants 2011 Best Breakfast in their Best of Raleigh series! The Destination Guide has reviewed Charleston, Columbia, Savannah, and more! See our short video HERE!
The Herald-Sun discontinued its Reader’s Choice Awards after 2017.
“Members of ERMP and the North Carolina film and television industry, affiliated industries, and their families are allowed to nominate and then vote for a final yearly winner in selected categories for restaurants within the state of North Carolina that have proudly and professionally served those patrons mentioned above in the past year during their participation with a movie or television project or during the normal conduct of business.” 2014 is the only year that included a Brunch Cuisine category.
In both years that iHeart Radio listeners voted in 12 different dining and entertainment categories, they named Brigs Restaurants as THE Best Brunch in the “Triangle’s Top 12“!
“Since 1988 Brigs Restaurants have clung to the noble belief that breakfast should be served throughout the day. And for that we are ever grateful… Brigs has established itself as a clear local favorite, marked by the inevitably long weekend lines and the swarm of regulars.”
Where The Locals Eat publishes dining guides listing the top restaurants in each of a number of U.S. metropolitan areas. They then determine who they consider THE BEST in specific categories.
Metro Magazine stopped publishing in 2013 just before 2013 Maggy Award results were published.
Midtown Magazine readers vote for The Best of Raleigh a/k/a Diamond Awards. Brigs has been among the very best every year!
Midtown did not have a Best Weekend Brunch in 2020.
Triangle Moms On Main voted for Mom’s Choice Awards. Triad Moms On Main is still very active. However, Triangle Moms On Main dissolved a few years after we won this award.
We’re honored! We didn’t know that the N&O had started awards. Thanks to everyone that voted for Brigs!
Brigs Restaurants were again voted Neighborhood Favorite for Best Breakfast and Brunch in hundreds of the neighborhoods near our five locations!
Thank you! We are proud to be your neighbors, too!
From 1989 through 2001, Brigs Restaurants was awarded over twenty BEST IN THE TRIANGLE awards (as Winner or Runner-Up) from Spectator Magazine including:
In 2002, Spectator Magazine was purchased by, and dissolved by Independent Weekly.
In the annual Best of Downtowner Awards, readers once again voted Brigs Restaurants THE Best Breakfast in the Triangle!
TripAdvisor awards those restaurants and hotels that maintain a rating 4.0 or better over an entire year of numerous reviews their Certificate of Excellence! We are pleased that all of our restaurants have won this award.
Thank you to everyone who posts great reviews of Brigs on TripAdvisor and all other websites!
For one year only (that we know of), The Village Voice readers voted for “Best of” for the Raleigh-Durham metro, and we were a winner!
In the seventh annual Readers Choice Awards by the quarterly magazine Wake Living, readers once again voted Brigs Restaurants for Best Breakfast/Brunch Spot!
WRAL did not have a Best Brunch category in 2015, 2017 or 2018; or a Best Breakfast since 2016.