We’re all for ravaging a bakery like flour-crazed raccoons, but sometimes a sit-down mid-morning meal is the move. Enter Cafe Aurora, the Orcas Island diner that reigns supreme between 9am and 2pm. They cover the basics, and they cover them well. There's a reliable breakfast burrito kicked with sambal aioli, a bananas foster belgian waffle toeing the line between brunch and dessert, and a smashburger with such a powerful gravitational pull it could almost compel us to forgo a trip to Buck Bay Shellfish Farm. (Almost.) The expansive, dog-friendly patio is also a big plus. Especially if the occasional tater tot brings your pup great joy.