The bacon-egg-and-cheese will always have a home in New York. But the city’s breakfast sandwich scene has moved way past the basics — think scallion pancake wraps, bulgogi-loaded bagels, and hash browns stuffed inside the sandwich instead of on the side. Here’s what’s worth trying.

The new classics

The scallion pancake BEC swaps the roll for a flaky, griddled scallion pancake — crispy edges, chewy middle, and it holds up to the egg and cheese beautifully. Bulgogi and kimchi bagels bring Korean barbecue flavors to the morning bagel, sweet-savory beef with the funk of kimchi cutting through the richness.

Then there’s the pastrami, egg and cheese, which takes the deli’s greatest hit and puts it on breakfast duty. Hash brown egg sandos do exactly what the name promises — a whole crispy hash brown inside the sandwich for crunch in every bite. And malawach breakfast wraps use the flaky Yemenite flatbread as the wrapper, which might be the best vehicle of the bunch.

Spots on the radar

Worth checking out: @betweenthebagelny, @frankelsdeli, @courtstgrocers and @hanisbakerynyc — all tagged by local food hunters as places pushing the breakfast sandwich forward.

Fuel up, then see 20 fun things to do in NYC today for where to spend the rest of your morning. Working up a bigger appetite? Our Forgotten Island review makes the case for a matinee after brunch.