# I wonder why Mcdonald's breakfast hours always ended at 11am? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246 "2014-08-10T16:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![7e42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/51bf81/32.png) [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/61 "2014-08-13T03:06:21Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > McDonald’s is open to the idea of serving [breakfast all day](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-later_n_4846763.html). I would do back flips all day ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/62 "2014-08-13T14:21:53Z")
As long as it doesn’t mean they stop using dedicated fryers. McDonald’s is one of the few places that does that. Then again, mine’s a franchise McDonald’s, so maybe it won’t matter. Breakfast is 4:00 - 10:30 AM here. For a while they experimented with weekends being longer, but that went away when the breakfast bar went away. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/63 "2014-08-20T12:08:10Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring unto you: [The Mc10:35](http://www.secretmenuholic.com/the-mc1035-sandwich/) You are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/64 "2014-08-20T16:03:17Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Because 11 AM is the beginning of lunch time? At least in my case, 11 AM is the earliest I’ll eat lunch. This theory seems to be supported by the fact that there are other fast-food restaurants that don’t serve breakfast, and they all open at 11. When I was in sixth grade lunch time was 10:45. :eek:🆒 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/65 "2014-08-20T19:38:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring unto you: > > [The Mc10:35](http://www.secretmenuholic.com/the-mc1035-sandwich/) > > You are welcome. Good lord, that’s bloody brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/66 "2014-08-21T01:16:53Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Jack in the Box serves their full menu 24/7. It’s rather nice. So does Sheetz and it’s a bigger menu than McDonald’s too. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/67 "2014-08-21T04:29:45Z")
> [@7e42](#): > > Their breakfast food is the best they have to offer which is why I wish it was extended > > It’s cheaper and delicious That’s your opinion, and it’s a fine one. But it’s not one everyone shares. And, clearly, in the aggregate, more people like their non-breakfast food starting around 11. Personally, I don’t much care for McD’s breakfast foods, and wish I could get a cheeseburger and fries any time, instead of settling for the (in my opinion) less tasty McMuffin and greasier hashbrowns. ---
**Author:** ![7e42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/51bf81/32.png) [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/68 "2014-08-21T04:33:55Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > That’s your opinion, and it’s a fine one. But it’s not one everyone shares. And, clearly, in the aggregate, more people like their non-breakfast food starting around 11. > > Personally, I don’t much care for McD’s breakfast foods, and wish I could get a cheeseburger and fries any time, instead of settling for the (in my opinion) less tasty McMuffin and greasier hashbrowns. Don’t forget the pancakes and sauasage ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Ayebaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darth_ayebaw/32/9870_2.png) [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/69 "2014-08-21T22:48:00Z")
Probably because of the segment of the population that feels like I do - that there is nothing on the breakfast menu worth eating. Okay, make an exception for hash browns, _those_ should be served all day. And in Hawaii (where I’m from), you have the spam, eggs and rice breakfast platter, or even better, the deluxe breakfast platter with all that and Portuguese sausage. Now that’s good. But it’s only a Hawaii thing, as I was disappointed to find out when I came over to the continent. Here? Yeah, nothing worth eating. They should cancel it, or downsize it to the extreme and serve the rest of the menu all day. I could sure go for some fries and chicken at 9am. ---
**Author:** ![7e42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/51bf81/32.png) [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/70 "2014-08-21T23:19:18Z")
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#): > > Probably because of the segment of the population that feels like I do - that there is nothing on the breakfast menu worth eating. > > Okay, make an exception for hash browns, _those_ should be served all day. And in Hawaii (where I’m from), you have the spam, eggs and rice breakfast platter, or even better, the deluxe breakfast platter with all that and Portuguese sausage. Now that’s good. But it’s only a Hawaii thing, as I was disappointed to find out when I came over to the continent. > > Here? Yeah, nothing worth eating. They should cancel it, or downsize it to the extreme and serve the rest of the menu all day. I could sure go for some fries and chicken at 9am. Mcdonald’s has things on the breakfast menu geared toward the office environment ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246/71 "2014-08-22T01:11:56Z")
I do occasionally have a breakfast or dinner in a fast food chain, maybe 2 or 3 times a year, but I don’t feel the need to query what junk food I will be imbibing at the time. It will taste good, it will be full of fat, sugar, salt and chemicals, it will put me off eating fast food for several months. It will often be patronized by overweight, pale, sad looking zombies who I feel bad for. Sometimes mothers will feed their little children in McDonald’s high chairs, and I feel a bit angry because of that. It isn’t real food that your great-great-great-grandmother would recognize, it isn’t natural unprocessed food that will keep you healthy. It **is** food that can be easily replicated at home, and then changed so that it resembles healthy, nutritious food. It takes as long to drive to McD’s and order, then buy, then eat, a fast food meal as it would’ve taken to buy it in the supermarket and cook at home. More effort? Yes. But you know exactly what you’re eating. in a home cooked meal there is no MSG, there isn’t any spittle, there’s no pink slime, there are no infections disease (once you’ve figured out how to keep your kitchen clean), the food is as fresh as you want and comes from where you want. The most important thing in food is the best ingredients you can afford, not how little effort it takes to get into your stomach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-mcdonalds-breakfast-hours-always-ended-at-11am/695246.md?page=3)