<p>John Jay does open early in the morning with a limited selection of breakfast foods (mostly bagels, muffins, and cereal). You can either get stuff to go or sit down in the dining hall (which will be pretty empty, since most people either don’t know about JJ ‘breakfast’ or don’t get up that early). If you’re desperate to use up your meal plan, breakfast might be worth it. Otherwise, it might just be easier to keep a box of cereal in the room.</p>
<p>On weekdays, I think Cafe 212 and Butler Cafe open as early as 8 am. While you won’t be able to get sausage & eggs or anything, they’re always stocked up on (stale) bagels, muffins, fruit, and coffee. There are also several street vendors on the streets near campus, and those usually sell hot breakfast sandwiches and the like. The prices are pretty cheap. But anyway, I don’t think most students really eat real breakfasts. (But we manage to survive anyway, so I don’t think you need to worry too much if your son doesn’t eat breakfast.)</p>