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The breakfast/brunchy joints where I start those slow weekend mornings.

 1. Mimi's - CLOSED

218 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5T 2R9
(416) 703-6464

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Trinity Bellwoods

5.0 star rating
  12/27/2008 First to Review

Mimi's closed down a year ago, but I still refuse to believe it.

I couldn't help but feel cool when I ate at Mimi's. It  was truly one of the hidden brunch gems that actually stood above the rest of the ho-hum brunch offerings in this city. Also,…More »

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 2. Victory Café

581 Markham St
Toronto, ON M6G 2L7
(416) 516-5787

Categories: Canadian (New), Pubs

Neighbourhood: Palmerston

4.0 star rating
  9/1/2008 First to Review

I'd always assumed because of Victory's location, right on Markham Street behind glittering Honest Ed's, it would smack of bland tourist fare. However, it's satisfied me not once, twice, but three times: a random and cozy drink meet-up and a…More »

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 3. Grapefruit Moon

968 Bathurst St
Toronto, ON M5R 3G6
(416) 534-9056

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: The Annex, Seaton Village

4.0 star rating
  12/4/2008

Hot sauce is likely not the first thing you want to shove down your throat on a relaxing Sunday morning, but may I beg that you change your ways one day? Please?

I know it sounds ludicrous to base an entire brunch review on a condiment, but come on --…More »

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 4. Saving Grace

907 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M6J 1V9
(416) 703-7368

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Trinity Bellwoods

5.0 star rating
  12/23/2008

I should've been angry with Saving Grace. Usually when I have to wait A FREAKING HOUR for food, especially when I'm stomach-growlingly hungry and must rush to work after, it taints the entire experience. I'd normally leave in a huff, face beet-red,…More »

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 5. Art Square Cafe

334 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M5T 1G5
(416) 595-5222

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Creperies, Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhood: Downtown Core

4.0 star rating
  11/12/2008 First to Review

Art Square Café's sandwich board displays photos of too-good-to-be-real crepes, sending my salivary glands pumping off the taste-o-meter. Passing by proved enough to mentally fill my stomach, merely from the pictures alone. I doubted the crepes would…More »

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 6. Chew Chew's Diner

186 Carlton St
Toronto, ON M5A 2K6
(416) 924-7583

Categories: Diners, Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhood: Cabbagetown

4.0 star rating
  8/24/2008 First to Review

This was seriously the best eggs florentine I've ever had. The sauce was nice, rich, and smooth (no clumps to be seen); the poached eggs were of the perfect texture, and the amount of spinach the blue-collared cooks piled on the english muffin halves…More »

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 7. Johnny G's

478 Parliament St
Toronto, ON M4X 1P2
(416) 928-1358

Category: Diners

Neighbourhood: Cabbagetown

3.0 star rating
  10/31/2008 First to Review

Like every place that owns a diner, Johnny G's claims they have the best burgers in Toronto (a cursory look at my neighbour's plate did make me pant a little bit). However, the main reason to go to Johnny G's is to chomp on their cheap, no-frills…More »

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 8. Hot House Cafe

35 Church St
Toronto, ON M5E 1T3
(416) 366-7800

Categories: Italian, Cafes

Neighbourhoods: St. Lawrence, Downtown Core

2.0 star rating
  11/10/2008

There was a year in my life when I frequented the Hot House every month, mainly to bring my friends together for the Sunday jazz brunch. It's a buffet of grand proportions, with every generic brunch item you could ever want, with the freshly made…More »

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 9. Cora's Breakfast & Lunch

277 Wellington St W
Toronto, ON M5V 3E4
(416) 598-2672

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Downtown Core

2.0 star rating
  12/24/2008

Ew, ew, ew, ew.

The only reason I'd ever visit Cora's ever again is if I was a corporate business traveller with minimal time or had all opinion-making facilities extracted from my mind. Chances are very slim that either will happen, but there are…More »

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 10. Golden Griddle Family Restaurants

45 Carlton St
Toronto, ON M5B 2H9
(416) 977-5044

Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Neighbourhoods: Church-Wellesley Village, Downtown Core

2.0 star rating
  12/23/2008

There's something about this Golden Griddle location that stinks. And I actually mean that in a literal sense.

I'm a pancake fan, and I have no qualms with Golden Griddle as a chain. The food itself is average but reliable. Sometimes you just need a…More »

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