So my boyfriend and I arrived in Toronto by way of Greyhound at the ungodly hour of 1:00am. After to checking into our hotel we were famished and needed an all hours diner to satisfy our rumbling tummy. Traveling by bus can really work up ones appetite.
We located Fran's on Yelp.com and quickly as we could walked from the hotel to Frans.
As we walked up the sidewalk Fran's beckoned to us the outside has this charming flashing marquee, think old theater, such as the Benedum Center has in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Flashy happy sign, a great way to make a first impression!
We dined here at 3am in the morning. Going into the experience my expectations were low but boy were they exceeded. I had low expectations for Frans due to negative experiences with all night diners.
Well let me just tell you. The restaurant was clean and well cared for. Our food came out hot and made to order and the waiter was very friendly and efficient.
I ordered the steak and eggs with a 5oz steak and two sunny side up eggs, my meal came with hash browns and toast. Home fries are normally something I completely ignore when they are served to me. Something to be discarded and only eaten when every thing else has been consumed on the plate. With home fries browns I normally get the feeling that the entire restaurants hash browns were carted in frozen and sprayed down in some chemical solution that tingles in my mouth after each bite.
But NOT at Frans I can tell the difference between a frozen potato and a fresh potato and Fran's was FRESH and seasoned perfectly. I am pretty sure we all can.
The steak was served medium well, the eggs were slightly under seasoned but the steak was hot delicious and glistened with juices. My steak needed nothing but to be sliced and eaten, I am slowly learning that when meat is prepared well there is hardly a need to coat it in steak sauce, ketchup or the like. I ate my steak sans sauce!
My companion ordered a waffle with scrambled eggs bacon slices and caramelized apples. His breakfast was equally as delicious and equally has nicely prepared.
Frans really delivered when we needed nourishment after a 10 hour bus ride from the Burgh and for that I give them 4 stars.