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We went to hike the Cheltenham Badlands in Caledon, a unique landform for Ontario. Red sandy gulleys and mounds ranging from little hills to deeper 12 foot crevasses like a desert, not Canadian Shield territory with rocks and trees and trees and rocks and...waterrrrrrrr. (Didn't get the reference? Arrogant Worms, people, you're welcome) On the way back we a) needed to use the washroom and b) were hungry so voila.
Squint and the Coffee Bean looks like a gas station, but don't let that fool you, come right in.
ATMOSPHERE
Mom and Pops classic diner style - sturdy plastic and metal tables and chairs, an all day breakfast menu and handwritten signs and specials. Our group of four was seated right away, no problem.
FOOD
All day breakfast for your sweet sweet lovin. Eggs benedict to pulled pork gyros to salads, everything the body needs. The meat, our server informed us, is from local farmers and the desserts made in-house. For such a small place, the menu was surprisingly large. I ordered grilled chicken and salad and bottomless coffee, my pals ordered a burger and fries and a beef brisket gyro.
My chicken was very acceptable, not grilled with char marks but grilled on a flat grill. The salad was head lettuce but a good amount with nice feta and olives and cucumbers. Nothing I hate worse than a shabby salad. My friend's burger was monstrous and apparently delicious - the fries were also very crisp.
The gyro - now there was the money maker! Nice tasty thinly shaved beef in a soft slightly toasted pita-thing - yum! I don't eat carbs unless they are extremely delicious and the pita made the grade.
Prices were reasonable especially given the generous portions, for the frugal people in all of us.
SERVICE
Extremely happy service, even though we definitely looked like tourists. Because we were. I'm cool with it. I'm a tourist in Toronto too. What? I still take pictures of the ROM. That's because I love the big ugly Crystal. And I'll keep loving it forever. Or at least until some ice slides off the side of it and pins me to the pavement.
LOCATION
Right off highway 410, on the corner of Old Base Line, right along your route to the Badlands a few clicks away. Just over an hour away from Markham.
OVERALL
Do yourself a favour and check out those Badlands! My photos look like we went to Mars, not Caledon. While you're on your way or coming back, stop off at the Coffee Bean for some good food and casual hometown lovin.
Please note you can't just show up and use the washroom - don't be That Tourist. Enjoy!
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