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| - Short story: if you want to eat here for breakfast, get here early / when it opens. You might still have to wait a while for your grub, but it's worth it. Order a donut to tide yourself over. You can't order booze until 11:00 a.m. You cannot go wrong with the plain beastwich, it's a masterpiece. Choose salad, not potatoes.
Long story: We made a plan the night before to get here on time for brunch. We arrived at 10:15 and got the last table on the patio. We're lunchers, not brunchers, so this was a novelty. I decided to celebrate with a brunch drink -- there's a section on the menu called this. When I ordered, I found out you're not allowed to serve/order booze in Toronto before 11:00. Really?!
As hopes for breakfast bevvies were dashed all over the patio, the server tried to distract us with the house-made donuts. We shared the one everyone was raving about, the maple bacon. It was covered with real bacon shavings. Odd, and yummy, great texture.
People started squirming on the patio because service was super slow, as in no food was coming out. A bunch of plates were delivered to the patio en masse, an hour after we arrived, including our Beastwiches. We both got the signature one, with sausage gravy, fried egg and pimento cheese. This is an incredible sandwich, and a real killer. We didn't eat again that day.
The salad dressing is amazing, there's lemongrass in it!! It's perfectly refreshing interspersed with the rich, carby impact of the beastwich. I got half and half salad and potatoes, but next time I'll have 100% salad. Why? The potatoes are not that good (they tasted stale, edges like rubber), likely the only un-yummy thing at Beast.
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