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| - Proof that downtown Toronto is lacking a local diner feel, is right before your eyes here on Yelp.
My girlfriend and I had just got home from a holiday, down in Florida, and we had a craving for some eggs Benedict.
We have been disappointed on the last few occasions that we went out for breakfast downtown, though, Fran's is pretty good.
We go to eggspectation, and it is packed! Full, of people from the government buildings close by, and people working in the financial district, on their lunch.
We both ordered a cup of coffee, and decided to split the $5.95 smoothie, since we never would have been able to finish one each. We saw another table had already ordered one.
My gf ordered the eggs Benedict with the avocado, and tomato, and I ordered the traditional eggs Benedict.
The server brought over the huge smoothie, filled to the top, and brought an empty glass. When I pointed out that I asked for the smoothie to be split (I would have made a mess of it everywhere at the table), the server had told me "we do not split things here"...
Strike one.
When our meal came, I was surprised, and totally disappointed that the "Traditional" eggs Benedict came with a single slice of deli cut black Forest Ham. Peameal Bacon is considered traditional, in Canada. My girlfriend's egg Benedict had tomato that was more pink and white that red. It needed another week on Vine. Strike two.
Our server came over and asked if everything was ok, and I told them that I wasn't impressed at all, and I wasn't expecting cold cut ham. He told me the ham is supposed to be cooked... It was a single thin slice of black Forest Ham. Not sure how he meant it was supposed to be cooked. Strike three.
The hollandaise sauce was good. I will give the kitchen that.
However, that is not my idea of a diner. They are flourishing with customers from downtown... That clearly have no other options for breakfast, other than Fran's.
If you want sub par eggs Benedict, and an overall snobby feel around you, look no further than eggspectation. Its reeks of downtown Turronah.
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