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| - E.L. has quickly become the favourite brunch spot for the beau and me. They serve brunch until 4pm and they make the most heavenly vegan omelette you'll ever taste. Seriously, no one other restaurant place in Toronto comes close rivaling this.
While I love the sweet & savoury version on the menu that features roasted sweet potatoes, I often get the special and have never been let down. From beets to broccoli cream, I can't help but feeling like I'm eating a really healthy breakfast that tastes and satisfies the same way an eggy, cheesy omelette would - but without the eggy stink! The omelette comes with roasted potatoes, which are always soooo good, housemade bread and a small salad.
The service is great! There's a guy and a girl who work there regularly and he is always good at remembering to clarify that we want the vegan omelette since we've gotten into such a groove, we sometimes forget they can't read our minds and that, heaven forbid, there could be any other version than my beloved tofomelette!
Speaking of other versions, I would be ever so tickled if one day they offered vegan waffles. I so love waffles and their strawberry compote here is amazing in the summer. I bet if they did make vegan waffles, they would be awesome. Plllllease try!
Some other wonderful things to note: Open for dinner and LICENSED. Yes, you can enjoy a glass of wine or a bottle of beer at a charming, little hippiester vegetarian cafe on a breezy summer evening. For some reason this is a real novelty in Toronto, vegetarian places that serve. The selection is short and sweet, just like the menu. The dinner items include gems like the burrito (vegan option with all the fixins, right down to sour cream), risotto, and pasta.
More loveliness: the coffee, the tea, the sucanat, the charming decor, walking through the kitchen to use the loo, the book shelves, the vintage bar which is part of the new set up, the music, the pantry items they sell *including* vegan Worcestershire sauce, and watching the sunset on Dundas in the early winter after a late, late meal.
Cash only. Not open Monday or Tuesday and no food service between 4-5pm.
5 star - I give my top marks to the charming El Ron Hubbarby, as it is known in my home.
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