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| - I used to dine at it's predecessor, Country Kitchen, for breakfast all the time. So when it evolved to Overeasy Breakfasts aka now OEB Breakfast Co, I was definately curious about it, and the constant weekend lineips out the door definately indicated that the food was something to be explored. Later, I found out even more of the story, as the owner was a top chef in his own right, who with a love of eggs and the desire to have his own place and make his own hours to be with his family more, opened up Overeasy!
Well, I went on a weekday instead whereas the place was 1/2 empty, and tried out a nice farm fresh free range scrambled eggs with their home made country sausage (it's HUGE) with some toast (I believe it was a nice multigrain) and looked around at the fairly unusual way it was decorated with chalk scrawled messages everywhere. Kinda kitchy, and I found it a bit gauche myself, but hey, I guess this is what it's like to be hip?
Back in Montreal, there's this legendary breakfast place called Cosmo, that pretty much aspires to be THE greasy spoon breakfast center of Canada (ohhh.. the triple order, 6 eggs with tons of bacon and toast and and... I love Cosmo....). OEB is just as much the opposite of that as it aspires to be the most nature-based (they raise their own chickens for the eggs) and cleanliest breakfast resto ever.
It was simple, but well done. If you close your eyes, you really can noticed a bit of a difference from the eggs, as the taste seems to be a little more eggy pronounced. The single sausage was simple huge, absolutely meaty and yummy with each bite. Bread? Well, multigrain toast, however fresh to me, is still more or less just multigrain toast. But is it worth the cost? When considering that you're paying the same prices as a Denny's, but with the quality of product that far exceeds any Denny's or Smitty's, yes it is. Is it worth the line up on weekends? No, I don't personally think so, but recommend anyone who really wants to try it out to run in during a weekend. Virtually no lineups, and the chef can spend more time to focus on your meal.
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