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| - Finally! A restaurant that understands that brunch isn't just for the weekends. A friend of mine in Toronto recommended this restaurant to me while I was in town on business. I met a business colleague here for brunch. It's a small, cozy and cute little place on a road that seems harder to find than I would have hoped for. But the locals clearly know this place, because both upstairs and downstairs were packed. We waited around 20 minutes for a table.
I started with a hot chocolate, which on this cold day, was a much needed insulator! It had great flavor, but wasn't too rich, which is usually my biggest complaint against some hot chocolates.
To eat, I ordered the breakfast tacos (eggs, chorizo, cheddar, cilantro) with "hash browns" and a side of cottage cheese. I loved the hash browns, but they weren't hash browns. They were much closer to home fries in how they were cut. But they had a great flavor and weren't greasy at all.
The tacos also were great! Now I LOVE chorizo, especially when it is spicy. I expected a little kick, but received none. This was a sweet chorizo, and it worked perfectly with the other ingredients. I added some of the house made sour cream, which was just perfect for it. And unlike most restaurants of this nature (small dining area, hipster crowd), the portion sizes were good too.
If I have extended trips to Toronto, I will make it a point to find time for a meal here.
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