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| - The Bloor-Jane Restaurant was a bit of a random find while out doing a few Bloor West-specific errands...on an empty stomach midway through a Saturday afternoon. Thanks to the wonders of iPhone apps, we learned about the place and headed over to check it out.
Within about a second of walking through the front door, even before getting a seat at a booth, the waitress asked whether we wanted coffee....we opted for tea, and settled in to check out the menu and to admire the old-school diner ambiance. (Toronto Maple Leaf flags everywhere, newspaper articles, photographs, the works; this place has been around for over 25 years and it obviously an important part of the 'hood.)
Brunch was great. I had a veggie omelette with rye toast, and my trusty sidekick had scrambled eggs, sausage, and rye toast. Both meals came with fried potatoes. Oh -- and the condiments are definitely worth mentioning: in addition to Heinz ketchup, you'll find HP sauce, Frank's Red Hot sauce, Tabasco (red), and malt vinegar (eek - I think). That's a mighty fine line up.
A few other reviewers have noted that this place is a greasy spoon, and perhaps in a literal sense it is for other dishes, but there was a clear lack of grease with both of our meals. Non-greasy greasy spoons are good finds, especially when they're run by Greek families, as this place is. Greek diners are the gold standard....and they're unfortunately few and far between these days.
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