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| - I will definitely be back. I gotta try that awesome B...i can't remember what he called it, but that almond honey pastry at the front cash.
We happened upon this place after driving across town to Prince Arthur only to find our desired destination inexplicably (and irritatingly) closed. Whipped out trusty Yelp and had my friend search my bookmarks for brunch in St Henri. Place was not packed when we arrived at about 10am (a snowy Sunday). By the time we left the 20 seats were at over half capacity, not to mention the constant flow of walk-ins ordering to go.
The authenticity scores this place it's rounded up 4 stars, but food portion-to-price ratio is not fabu here and so I feel this place is more 3.5 stars. Plus not ideal in winter temperatures, the place is so tiny that there's not much of an entrance and the make shift curtains do little to block the cold air from the constant opening of the door. *cold*
9$ for 1 egg with bacon, alright pricing...but portions of everything were tiny, my bacon was overcooked (but I forgot to ask for it soft so that's more my fault than theirs) and I had to pay extra to switch my toast to an everything bagel (0.50$ for a bagel barely as big as my index finger and I have tiny fingers, I feel that should've been a fair substitution without charge, for how tiny the plate was) and an extra 1.20$ for cream cheese seemed a bit jacked. My friends found their plates small in portion considering they each went with the 13$ specials, also paying for extras as well (bagel, cream cheese, extra pico de gallo, oj etc).
The service was sweet and on point considering how busy they were. My friends stated at several moments if they had 1 extra employee to (wo)man the cash, allowing one to work the tables and the chef doin his thing, it woulda been a lot smoother. But they were extremely friendly and really provided very good service despite the rush.
My friend also ordered croissants, chocolatines, another German dessert bar, and over a dozen bagels to go lol. Everything tasted really good. The chef came and rang our bill to help out and was super pleasant and informative, but I was still half asleep. I'll hafta go back, just guna stick with the pastries, croissants and bagels. The brekkies are good but not quite the "must have" element of this spot.
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