2. CULINA MUTTART
Culina Muttart has been a staple on our Best Brunch list since our very first Best Restaurants issue. It is nowhere close to jumping the culinary shark, though. Located right inside the front entrance of the Muttart Conservatory, the wood decor and bric-a-brac laid throughout the space exudes a feeling of warmth despite the institutional location. The nods to Mexican cuisine on the menu are what I like best; make sure to get an order of sweet grilled cornbread with the mixed-berry butter for the table. And the breakfast burrito, stuffed with a perfectly puffed-up egg, black beans and tomatillo sauce, is worth returning for time after time. For those with sweet teeth, the French toast with fruit compote never disappoints. –Steven Sandor
9626 96A St., 780-466-1181,culinafamily.com
3. DARAVARA
Daravara’s dinner menu is nothing to sneeze at, but brunch is where the 124th Street pub really shines. No doubt some of the Saturday morning clientele are returning to soak up the liquor from the night before – Daravara’s menu is wonderful, but it is a pub, after all – but the word has spread, and the place gets a little busier each weekend.
The menu features morning-after cures with enough protein to vanquish even the worst hangover and destroy any level of hunger you may have thought you had. Take heed: The dishes are hearty, savoury and intimidatingly large. One such dish, the Dirty Burger, is a protein powerhouse. Two four-ounce house-made beef patties rest between sizable buns, but add to that a perfectly cooked sunny side up egg, beer cheese and a drizzle of sausage gravy, and you have yourself the most delicious mess this side of breakfast (or lunch). –C.H.
10713 124 St., 587-520-4980
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