Turkish brunch looks like grilled sujuk, pastirma and somun at Simit & Chai’s brunch shootoff in Leslieville. The Turkish bakery wows with a menu of mucver benedict and fluffy tahini halva pancakes until 3 p.m. daily.

Aside from duck confit and steak frites, Dundas West’s French bistro also has some brunchy dishes. They’re serving béchamel and swiss cheese croque madame and breakfast scrambled egg sandwiches with confit tomato.

You can finally experience Mira Mira in a sit-down setting, when regulations allow, anyway. This restaurant in the Beaches goes beyond the Leslieville location’s East Coast Donairwich with dreamy steak and eggs or buttermilk pancakes, only available on Sundays.

What used to be John Street’s Pizzaiolo is now the downstairs counterpart to cocktail bar Melrose on Adelaide. On weekends it’s all about mimosas, smoked salmon bagels and eggs on baguettes with spicy sugo.

Hit this Hong Kong-style cafe in North York for classic cha chaan teng dishes. Start the weekend right with brick toasts and a potent cup of yuenyeung–that’s coffee and HK-style milk tea together–featuring teddybear-shaped ice cubes. 

Matching the 1 Hotel’s all-natural green vibes is its in-house restaurant serving brunch on weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Head to this luxury lodging on Wellington for green juices, salmon eggs Benedict and fried chicken waffles.

Brunch served in a cardboard box has become a thing over the course of lockdowns and this restaurant in East Chinatown has been selling out of theirs most days. Fill up on Farmer’s Breakfasts, four styles of eggs Benny or waffles.

The Castlefield Design District has a spot for Turkish brunch. Situated not far from Yorkdale Mall is North America’s first location of this brand from Turkey serving colourful breakfast trays with Kashar, tahini molasses and fried eggs.