Ontario Breakfast Chains

Ontario breakfast restaurant chains serving lighter fare, for breakfast and lunch mainly, are a mix of local companies, Canada-wide companies like Tim Hortons, and American ones like Dennys. They're becoming more popular every year and many, if not most, now do 'all day breakfasts', which is great for travellers who are watching their money or just love to start the day with a good breakfast.

They serve great food from the days when we had time to eat a cooked breakfast. If you like bacon, sausage, ham and eggs, or pancakes and syrup, you'll have no trouble finding a place for breakfast and lunch in Ontario. Denny's is probably the most famous for this and if you're looking for a meal that will keep you full all day, this is the place to go.

Denny's probably needs no introduction as they're well established in their US home and other places around the world. Their breakfasts are big enough for dinner in the real world, which is great for me as I love breakfast foods, they're all great.

Breakfast chains along the same lines are the Sunrise Grill and Sunset Grill, mainly found in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and Cora's, from Quebec originally, and the Golden Griddle, an Ontario favorite for decades.

Other, smaller, Ontario based chains are:

Angel's Diner

Eggspectations

Wimpy's Diner

One of my favorite lighter fare places, and certainly Canada's favorite, is Tim Hortons. Timmy's is so popular, Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have an outlet over there. Tim Hortons has good coffee, good doughnuts, good muffins for breakfast and anytime of the day snacks. They also do great soup and sandwiches, or chili and bun for lunch and a light evening meal.

Other Ontario coffee and doughnout chains that provide that 'quick' or 'continental' type of breakfast (and other meals), are:

McDonald's (of course)

Coffee Time Donuts

Country Style Donuts

William's Coffee Pub

For a more exhaustive list, visit the Ontario Egg Farmer's website - Get Cracking.

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