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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 7:11 AM
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OT: The best breakfast spots in Edmonton

I am constantly driving up from Calgary to Edmonton and quite often end up eating a sub-standard breakfast in any diner I have tried so far. Calgary has some great spots for breakfast...Diner Deluxe, Nellies (17th ave, 4th ave, Rooftop on 9th ave, Marda Loop) and the Galaxy Diner. I am purposely leaving out generic places like Humpty's, Denny's and Smitty's because IMO the food is brutal at best. Surely Edmonton has some solid breakfast spots that I simply haven't discovered yet....anyone know where these places are?
Do they exist?
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 7:41 AM
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High Level Diner (109 st), Blue Plate Diner (104 st), Cafe Deville (124 st) or Urban Diner (124 st) all have good breakfasts.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 1:24 PM
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109st bistro, silk hat, commodore, l'azia, route 99.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 4:45 PM
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There is an italian place on 109st right on the south riverbank that has good breakfasts...I just can't think of the name right now.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 4:55 PM
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- Believe it or not, Brewsters puts on a decently awesome 11AM start breakky.

- Glenora Grill (formerly known as Ninas) right beside Cafe DeVille is equally as fantastic as well, great eggs/benny.

- Madison Grill has THE best salmon eggs benny I've ever had
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 5:04 PM
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No shortage of suggestions...good to see.

Back in the 1980's Barb and Ernies used to serve up some pretty good breakfasts(good portion sizes as well). Has anyone been there lately?

I should mention that Route 99 Diner is one place to avoid. Probably one of the worst breakfasts ( a simple Omelette and hashbrowns) that I have had in years.
Do yourselves a favour and stay away....absolutely brutal.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 5:33 PM
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Barb and Ernie's is the same way its always been. Just bigger than back in the 80s.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 5:54 PM
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Thanks for that hardhatdan.

I just stumbled onto a blog (Lex Culinaria) that has some interesting takes on Edmontons breakfast scene. There is an excel doc at the top of the page under the "Breakfast in Edmonton" heading which gives an interesting breakdown/rating of some breakfast diners in the city. It gains a little credibility with me simply because of the comments about the Route 99 Diner....shithouse .

http://gorgeoustown.typepad.com/lex_...g_notes_f.html
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 5:58 PM
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route 99 is awesome
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route 99 is awesome
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No, seriously. It is very good...I don't know why you had such a bad experience, but no one I have ever talked to has said that.
Weird.
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No, seriously. It is very good...I don't know why you had such a bad experience, but no one I have ever talked to has said that.
Weird.
Maybe my standards are a little too high....or other peoples are a little too low.

Some people think that Humpty's serves up a really good breakfast...go figure.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 6:31 PM
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Maybe my standards are a little too high....or other peoples are a little too low.

Some people think that Humpty's serves up a really good breakfast...go figure.
I really don't think that is the reason at all. I'd chalk it up to just getting unlucky that day.
Oh well.
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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 6:43 PM
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I really don't think that is the reason at all. I'd chalk it up to just getting unlucky that day.
Oh well.
Yeah...maybe they have 2 cooks and I was unlucky enough to get the evil one.
Who knows...I won't be back though.
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- Believe it or not, Brewsters puts on a decently awesome 11AM start breakky.
I had an eggs benny at the Brewsters on 116 St/104 Ave today this afternoon - the breakfasts are served until 2 pm. It was awesome, not to mention also being able to have a blueberry wheat ale afterwards.
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^ Yeah I love it. Except when it's 8AM and you want breakfast
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There is a few things at Brewsters I've had, has sucked so bad it kind of deletes the good things I have had.

If it wasn't for that Raspberry beer...BEER AND FUCKING RASPBERRIES, OH SHIT YA.
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The Raspberries that sit in the bottom of the pitcher are freakin amazing.
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Its like gob himself picked those raspberries, I swear I can taste the souls of small children in them.
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