Places to satisfy your French toast cravings in Toronto
Nothing says leisurely weekend brunch like a delicious order of French toast. These Toronto eateries offer a plethora of tasty sweet and savoury options to help kick off your morning.
Lady Marmalade Restaurant
265 Broadview Ave, Main, Toronto, ON M4M 2G8Lady Marmalade offers a unique twist on the classic French toast dish by styling it like a bread pudding and baking it. The result is sweet deliciousness, topped with maple syrup and berry coulis.
Emma's Country Kitchen
810 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M6C 1B6Make your way to St. Clair West for an unforgettable French toast experience. Emma’s Country Kitchen serves up home-style white bread that's spiked with apples, cinnamon and brown sugar, dipped in buttermilk custard, fried on the griddle and then topped with brown butter caramel. Sound good yet? The dish is topped with whipped vanilla custard and maple syrup. Yum!
Beast Restaurant Inc
96 Tecumseth St, Main, Toronto, ON M6J 2H1Just off the trendy King Street West strip, Beast Restaurant brings its own meaty interpretation to the French toast game by combining savoury and sweet. Challah is topped with duck confit, cranberry mostarda, whipped creme fraiche and served with a side of maple syrup. Truly original.
Smith Restaurant
553 Church St, Toronto, ON M4Y 2E2This Church Street bistro takes the decadent route and uses banana bread as the base for its French toast. Topped with roasted banana and a vanilla lemon glaze, one taste of this dish and you'll be hooked.
Cafe Fiorentina
Main 463 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1P1Café Fiorentina on the Danforth is a lovely little French cafe that makes some seriously amazing food. Their menu changes daily, depending on ingredients available, so at last check, their incredible brioche French toast was topped with a stewed plum compote, creme fraiche and maple syrup. Heavenly, and not overly sweet.
