Mitzi's Cafe voted Top #5 Granola in Toronto by Blog TO. 

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This Week's Specials....

They're ready! Our new specials this week rock and we want you all to try them! 

Poached eggs on sweet potato mash with roasted asparagus and topped with a pecorini, asiago and roasted garlic cream sauce. 

Omelette with marinated flank steak, roasted rapini, gruyere cheese and topped with a horseradish and black pepper cream. 

Scrambled eggs with creamy goat cheese, fresh thyme and crumbled bacon.

Pancake with spiced pears, cream cheese drizzle and shortbread crumble.

French toast with raspberry coulis, dark chocolate and toasted almonds.

MMMMmmmmmmm! Hope to see you all! Have a great weekend.

Mitzi's #11 out of the top 50 Brunch Spots in TO (BlogTO).

Thank you for voting Mitzi's #11 in the top 50 Brunch Spots in Toronto via BlogTO.

http://blogto.com/slideshows/best-toronto-brunch/766/

New Menu

Make sure you check out our new menu.    It can be found on the menu tab at www.mitziscafe.com.  

Fresh ingredients.   Seasonally inspired.   Prepared with pride!

THANK YOU!!!

Mitzi's Cafe has been nominated by NOW Magazine readers for "Best Breakfast" and "Best Cafe".

If you wish to participate in the voting, you can click the link below.

Thank you again for your nomination!

http://www.nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/index.cfm

Mitzi's Weekly Specials - Starting July 13th.

It's going to be a beautiful weekend! Come and enjoy some delicious brunch on our patio. 

Our specials this week are: 

Poached eggs on homemade fishcakes with marinated red onion and topped with a cilantro lemon tartar sauce. 

A gourmet western omelette with smoked ham, sautéed bell peppers, roasted scallions, baby spinach and Monterey Jack cheese - topped with a Siracha aioli. 

Scrambled eggs with roasted garlic, goat cheese and fresh oregano.

Oatmeal buttermilk pancake with praline bacon and brandied ontario raspberries.

Challa French toast with homemade butterscotch and sautéed banana.

Remember, you can always check them out at our Facebook Page:

It's going to be a beautiful weekend! Come and enjoy some delicious brunch on our patio. 

https://www.facebook.com/Mitziscafe?hc_location=stream

This Week's Specials

It's the weekend! 

Come on in and enjoy some brunch with us. (Don't forget that it's Mother's day...!) 

Our specials this week are: 

Poached eggs on creamy polenta with chinese brocolli and topped with a sesame soy shitake sauce

Omelette with braised lamb, roasted ontario asparagus, pecorino cheese and topped with a homemade dill tzatiki

Scrambled eggs with sundried tomatoes, wilted arugula and goat cheese

French toast with sweet cherry sauce and belgian dark chocolate

Pancake with espresso cream and almond streusel

Hope to see you all here! Have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Mother's Day to all our neighbourhood moms.   

This week's Specials - May 4th thru May 10th

Poached Egg: On a stuffed ravioli with Spicy marinara sauce and fresh parmesan cheese.

Omelette: Tender pulled beef in our homemade BBQ sauce, with baby spinach and topped with a horseradish blackpepper cream sauce.

Scramble Eggs: Chorizo and feta, topped with Toasted panko.

Pancake: Topped with toasted coconut, banana custard and homemade coconut syrup.

French Toast: Fresh sugared strawberries with Devon Cream.

Hope to see you all for the BEST BRUNCH around.

BITE: Reunited With My Pancake Lover

14 years later, Pay Chen reunites with a Parkdale brunch spot she never forgot

I waited 14 years to be reunited with a brunch I never forgot. I don’t have a valid excuse for waiting this long. I got busy, I moved away, shiny new brunch spots opened up to tempt me, but mostly, I dreaded the streetcar ride.

Tucked away on Sorauren Avenue in an area some call “Parkdale,” and others “Roncesvalles Village,” is the home of the best oatmeal pancake I have ever eaten. Mitzi’s Café has been keeping area residents well fed and caffeinated for 16 years. It’s exclusively a daytime place (they close at 4pm) and the menu is simple.

Every week there’s a variation on a poached egg, omelette, scrambled eggs, pancake and French toast. Granola and freshly baked muffins are also available.

When I am reunited with my lover – the oatmeal buttermilk pancake – it’s topped with espresso custard and toasted almonds ($13.95). Served with some perfectly roasted potatoes, I am efficiently carb-loaded. It’s a thick, fluffy, and substantial pancake that combines the heartiness of a bowl of oatmeal with the fluffy, dessert-like treat of buttermilk pancakes.

While eggs benedict are nice, and omelettes with cheese and mushrooms are lovely, you’ll find more unique variations at Mitzi’s. The other week the omelette ($13.95) was made with maple roasted pork tenderloin, old cheddar, spinach, and topped with a savoury applesauce. The scrambled eggs ($13.95) were a creamy mix of honeyed jalapenos and Havarti cheese with a chipotle sour cream.

Owners Jason Bradfield and Michael Watson scooped up Mitzi’s when it recently went up for sale. Customers for the past 16 years, they loved the casual, family-friendly atmosphere and food. Owners since January, they have plans to refresh the café esthetically, but the food will remain the same. When the warmer weather arrives, the patio will open and a weekday lunch menu will be introduced. While “cash only” was no big deal back in the mid 90’s, Jason and Michael plan to update the payment options.

The open kitchen (and small room) mean you will smell like breakfast when you leave. Let’s call it, Eau de Brunch. If you don’t roll out of bed until after 10 a.m., then expect a wait – the café seats about two dozen (hooray for the patio seats!). It was foolish of me to wait so long to return. I strayed and ventured elsewhere to satisfy my brunch cravings, but I’m back and ready for a new relationship…with an oatmeal pancake.