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The decor is soothing (soft lighting and linens), the food highend comfort: smoked salmon with truffled scrambled eggs, poached eggs on croissant (see Verveine).

Slide into a booth – part of the old-style diner decor – and choose from a menu that focuses on eggs and burger classics. Good milkshakes.

This elegant restaurant in the venerable Windsor Arms Hotel has for decades been a city favorite for a romantic Sunday brunch. The traditional-style buffet includes salmon, made-to-order omelets, roasts, and desserts.

This bakery cum café is popular with locals, so arrive early to get a seat. Brioches and croissants (in several flavors) are baked on the premises and melt-in- your-mouth fresh. Sandwiches on chewy baguettes are excellent.

The neo-Gothic splendor of the University of Toronto’s Hart House (see University of Toronto) sets the tone of refined tradition, and the menu adds sparkle to the sedate surroundings. Fine sandwiches, soups, and an extensive selection of wines by the glass.

The Chinese tradition of selecting dim sum items such as shrimp and pork dumplings, stuffed noodles, sticky rice, and barbecue pork buns from passing carts turns brunch into a festive occasion at this Yorkville restaurant.

This Annex institution hops on the weekends, when locals line up for tasty omelets, blueberry pancakes, “samnscram” – scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and scallions – and strong lattes. Some patrons, local writers among them, hold down tables for hours, immersed in the neighborly atmosphere.

Line-ups attest to the popularity of the Sunday brunch; you can browse the restaurant’s mouthwatering cookbook, Out to Brunch , while you wait. Dishes are named after characters in the novel and film Mildred Pierce ; Heuvos Monty is a wicked combo of refried black beans and avocado crème fraîche . Plenty of free parking (see Mildred Pierce).

A charmingly eclectic place. Arrive early, before the crowds scoop up all the Belgian waffles. Soups, salads, omelets, and sandwiches are excellent, the juice freshly squeezed.

A Formica-topped counter and reclaimed diner booths lend this bustling spot a 1950s feel, but the food is decidedly contemporary. Eggs are scrambled with smoked oysters and pancetta, sautéed spinach accompanies trout eggs benny. Excellent Americano coffee, but alas, no free refills.