Lingering over coffee and eggs in a sunlit café with a pal or the paper is a certain, simple and shared pleasure and Winnipeg is spoiled when it comes to delightful daybreakers.
by Ciao! editors
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Clementine
New Exchange District spot from the minds behind Segovia brings creativity and global flair to breakfast and lunch dishes. Crisp potato cakes topped with smoked arctic char, horseradish creme, and pops of salmon roe are spectacular.
123 Princess St, 204-942-9497
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The Falafel Place
The devoted flock from afar to this bustling River Heights joint, famed for its falafel breakfast. Not for the timid, this bold daybreaker delivers eggs, soft-centred Israeli-style falafel balls with tahini, fried onions and banana peppers, and a golden, crisp potato pancake.
1101 Corydon Ave, 204-489‑5811
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The Nook Diner
The all-day brekkie at this Wolseley hangout boasts a tough choice between a handful of eggs Bennie renditions all smothered in sinful, satin Hollandaise sauce. We love a soft poached princess, which swaps out back bacon for crunchy green asparagus.
43 Sherbrook St, 204-774-0818
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Stella’s Café & Bakery
A prolific central bakery supplies all Stella’s Café & Bakery locations with crusty, yeasty goodness. Try the chocolate croissant; crafted by hand from butter, its flaky texture and rewarding, rich centre offers a bite of bliss. The Mexican breakfast, with its fixings of salsa, guacamole, cilantro sauce, is also a crowd pleaser.
1895 Grant Ave, 204-488‑7810; 166 Osborne St, 204-453‑8562; 116 Sherbrook St, 204-477‑5556; James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, 2nd Floor, 204-779-1415; Plug In Gallery, 460 Portage Ave, 204-772-1556
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SMITH Restaurant
Imaginative, hunter-farmer influenced fare is right at home in the sleek yet rustic interior of this Inn at the Forks restaurant. Snuggle into a Hudson Bay blanket-striped banquette seat and tuck into breakfast classics like eggs, hash, and buttermilk pancakes. The weekend brunch menu includes decadent Smith Eggs, a mound of hash browns, poached eggs, and pulled pork smothered in maple smoked cheddar gravy.
Inn at the Forks, 75 Forks Market Rd, 204-944-2445