{"id":482,"date":"2010-08-28T11:39:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T15:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justrw.net\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2016-08-17T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T22:01:59","slug":"johns-quick-lunch-is-best-for-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/justrw.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/28\/johns-quick-lunch-is-best-for-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"John’s Quick Lunch is best for Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John’s May not be slick but it’s usually Quick!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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It’s Saturday in the AM, and we’re looking for a treat…
\nSo we head to our friend Garey’s where John’s is just up the street<\/span><\/p>\n

We want a full-blown breakfast – not one that’s sissy and lite!
\nAnd know that John and his son Tony will always treat us right!<\/span><\/p>\n

With hot coffee fowing freely it’s the nicest place to meet.. <\/span><\/p>\n


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If\u00a0you happen to keep track of the locations of\u00a0the majority of Ottawa eating establishments\u00a0that we have reviewed here in the last few months, you will have surely noticed that the greatest preponderance of them are in the East End of the city! Not that this should be particularly surprising, since that also happens to be where we live!<\/p>\n

[ad name=”URBNSPN_iFrame”]If you check out the Googlemap on the right and place your cursor over the tags, you can actually see the places we have visited. At any rate, this particular Saturday morning, we were taking our French visitors, Michel & Jo\u00eblle\u00a0to eat a true Canadian breakfast along with our friend Garey.<\/p>\n


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Jo\u00eblle, in particular was feeling some trepidation since she was not wholely in favour of a breakfast that included eggs and meat. As many of you may well know, a typical French breakfast consists of bread or pastries with jam and a cereal bowl full of coffee to dunk them in. Our son in law, Mika\u00ebl had been introduced to John’s a few years ago now and had given his mother\u00a0strict instructions\u00a0that she was to try it out or face the consequences on her return to France. And thus we headed off for the far West….<\/p>\n

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John's Quick Lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

Where we went<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: It seems that John’s is somewhat of an Ottawa institution. When we first started frequenting the restaurant, probably close to 10 years ago now, it was already well established, popular breakfast spot on Wellington between Holland and Island Park Drive. Like the entire area, John’s has had a significant face-lift in recent years and is now bright and airy where once it was cramped and somewhat dingy. Don’t get me wrong, it can still seem pretty packed many a morning as people wait in line for a spare table. In any event, on this particular day, we had no problem finding a nice sunny table out of the main throng.<\/p>\n


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\"Breakfast<\/a>

"I can't dunk my toast in that tiny cup!"<\/p><\/div>\n

What we ordered<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0Of course, once installed, Michel & Jo\u00eblle could easily have opted for pancakes or French toast and thus kept within their norms, however, as you can see, to their credit, they took the plunge and ordered the breakfast special as did Garey, Dorothy and myself.\u00a0When we go to John’s, we don’t usually bother\u00a0even looking at the menu, since we already\u00a0know what we are going to be ordering.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


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\"John's<\/a>What we got<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so I won’t bore you by trying to describe what you can clearly see. I will only say that although it’s obviously not haute cuisine, it IS one of the best breakfasts you will find for the price….<\/p>\n


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