Category Archives: Breakfast & Brunch

Cora Breakfast and Lunch

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I’m a sucker for skillets, and Cora has a good one. Best of all, the one I would pick is on their menu deals at the moment, making it a bargain.

My ideal skillet would be crispy home fries, bacon, cheese, onions, red and green peppers, and an over easy egg. Cora’s Ten Star Skillet adds spinach, green onions, ham, sausage, and, um … frankfurters and bologna? I almost had them leave those last ingredients out, but then figured, what the heck, and tried the standard version. It was very good. I do wish the base had been crispy home fries rather than rather large potato wedges, but I just left those, and convinced myself that’s where all the calories were.

Service was friendly and quick, and the location, which doesn’t look like much on the outside, is quite nice inside.

Overall, very good quality for such a large chain.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/cora-breakfast-and-lunch-vancouver

Greenhorn Cafe

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This cozy brunch spot is located in a quiet neighborhood, and offers both indoor and outdoor seating with table service, or counter service take away.

The menu is all brunch all the time. There are some sandwiches, too, but these are mostly served open face, so they’re pretty crunchy, too.

I had the egg salad on sourdough. The egg salad was nicely seasoned and piled high on a crispy slab of excellent toast.

Service was very friendly.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/greenhorn-cafe-vancouver-2

Coco Rico Cafe

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This cozy cafe/sports bar offers brunch from morning until afternoon and then switches to more of a sports bar menu.

The bacon and cheese omelet was tasting, and accompanied by nicely crisped home fries.

The cinnamon French toast included two poofy pieces of brioche, nicely grilled, and served with assorted fruit.

Service was friendly, and the background music audio quality was impressive enough that we noticed their excellent playlist.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/coco-rico-cafe-vancouver

The Basic

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Aptly named, The Basic is basically a basic breakfast and lunch place with basic dishes that are based on breakfast and lunch basics.

Seriously, though, we really enjoyed our meal here. The menu has all the, er, basics of a satisfying breakfast, but we opted for sandwiches. The tuna melt is actually closer to a patty melt, but with tuna instead of a patty, since it normally comes on rye and has grilled onions. But they happily substituted sourdough, and could certainly leave off the onions to make it more conventional.

The cucumber and avocado sandwich was a nice lighter choice, served on toasted sourdough with tasty cole slaw and a nice fresh salad of mixed greens.

Service was pleasant and swift.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-basic-vancouver-3