If you’re in the mood for a benny, Ramona’s Kitchen has got you covered. Located at 7355 Bayview Avenue in Thornhill, Ramona’s Kitchen serves up traditional breakfast with a non-traditional twist, including 11 unconventional renditions of Eggs Benedict, omelettes, frittatas, French toast, pancakes, breakfast poutine, and an especially intriguing breakfast hotdog dubbed the Morning Frankfurter. Most dishes come with a side of their signature tri-coloured home fries, made up of sweet, Yukon, and Chilean purple potatoes.
In addition to its all-day breakfast/brunch menu, Ramona’s Kitchen also has a comprehensive lunch and dinner menu. So, there’s something for everybody, even ‘I’m not really an eggs person’ people.
At one point in time, Ramona’s Kitchen was one of the only dedicated brunch spots on Bayview, says owner Carlo Carlucci. Before opening Ramona’s Kitchen in 2015, Carlucci would host family brunches at his own home for lack of better options.
“The reason we opened up is we live in the neighbourhood,” he says. “We always thought it would be great to have a breakfast place on Bayview because every time we came out to go for breakfast there was nothing on Bayview at that time.”
These days, brunch is a popular notion and new spots are cropping up periodically, but there is no breakfast quite like a Ramona’s Kitchen breakfast.
“We’ve been in the same location for seven years,” says Carlucci. “We’re doing fairly good. We were one of the top breakfast places in the GTA for a few years.”
Meanwhile, a new location of Ramona’s Kitchen is in the works. The new location at 1608 Bayview Avenue is slated to open its doors sometime in September. Carlucci will be managing the new location in Leaside, while Ramona herself (yes, she’s real!), will manage the Thornhill location. Both locations will have the same menu.
“We want it to be on Bayview. We don’t want to go anywhere else right now,” says Carlucci. “Ramona’s Kitchen is a mom-and-pop shop. We don’t want to open up all over the place.”
In the meantime, you can pop into the Thornhill location for brunch, lunch, or dinner from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.