Please sir, can I have some more..... breakfast places?

I've always said that there are not enough breakfast places in Calgary and our new discovery proves it once again.

Courtesy of the local rag The City Palate, a newsprint style (free) magazine that focuses on nothing but food and restaurants, we were alerted to the existence of a new (to us) breakfast place called Overeasy Breakfast. It's at 824 Edmonton Trail NE, just up a bit from the renowned Diner Deluxe. Speaking of The City Palate, the whole magazine is now available for reading online at their website. But back to the breakfast place.

Overeasy Breakfast is not a big place and they try to cram as many people inside as possible. There's a long table going the length of the joint with a wall bench booth seat and assorted table configurations against one wall with pairs of tables on the other wall. Spacing is tight, so if you're someone who values privacy and elbow room, this place is going to make you feel intruded upon. If you can get past that thought, their menu carries everything a person could want for the first meal of the day. Waffles, pancakes, brioche french toast, crepes, omelettes, eggs benedict and more. For the lunch crowd, they have sandwiches and burgers too.

They food was good. Not spectacular, but good. The coffee was decent. Would I line up for 30 minutes to eat here (as some are want to do)? Probably not. But we'll probably go here once in a while to get some variety, just because there aren't enough places for breakfast.

Other places that we've been known to frequent for their breakfast in Calgary (in no particular order):

• Diner Deluxe (Edmonton Trail)
• Cora's
• Dairy Lane (Kensington)
• Thompson's Grill (Hyatt downtown)
• Grey Eagle Casino
• Eat Eat (Inglewood)