Maple Leaf Diner
Poutine – French Fries, Cheese Curds, Brown Gravy
Chicken, Bacon & Waffles – Fried Chicken Breast, Bacon, Belgian Waffles, Strawberries, Whipped Cream, Cream Puffs
Chocolate Chunk Walnut Brownie Cookie
Butter Tart
Nanaimo Bar
Although Maple Leaf Diner’s raison d’etre is reportedly ownership’s craving for Canuck Cuisine a look at the menu suggests no shortage of concessions, nearly 2/3 of the options leaning into non-descript origins such as Burgers, Benedicts and piles seemingly intended for Man v. Food.
The brainchild of Michael Delaurier and his Ontario native wife Debra Maple Leaf Diner opens at 7:00am daily, items proudly promoted as featured by Food Network or Paula Dean a focal point and entirely self-indulgent such as “Chicken, Bacon & Waffles” needlessly topped with Strawberries, Whipped Cream and Cream Puffs on toothpicks.
Home to enormous portions and fair prices that help explain the spot’s popularity, though American Bacon, Chicken Strips no better than the grocer’s freezer and fake Maple Syrup are all a disgrace to Canada, Poutine fares better in its tradition form with thick-cut Fries, squeaky Curds and uncomplicated Gravy.
The sort of place where one might be called “sweet pea,” “hun,” “darlin’” and “doll” in less than 30 minutes Desserts hail from Pastry cases at the front, a “stuffed” Chocolate Chunk Walnut Brownie Cookie dry, dull and unnecessary while Nanaimo Bars and Butter Tarts are authentic and delicious.
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