January's Pick: Get In Line for The Fed

Picture this: a sunny weekend, you and your favourite people are hungry after waking up, and there's a place in town that serves a hella delicious eggs-benny and burgers with griddle-smashed beef, bacon, pickles, american cheese, caramelized onion.

Are you getting in line? Well I did! Here comes the brunching experience at The Federal!

A full house as always and if you're familiar with local restaurants with good food in Toronto, they're usually small and cozy like this!

I went with my favourite person, Alice (aka @meetandeats on Instagram). We arrived at around 1pm ish on a busy Saturday and waited in line for about 15 minutes.

Classic American menu with leather linen and a rustic plastic cover! What I love about the Fed right away is that this brunch menu is available everyday! Yes! It means they serve brunch all-week-long from 9AM - 3PM!

At the Fed do don't wait to get served water, they'll give you a bottle and let you be the gentleman! And so I went and poured it out for my fellow lady Alice and she went "Oh waaa! Huy's being a gentleman today!". (We both knew I was doing it for the gram LOL!)

Another wonderful reason to brunch at the Fed is the absolutely fantastic day-drinking options! Within the cocktails selection, The colourful one at the front was my choice - the HIBISCUS SHANDY ($7), while Alice went with a KW CRAFT CIDER ON TAP - classic Alice!

Now to this sexy beast called the "FOUR GUYS BURGER" with griddle-smashed beef, bacon, pickles, american cheese, caramelized onion, lettuce, mustard, and the Fed's special sauce! Alice got this for $14 and she was satisfied although a comment was "it kinda reminds me of the big mac!"

I ordered what I consider one of the best things about brunch: eggs-benny! At the Fed, the dish is called "EGGS FEDERAL" and I have nothing but complements for it! I absolutely felt in love with the mushroom tarragon cream sauce!!! And of course I added bacon to my order, because ya don't brunch without bacon!