After I finished shoveling this morning, my old friend A came by and we went down the road to Around the Corner for breakfast. Tuffy P volunteers Sunday mornings at a nursing home so this was “boys breakfast out”.

Around the Corner is a breakfast joint in New Toronto run by Mark Ali, the proprietor of the Village Butcher, located, you guessed it, around the corner from Around the Corner. Village Butcher is on Lakeshore just west of 6th, and the restaurant is on 6th, a stone’s throw from Lakeshore. It’s a dependable place for a great breakfast. The meat is all organic and bread and pancakes are gluten free for those who need to be gluten free, and Mark cooks up breakfast with a lot of care. For me, breakfast was bacon and eggs, toast and potatoes, served with a nice bowl of fresh fruit and berries.

I enjoy both Mark’s butcher shop and his restaurant. At least part of the reason is that Mark himself is a really good guy, full of good humour, and very knowledgeable as well.