The strip does dinner and dancing. We do the morning before all that, every day.

College Street West is one of Toronto's great eating-and-drinking arteries, and it earns its patios. Ace Restaurant is the brunch counterpart, a couple of blocks off the main run on the main floor at Harbord and Manning.

Start any morning with bennys and bottomless coffee, or stretch it with a caesar and the souffle pancakes. When the patio is open, it is the best seat for watching the west end wake up.

Heading out for the night on College later? Line the stomach here first.