Tim Hortons

This location would have earned a good five stars if they had made their Spicy Thai Chicken soup, and I wasn’t the only one who tried to order it. I was allowed to just sit and nosh the day away. Very cool place and clean restrooms.

This Tim Hortons does a huge business. The drive-​through line was backed up through the parking lot out to the road, and there was a line from the counter to the door for each counter/​door. So evidently they either do a great job, or they’re the most convenient spot for breakfast, or more likely a bit of both.
I’ve never actually done breakfast at a Tim Hortons — it’s always been lunch — so this was my opportunity to compare and contrast with what I might get in the States for a Dunkin Donuts breakfast:
I guess it’s common to get lettuce and tomato on some of your breakfast sandwiches up here, i.e., the BELT (bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato), which I got on a bagel. Their bagels are slightly smaller than Dunkin’s, but more authentic in that they have a crisper crust and have less of that chewy feel of industrial bagels.
Their breakfast combos include potato bites, our version of home fries. They’re sauteed or possibly pan fried with some salt and pepper coating, as opposed to the battered and fried industrial «tater tot stuff» we get. I should have read the fine print first. It seems their breakfast combos include potatoes and the lunch combos include a donut. I had wanted another of their maple cream, my new favorite donut.
The coffee is INCREDIBLY hot. I guess they haven’t had to deal with frivolous lawsuits up here like fast food places in the U.S. have. That or Canadians are just sensible enough to not put a cup of coffee between their legs.
I do like Dunkin coffee better, but I’m tempted to buy some of their coffee when I’m back in the states to compare it. Fortunately there’s a few Tim Hortons in New York and New England where I can do that.