Foodie Experiences
Breakfast at the Blue Fox Cafe
Fort Street's beloved all day breakfast room since 1991, with art crammed onto every wall and a benny list that runs to double digits.
Fort St between Quadra and Vancouver
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Fort Street's beloved all day breakfast room since 1991, with art crammed onto every wall and a benny list that runs to double digits.
Fort St between Quadra and Vancouver
More infoThe Blue Fox opened in 1991 and has been packing a narrow Fort Street room ever since, one where every inch of wall is claimed by local art and the queue on the pavement outside doubles as a neighbourhood noticeboard. The kitchen's whole personality is eggs benedict, roughly a dozen builds of it, backed up by huevos rancheros and pancakes that arrive looking faintly unreasonable. It is loud, warm, entirely unfussy and about as Victoria as a room gets. Check the calendar first, because it closes on Wednesdays.
No reservations, and no way around the weekend queue, so aim for before 9am or after 12:30 and treat the wait on the pavement as part of it. The benny list is the reason to come, so order two different ones and split the difference, then add a side of pancakes if you are feeling brave. Budget about 75 minutes with coffee. It closes Wednesdays, so check before you drive over. You come out at the top of Fort Street, two blocks from Antique Row for a browse.
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