"Inside this whitewashed Queen Anne row house, you'll find Café Cancan, a sticky-sweet, Pepto-hued spot with turquoise banquettes, plenty of natural light, and a gleaming chrome espresso machine on the bar. If it wasn't for the buzzworthy brunch menu sitting in your lap, you'd think this was just a place to take dreamy Insta pics. It's Toronto chef Victor Barry's latest place, and there's a bit of scene—but don't let that put you off. The contemporary French menu brings all of the sophistication à la française, minus the fussiness, with a great selection of oysters, and elegant, albeit stomach-filling, options like fried duck eggs with duck confit, chives, and wild mushroom ragoût, and smoked trout crêpes, a briny, savory alternative to so many other brunches' saccharine crêpes. And of course, French classics like the croque madame drizzled with béchamel are foolproof favorites." - Todd Plummer
