JJ's on the Docks Eatery

Breakfast at JJ's on the Docks does not clock out when the morning does. The kitchen keeps eggs, peameal bacon, and hollandaise going until mid-afternoon, so the first meal of the day stretches into a full daypart instead of a narrow early shift — and that one decision sets the tone for the rest of the menu. JJ's is a marina restaurant on Lake Street, in the Grimsby on the Lake neighbourhood, and its real identity is breadth held together by a kitchen that cooks the familiar things properly: breakfast that lasts, sandwiches built with care, fish and chips, weekend roast beef, and a case of homemade pies waiting at the end.

The clearest anchor is Fish and Chips — lightly battered haddock that works as a midday plate or a fuller dinner, and the most direct order for anyone who wants the kitchen at its plainest and best. Lunch leans on sandwiches built with intent: a Reuben of smoked meat, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and secret sauce on grilled marble rye; a Premium BLT stacked with four strips of bacon; and a Western of scrambled eggs, diced ham, peppers, and onions, available as a plate or a wrap. Dinner brings a charbroiled ten-ounce tomahawk pork chop with a vegetable medley and fries, and, every Friday through Sunday, carved roast beef served with mashed potatoes, gravy, and homemade Yorkshire pudding. The morning side more than holds up — Eggs Benedict on peameal bacon and hollandaise, a British Brunch of fried egg and cheddar on a toasted English muffin with fresh fruit, plus omelettes, pancakes, and French toast — and most meals end back at the pie case, where the coconut cream is the slice to ask about.