Sophia's Diner

Sophia's Mixed Grill Breakfast arrives as a single loaded plate: two eggs with sausage, bacon, ham, and peameal bacon, plus home fries or hash browns, toast, and jam to fill whatever corners are left. It is the order to place when appetite is the whole point of the visit, and it says most of what Sophia's Diner is about before the coffee is topped up. This is a breakfast-first diner on Ontario Street in downtown Sarnia, one that keeps the griddle going from seven in the morning through to evening, seven days a week, where breakfast runs all day rather than surrendering the counter at eleven.

The breakfast lineup is built for range as much as size. Lighter mornings get a one-, two-, or three-egg plate with bacon, ham, or sausage; sweeter ones get the French Toast Special, which sets french toast beside two eggs, sausage, and bacon so it eats like a full meal instead of dessert. There are pancakes, a Western omelette, and an egg, peameal bacon, and cheese kaiser made for eating with one hand. Lunch picks up where breakfast leaves off, anchored by a club house sandwich with fries, a peameal bacon and egg sandwich, grilled cheese and bacon, and a bacon cheeseburger deluxe.