** This restaurant is closed and has rebranded to Gravy - Burger & Fries. **
Is it just me or does a name like The Local Omnivore (TLOi) bring back memories of science class? I assure you dining in the restaurant is a lot more fun than sitting in school but they are similar in some ways. Like the fact that their kitchen is probably run by mad scientists, who spend their time butchering, smoking, and curing all their meats themselves. That includes making their own sausages, bacon, turkey, ham, and corned beef. They could probably rebrand as The Local Carnivore, but they're nice enough to have options for herbivores too.
Located in Holland Plaza, also home to the likes of Cafe Linnea and Doughnut Party, TLOi is tucked on the other side facing 120th street. The restaurant has been open since late 2015, but they've been around since 2013 as a food truck.
TLOi is a really cool place. Casual and laidback with tons of sharpie graffiti on the walls (it's the only place where your mom won't yell at you if you scribble on the wall).
On the menu: brunch (available daily until 3:00), sandwiches, burgers, and dinner entrees. Hours are 9am-10pm Tuesday to Saturday and 10am-3pm on Sundays. Every Sunday of a long weekend, TLOi hosts pancake breakfast (so you don't have to). During the pancake breakfast, they serve a smaller menu (usually posted on their Instagram) rather than their full regular menu.
Because we visited during Thanksgiving weekend, pancakes it was! Nothing like a brunch coma before turkey coma.
The farmer starter ($13.75) is basically all your breakfast food groups on a plate. Two hotcakes (they gave us three), strips of their super smoked bacon, your choice of deli meat (corned beef, turkey, or ham), with two sunny side up eggs and a side of citrus hollandaise. It's a mountain of food for just one person and even sharing it, we couldn't finish it.
Mostly because we demolished the brunch poutine ($16.50). Their poutine starts with a bed of thin cut pirate-spiced fries (basically seasoning spice with a small kick), cheese curds, and vegetarian gravy. For a "brunch" poutine, they top it off with two fried eggs and citrus hollandaise. We mixed everything together, the yolks, the hollandaise, the gravy, and it was delicious! Also amazing was that the fries stayed crispy throughout.
At the end of the day, I think the lesson we all learned at TLOi is that you can put a fried egg on anything and call it brunch. French fries for breakfast? Good choice.
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