Hunnybee Bruncheonette

Hunnybee is a pretty busy little brunch place with rather limited seating. There's seating outside, but the tables are on the low side and given the neighbourhood I wouldn't really recommend the counter.

Price for portion is good! And that's hard to find these days.
It's diner style so you order at the counter and pay first, and the credit card machine prompts you to tip first, which is sort of weird as you end up with really not much service except they bring the stuff to your table. So if that irks you, look around the interface for how to skip it, especially as the first tip option is 15%.

Shakshuka ($12) red pepper & tomato stew, two poached eggs, lentils, labneh, toast

Tasty, and given the portion and price, it's a win. Spicing might be slightly on the tame side, however.
Lacking in some of the more traditional aspects, chief of which is not being in a skillet. This means it can get cold really fast, so dig in right away.
Based on the presentation my guess is they scoop it out of a huge vat like soup and add in the separately prepared too-perfectly-beautiful poached eggs.
Veggies on top a bit too long to be convenient but not a big deal.

My friend got the rather largish sized ricotta pancake, which I didn't get to try.

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