TorontoBrunch.com came into fruition in the fall of 2001 when Aaron Boros started writing reviews on his personal web site hosted at Geocities. His friend Mark Aaron Polger just moved to Toronto (in August) and was busy working as a Librarian while attempting to start writing his Master’s thesis. He enjoyed going to brunch but always abided by the “under $10 rule” so this limited his choices. He did not review the places he went to (unlike Aaron) but he expressed interest. He did compile a list of where he went , the type of cuisine, and where it was located. He just did not have enough time to develop a web site full of reviews.

In 2000, Wendy Furtenbacher was the biggest brunch and dinner junkie. While working at IBM Canada in Toronto, Wendy used to dine with friends and frequent trendy dining hot spots on a regular basis and drop $100 at a time on dinner and drinks. Wendy always had a passion for writing so she expressed much interest to collaborate and add reviews. Having left her IBM days behind her, Wendy has since become more conservative in her spending habits.

In 2003, Toronto Brunch was born out of a sub-folder of Mark’s massive Degrassi web site. The old URL was www.degrassi.ca/reviews/ In May of 2004, Mark acquired TorontoBrunch.com and the contents of his site was moved off the Degrassi servers.

The approach to writing reviews at Toronto Brunch is to provide meaningful and valuable content to the web community who love to do brunch in Toronto and for those who want to visit Toronto. Mark, Aaron, and Wendy love to indulge in different foods from all over the world and they are not afraid to try different foods. They all have a myriad of tastes and feel it is important to add informative content to the web, especially for brunch-obsessed Torontonians. They also feel that since they are a team of three, they all have different palates, they come from different backgrounds, and they see the world from a different point of view. They believe that these differences add value when they review a restaurant.

Although Mark, Aaron, and Wendy focus on reviewing restaurants that serve brunch, they also “branch” off to review dinner, lunch, and dessert spots as well. There are hundreds of brunch spots, restaurants, bistros, and other venues in Toronto, so if we’ve missed any place that you think we should review, please email them!. They all have full-time jobs so they cannot review everything in Toronto (they also have limited funds) but they try to review as much as possible. TorontoBrunch.com is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a non-profit site. The site is funded through Google Ads. Feel free to visit the old site (versions 1.0 and 2.0). Questions, comments, and concerns can be sent to reviews@torontobrunch.com

Toronto Brunch Team
Mark Aaron Polger (The Veggie King)
Aaron Boros (The Brunch Whore)
Wendy Furtenbacher (The Gourmet Goddess)