MAT’S DINER

This Kensington beauty offers the best of all worlds with a red-seal-equivalent chef making breakfast food in a casual, diner setting. Having bought The Daily two years ago, partners Mat Nagaraj and Vino Manickam overhauled the menu after really looking at what Calgarians want. What we wanted was breakfast. And Indian food – but not too spicy. We wanted affordable, tasty, Instagrammable, accessible food in a great neighbourhood. And they delivered. The breakfasts here are really a marvel. We had the croque madame which was enormous and beautifully plated with ruby red and golden beets and delicate green sprouts. We had a hard job to finish it…but we managed. Chef Mat tells us the breakfast poutine and butter chicken bennies are also popular choices. Watch for a new location opening in 2020!