The Corner Stone Bistro by Monika's — Restaurant in District of North Vancouver

Typically I am a fan of the ostentatious. I'll even go as far as to say that I am a fan of the gawdy as well. So when i stumble upon a quaint and cozy diner situated in the established Capilano area I don't expect to find an establishment that 'does it' for me. I'm glad I was surprised

The Corner Stone Bistro is a former corner store that has been re-purposed into a breakfast/brunch establishment for the 'wild and ramble rousing miscreants, of the surrounding area.

It boasts a thorough breakfast/brunch menu with a variety of staple amd unique items to envelop your palate.

My standard for any diner is how it does it's take on the classic- eggs, potatoes, bacon, coffee and toast. I was delightfully surprised with their take on this by how the cook had made my scrambled (real) eggs with cream and the potatoes with a delicious parsley and candied onion mix. The bacon, while crisp I found bland until mixed with one of their multitude of chipotle sauces. The toast is a whole grain slice that doesn't need butter....just jam baby, just jam.

The service of this restaurant is a gathering ne'er do well millenials from various parts of the world. Needless to say the combination of the aforementioned rabble-rousin clientele in combination with these good-for-nothing hard-working slackers made me fear for my life. I just felt so....what's the word.....comfortable.

I appreciate oppulence as much as the next person but the stripped down yet still sophisticated and cozy atmosphere of this venue would make me definitely want to share this place with a close friend or significant other. I hope you choose the Corner Stone and when you do....make sure you tell them Saint...

So my family and I are renting an air b&b in the neighborhood and I decided to grab a coffee here. My first impression was that it was a very cute comfortable shop, that didn't last long.

I walked up to the counter and the women working the counter who I think might be new was asking another women who worked there about tips, I waited so as to not disrupt there conversation as I wasn't in a hurry. I waited, there conversation ended and she still didn't acknowledge me so I said hi. I ordered my 3 drop coffees and paid and tipped(I worked for a coffee company for 10 years so I always like to tip I know the struggle) I got the feeling that she was irrataed with me or that I was bugging her by ordering. Here is where my experience went from not great to extremely poor.

I was handed back the coffees and they all had maybe 3 inches or room so I asked for more coffee in one of them as I don't take cream. As I was waiting the women passed my coffee to a gentleman and he filled it with hot water he was standing next to the women so I'm sure he gets me when I said I don't take cream can I have more coffee, I mean I clearly was not in a rush I would not have minded waiting 5 minutes for a fresh pot, but they didn't ask. This is just lazy in my opinion.

This kind of place seems like it would grow its customer base from the local residents so my review might not mean much to them but I was extremely disappointed as a former barista myself...

Visited here on a Sunday morning around 10am - place looks very cute from outside and located in a local neighborhood. I think this place has a lot of potential but the experience fell short during my visit.

Firstly, there were very limited selection of food available during the visit in the display case and multiple items in the breakfast menu not available. Display case was almost empty (3 cookies and