TÖAST — Restaurant in Fergus Falls

Tea Lovers Beware.

I love this place, you can get good food for good prices, the inside is so cute, and the wait staff are always so nice. I love coming here with my family and friends.

But. It seems that no one at this restaurant knows how to make a pot of tea! Their tea pots are 16oz at maximum and the pots come with a steeper that’s about an inch in diameter and 2 or 3 inches long. Every time I’ve ordered the hot tea the steeper is at LEAST half full of loose leaf tea, I’ve had times where the steeper was filled to the TOP with loose leaf! Not only is this a huge waste of tea, it’s way too much loose leaf for such a small teapot! A SINGLE TEA SPOON of loose leaf and five minutes is more than enough to make a perfect pot of tea in my 25oz tea pot! So I can’t imagine why anyone would think such an exorbitant amount of tea should ever be used for such tiny tea pots.

MAKING TEA 101 PSA: when using loose leaf tea you only need a single tea spoon of leaves to make your pot of tea, especially if it’s a smaller pot. Hot water and time is what makes good tea. If you use too much tea when steeping it’s much easier for your tea to become bitter and burnt tasting in little time. So use a small amount of tea and count the minutes until your tea is perfect to your personal tastes. THE SIZE OF THE STEEPER IS NOT A VALID FORM OF LOOSE LEAFE TEA MEASUREMENT.

I am BEGGING for someone on staff who can do something about this sees this and answers my prayers to educate the teafully ignorant. I’d teach the staff myself if I could at this point.

On a different tea note. On my most recent trip there the waitress said that they had a jasmine green tea option, I eagerly said yes bc jasmine tea is my favorite, but unfortunately it was just a regular plain green tea that ended up being bitter and having a wet laundry aftertaste, no doubt bc the steeper was about half full unfortunately. :(

Thank you for reading the ravings of a tea crazed lunatic, I hope it was educational,...

I returned again looking for good food, but never got served and ended up walking out after being ignored with my family.

I had never heard of "Scandinavian fusion" before, and I'll have to keep an eye out for it in the future.

Toast is a breakfast/brunch place with a lot of options on the menu that mostly revolve around toast, with lots on the menu that are not about toast (chicken and waffles, breakfast sandwich). Some sweet items mixed in with the mostly savory menu.

They've got also got more traditional classic breakfast items as well (e.g. eggs, pancakes). Same with lunch items as well (e.g. burgers)

They have revolving specials as well.

Really good coffee, home made syrup's, and Scandinavian bakery treats. The fruit cup was huge!

Portion sizes were very reasonable. They could use more signs for parking and a sign in back indicating the back entrance. Round tables were large, which made it harder to have a conversation sometimes since you were further away from the person you were talking to.

Staff was friendly, willing to make substitutions (eg scrambled eggs instead of other style of eggs).

Overall highly...

My first visit here was unforgettable and amazing. The concept is a perfect fit for our community, catering to both foodies and non-foodies alike, as well as paying homage to the massive Scandinavian demographic in Fergus Falls while not being too “out there”, if that makes sense. A fun, healthy, delicious spin on your ideas of a traditional “brunch” and the presentation is BEAUTIFUL. I could not settle on one item so I ordered three! All were uniquely sensational, including the smoked salmon toast, the Caprese toast, and the Smorrebrod plate! Beverage selection: on point.

Great atmosphere, delicious menu (both sweet and savory), and very reasonably priced. I am so grateful this restaurant is here to add to our (minimal) breakfast and lunch eateries in the community, especially knowing it is both owned by and run by a network of restauranteurs/chefs/bakers who ALL care about whole food-cooking with local ingredients and a passion for our local food economy. Can’t...