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The Hoito Restaurant has the best pancakes I have ever eaten in a restaurant. These are thin, traditional Finnish pancakes, not the thick heavy type found in most American restaurants. These pancakes are delicious, not to be missed if you enjoy a thin pancake. This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Besides the pancakes you will find eggs, french toast, porridge, cereals, omelets, sandwiches, veal steaks, pork chops, roast beef, liver, ham, chicken, Finnish sausages and wieners, salt fish, Finnish mojakka, Finnish karjalan piirakka, viili (clabbered milk), pies, rice pudding and other items. We have only had the pancakes, I just can’t get past those. In 2003 a plate of pancakes and a cup of coffee cost $4.50 Canadian money. Hoito is located in the historic Finnish Heritage building in the Finnish section of town. This building is also known as the Finlandia Club, the Finnish Building Co., or the Finnish Labour Temple. Hoito means care in Finnish and the restaurant originated as an idea among the Finnish bushworkers near Nipigon. When the young single men came to town they could always find a room, but had trouble finding a decent meal at a fair price. The founding meeting of Hoito was held on March 27, 1918 and by May 1 the committee had collected $300 in small loans. So in 1918 Hoito started a tradition of hearty food, large portions, and reasonable prices. This restaurant is open daily from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, and 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday.
Finnish Pancakes, not to be missed. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Hoito Restaurant LTD., 314 Bay StPhone: 345-6323
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| | | | Scandinavian Home Restaurant: Second Choice Breakfast Place | Tip Rating: Satisfaction:  | | | | |
A fellow sailor who always eats here when in town recommended the Scandinavian Home Restaurant to us. Similar to the Hoito, this Finnish restaurant has large portions at reasonable prices. Located near the Hoito in the Finnish part of town it is a fairly long walk from the marina, but an easy bicycle ride. This restaurant has Finnish pancakes, various breakfast items, sandwiches, desserts, Finnish specialty items, home made buns, muffins, butter tarts, pies, cookies, and cakes. We tried it for breakfast for the first time in 2003. We both ordered the Finnish pancakes and found them to be good, but not as delicious as the Hoito. If the Hoito was closed for some reason, or if we were going to spend a series of days in Thunder Bay and wanted to eat breakfast out a number of times this would be my second choice breakfast restaurant. This restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherComparison: least expensiveAddress: 147 S. Algoma St.
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| | | | Armandos: Armandos, Great Italian Food | Tip Rating: Satisfaction: | | | | |
If you are an able walker, Armandos is an easy walk from the Marina Park. This restaurant is open everyday except Sunday and has GREAT Italian food, in the medium price range if you are using U.S. currency. Just to give you an idea of what they serve here is a list of some of the things we have eaten there: tiger shrimp scampi, breaded calamari, mussels, shark, specialty salads, pork tenderloin in a garlic butter and wine sauce, fettuccini Alfredo, an exquisite seafood pasta, Italian desserts, as well as rich chocolate desserts. Armando is a friendly man from Southern Italy who sometime sings opera as he moves around this small, cozy restaurant, and whose photographs of his hometown decorate the walls. If you ask him he will point out the apartment he grew up in over looking the Mediterranean in one of his photos. Over the last few years, however, Armando, rarely works in the restaurant. It has been taken over by family members, who are very friendly, and will make you feel very welcome in their restaurant. Leave a Comment Theme: ItalianAddress: 28 N. Cumberland St., Thunder Bay, Ont.Phone: 344-5833
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