New Year's Day, January 1, is a public holiday across Canada. Many restaurants that stay open late on New Year's Eve close on January 1 or open later than usual, often in the afternoon. The places most likely to be open are hotel restaurants with New Year's Day brunch buffets, chain restaurants that post holiday hours on each location page, many Chinese restaurants, and some breakfast, quick-service and pizza locations.
Brunch is the main restaurant occasion of the day. Hotel New Year's Day brunches are usually buffets or bottomless sharing menus priced per adult, about $95 to $130 before tax and gratuity, with children's prices at about half, and they need a reservation, sometimes with full payment when you book. Some hotels run their New Year's brunch over the whole first weekend.
Weekly deals may not apply on a statutory holiday: some restaurants exclude New Year's Day from their regular promotions, and breakfast and lunch specials sold as weekday deals can be off that day. The deals matched below are breakfast, pizza and takeout offers valid on the weekday January 1 falls on, so check each one's restrictions and the location's holiday hours before you go.
