Some call it a refreshing change from a world that's overly focused on health and nutrition at the expense of good tasting food.

Others call it a place where heart attacks can be bought over the counter.

But few are ambivalent about a restaurant known as "Dangerous Dan's Diner," a local fixture near Queen and Broadview that's been serving up delicious but politically incorrect meals since 1999. The concept for the deli: if you're going to eat, you might as well really eat.

The menu consists of the kind of dishes that might make a heart expert blanch. Try a 16-once rib eye steak for just over $20. Or a hamburger the size of six Big Macs. One, called the Elvis, comes with peanut butter and fried banana, said to have been the King's favourite concoction.

There are also huge orders of poutine, French fries, mashed potatoes, and something called the "Cereal Killer" sandwich that includes a meal rolled in corn flakes - all deep fried, a term you'll hear over and over again.

And then there's the dessert, which should be enough to satisfy most sweet tooths for a month and help send your dentist's kids to college when you pay the bill.   

The aptly named "Beast" consists of a deep fried Mars bar, six deep fried cheesecake triangles, another half dozen brownie squares (deep fried of course), two scoops of vanilla whip cream, two more of chocolate syrup and a couple of scoops of chocolate chips.

It will cost you $13.95 to try it, although your cardiac care isn't included.

For the more health conscious, there are veggie burgers. And in a kind of irony that's lost on few, Dangerous Dan's menu is sure to point out it uses only 100 per cent canola oil in its dishes. 

What do the owner and the customers think of a place that so openly thumbs its appetite at those who worry about what's in the food they eat?

"You're an absolute moron if you don't know you shouldn't eat that everyday," said owner James McKinnon.

Most customers agree it's an occasional indulgence, though one visitor, Peter Ciuffo, called a hefty hamburger "the most beautiful and disgusting thing I've ever seen."

Of course there's only one way to be absolutely sure, and that's to head down to 714 Queen St. East and form your own opinion. In the meantime, you can judge the menu for yourself here.

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Interesting names of their dishes.