I have been to Fabricca at least three times now. One of their successful factors is location. Donmills and Lawrence is a great center location for group gatherings when you have friends that live in downtown and uptown. Also, most of my friends drive, parking is one of the things we need to consider when we pick a restaurant.
Fabricca is not just an alternative to all other restaurants in the plaza, but they also have great food. I love their salad and pasta. I'd say their pizza is just so so. I love their Ricotta Gnocchi. And I always get their beer Dolomiti, its addictive
One thing I'm kind of disappointed is the attitude of the hosts at the door. One of them was not too friendly with us, also it was clear that a couple group of people came after us got seated first (I'm talking about same group size too 3-4 people) She kept saying the customer had paid, but just haven't left yet. The excuse was like multiple tables were paying at the same time, but just happened that the table that they were planning to give us have not left yet...and we ended up waited for a total of 30 minutes, and that's with reservation.