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| - I was dying to try this place for about 3 years now because I love pizza, but being from Richmond Hill didn't make it seem worth it to trek there. But last Sunday I happened to be down, so I decided to take the plunge.
The thing about this place is, well, you can't slam the pizza, but there are tones of places in Toronto with similar pizza for less cash and definitely less of a wait.
We had to wait about 45 minutes for a table (Sunday dinner), which is not their fault, really. But then we had to wait another 30 minutes before our appetizer showed up and 45 minutes after that for the actual pizza. As a guy who hates line-ups but will tough it out if it's worth it, I wasn't very Impressed.
We ordered the calamari to start. Not worth it. The sauce was tasted too strongly of tomato and the pieces were very small and highly chewy. Not even a lemon wedge was found to add that nice zest. For $11, the calamari at Dimmi in Yorkville is still tops in the same price range.
The pizzas were great, but like I said, a lot of places in the city have great pizza. I can't remember the types of pizza our table of three ordered, which sort of tells me that it really wasn't that memorable enough to bring me back. It was good pizza, don't get me wrong, but the hype exceeded the quality.
In all, hipsters will love this place (being in an old Portuguese neighbourhood and all, that's the thing these days) and claim it to be a cool place before it was cool, but... Take it or leave it for me.
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