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| - The restaurant is really nice, and the food is excellent. The issue is the people who populate the bar section and the way the staff ignored what was going on. I arrived there tonight for dinner around 7 pm and was seated beside the door and 10 feet from the bar, which was packed. There were two people wearing sweatpants, a man and a woman, both drinking heavily. The man continually swore loudly (F Bombs every sentence) and threatened multiple times to punch the woman in the face, who then told him to F--- Off each time. He would get up from the bar and start shouting about the TTC, and about how nobody better talk bad about his Greek heritage. He was clearly drunk, yet somehow managed to receive three beers in the time I was there.
My party ordered their food, and it came quickly. Our waitress, an Australian woman, was excellent. She was very friendly and the food was amazing; I had Veal Parmesan which I really enjoyed. Too bad I had to endure this domestic dispute going on right beside my table which involved comments like "have you ever been molested on a bus?". I've never heard such carry on in a restaurant before.
The smell of the sickly sweet cleaning chemicals coming from the bathroom was off putting every time the basement door opened, which was frequently. Then, just as the drunk and his girlfriend were on their way out, an argument over the cost of a TTC fare broke out and the incoherent shouting began again. Finally after what seemed like an eternity they left and the meal was nice. The bar was quiet and I'm sure my fellow patrons were as happy as I was.
Would I go back? I'd like to, but it would have to be much later in the evening. I just hope I don't encounter the drunk guy again, considering he shouted loudly "I think I just found my favorite bar" before he told his girlfriend he was off to hit on other women.
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