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| - I joked with one of the management that I was going to be the second person to write a review for Smith on Yelp. And I guess I'm going to be that person ;)
My two girl friends and I came here today for brunch (Saturday at 12 PM). We were debating between here and Fabarnak -- but we had decided to go to Smith instead since it was new. We heard about this place due to BlogTO's "Top brunch places" article that came out a week ago. Apparently this restaurant had opened up about 2.5 months ago, and business was quite slow back then. However, since that article came out, business has been booming like mad for them (management told us that they were packed the next day).
Decor is great. Simplistic with a touch of traditional look to it. Not too haughty-taughty. I absolutely loved the mirrors that they had upstairs, mixed in with the fireplace that they had underneath it.
The downstairs area of the restaurant was packed full - however, we were lucky that they decided to open the upstairs for us. It was nice, because it felt like we were VIPs. We sat at a communal table -- we later had three ladies sitting next to us - and it wasn't awkward at all.
My friends and I had ordered the following:
1) Buttermilk scones (with blue cheese, and pear amaretto compote): Absolutely delicious - the special was with blue cheese. I'm usually not the biggest fan of scones or blue cheese, but it was paired quite well with the pear amaretto compote. Definite recommend!
2) Huevos rancheros: According to Foursquare, somebody had recommended this place - so I ordered it myself. I've only had huevos rancheros somewhere else before, and that was at O&B at Bayview. I really liked Smith's Huevos rancheros better -- much more flavourful. The potatoes served with it as well were delicious -- not too salty and quite flavourful.
- Friends had ordered the french toast and the eggs benedict (friend had changed it to a florentine because she's vegetarian). No complaints from them.
The food was REALLY good here, and I was quite satisfied afterward. (Also - free refills on coffee).
Our server was great (apparently he was management or something and was called in early that day at 9). There were a few things he forgot/missed (e.g. asking the chefs if we could do eggs florentine instead of benedict, pepper, etc.). However, he was technically supposed to work that day and doesn't usually serve food and what not - so I can write that off. Despite that, he was quite friendly and joked with us the whole time. Not only that, we were there for QUITE some time (about 2 hours), and they were really friendly about that as well.
Oh also - did I mention that the music here is absolutely amazing?!
I would definitely recommend this place for brunch!
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