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| - Like any hot-blooded Canadian girl, I get a hankering for Persian food every so often. However, I used to get it at Yonge & Steeles (an area which some have creatively named "Tehranto" - hee!) and that's no longer feasible, because I got rid of my car when I moved downtown.
That's why I was super delighted to see Sumac's sign going up when construction started!
The food is a little more expensive than Yonge & Steeles/Finch, but if you factor in the two subway tokens, it works out to be the same - plus I save a lot of time eating down here. The quality of the food is pretty good. Not the best I've ever had, but will absolutely do when I'm craving Persian food. It could be a little dry and they don't always give you butter/margarine for your rice - plus I've never gotten a wedge of lemon or, in fact, any sumac to sprinkle on top - but all things considered, the food here is solid. Everything is grilled fresh when you order it. Their Sumac salad, with the minty dressing, is fantastic - their veggies are always very fresh. I've never tried the stews but I'd like to!
This place is in a unique position because their competitiors in downtown Toronto are too formal and far away (Sheherezade/Pomegranate) or too formal and don't offer dark meat for their grilled chicken (Darvish), and ain't nobody got time for desert-dry grilled chicken breast!
I will happily continue to return.
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