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| - I had heard of this place via BlogTO as one of the best Italian restaurants in Toronto and had been eager to try it. I live near the Danforth, but never would have known where it was if I hadn't been looking for it.
It is pretty small inside. We were seated near the front of the restaurant, and being a cold night, I had to keep my coat on. The lighting is dim and there's lots of big candles, which I liked.
Unfortunately, we were there at the end of the night, and I felt we were largely ignored while the staff was focused on closing down. The pace of service was quite slow, and there were a number of times I was hoping for a while someone would come over.
I had the Winterlicious menu, and my hubby had something else. Everything I had was okay, but nothing really stood out. My hubby was pretty upset that he ordered the duck and they were out. Instead he got the lamb and found it lacking in finesse. Whole it was braised well, it was covered in large chunks of rosemary and sitting in a bed of its own grease. I had the rice balls, lasagna, chickpea mash, and the apple caramel cheesecake. The food was lacking in seasoning overall. The lasagna had enough cheese to make me reasonably happy, but it was very sloppily presented. To be honest, the cheesecake was probably the best part.
It would have been nice to find good Italian on the Danforth, but unfortunately, it was not what I was hoping for. I certainly won't go out of my way to go back.
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