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| - My husband and I live within walking distance of this bit of strip, and had come down on a Sunday evening to try to get some ribs at the Stockyards. Note to self: 7:45 is not early enough.
Anyways - it had put us in the mood for some simple bad-for-you food, and Dave's was right across the street. The doors and windows were wide open on the mild evening and the atmosphere was actually quite lovely. There is a stack of boardgames (including backgammon, whee!) available which I so love.
The menu is small, but has something for everyone. I narrowed the field very quickly when I noted that the burger had more more notes about cooking temperature than normal or necessary, and ended with the three burger-description words that make my heart skip a beat: ...unless otherwise requested. I have come to understand that in Toronto, where rare ground beef is essentially verbotten, this is your signal. As rare as you want it. So, decision made. I had the Dave's Burger, rare. It had good cheddar and very, very good condiment distribution. It ended up being the second best sit-down restaurant burger I have had in Toronto. I wanted it to go on forever.
The Man had the grilled chicken sandwich, and while it was not moan-inducing, he pronounced it very good. We both had yukon-gold fries, and they were very, very good.
Service was attentive and lovely.
This is a really, really excellent neighbourhood spot for a relaxed dinner, and we will absolutely be back. Consider us charmed.
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