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| - This place is such a gem. Somewhat hidden in a strip plaza on Eastern Avenue, I never would have thought twice about this place except because of the oddness of the location, I was instantly drawn to this place.
As a surprise my fiance made reservations here for Valentines Days. Since both of us wanted to escape the pretentiousness and crowds that usually mark Valentines Day dinners in Toronto, this place was PERFECT! It was casual, authentic and cozy. We were greeted in the most unpretentious way with a warm Italian family hello. It suddenly felt like we had been transported from the cold Toronto winter to the warm Italy. That sat us in a nice booth and we were immediately impressed with the decor which was the perfect mix of shabby chic.
As we looked at the menus, the waitress brought us each a small sip of champagne to celebrate the occasion. As we drank our champagne and looked at all three of the menus (wine, pizza and home cooked Italian) the owner of the restaurant came over to give us a personal welcome. How fabulous!
We were immediately stunned by the price of wine, multiple bottle available for $30, $35, $45. I don't think I've ever seen such low prices for bottles of wine in Toronto. We didn't try any of those because once we mentioned that we liked Pinot Noir, the waitress went and found us a bottle off menu. To our surprise it was a delicious California Pinot Noir and one of the best bottles of wine I can remember drinking in Toronto in recent history. It was a bit pricier than the $30 bottles of wine but it was by no means extravagantly priced, especially for how good it was.
For the food choices we were torn between the entrees and pizza. We decided on pizza and the arugula salad to start. The salad was great and was brought out with delicious bread and bruschetta. As for the pizza. We got two personal sized pizzas, one with sausage and a white pizza with porcini mushrooms. Both were delicious. The pizza is the perfect mix of thin crust and doughy. We both eat a lot of pizza and this pizza was some of the best. I prefer it to a number of the other pizza places in the neighbourhood. I must say, probably the best part of the dinner was the delicious house made hot sauce! It was fantastic on both of the pizzas and put regular red chili flakes to shame. Even though we got two personal pizzas we were only able to eat half of each because we were so full. We ended up bringing it home and are happily looking forward to eating the rest this evening for dinner.
So in summary, the food was great, the service was spectacular and the price was very good too. We left as very happy customers. We will definitely return to this restaurant!
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