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| - I really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere at Mercatto's. The open concept kitchen decorated with etch-a-sketch doodles everywhere had a playful and friendly feel. Big chalkboards displaying the daily specials, along with a well laid out simple menu gave a pretentious free feel, which in my opinion goes a long way.
It seemed like this was the place many older folks came to after work to unwind and relax with friends. Many tables had people just kicking back and sipping wine and shooting the shit.
Our waitress was a doll. Very friendly and taking her time to explain the dishes, while genuinely trying to engage with us as we pondered our choices. We allowed her to select our wines for us based on the food we were ordering and unlike other places I've been to, she didn't just pick from the top tier priced wines and surprise us with the bill. She even brought over the bottle for us and took the extra step of writing down the info so we could purchase it at the lcbo. Definitely didn't feel like she was just doing it to milk the tip.
Ordered the Antipasti misti for a munchies selection. Not exactly an expert on this so all I can say is it did what an antipasti is suppose to do while tasting pretty good. Nice selection of cheeses and the mushrooms were well seasoned and the sausages had an excellent salty, spicy kick.
For entree, we split the Diavolo pizza. Fantastic dough, a nice consistency, texture and chew to it. The sauce was spicy and the cheese gooey. A sage leaf was the finishing touch to a very simple, well executed pizza.
$66 for antipasti, 3 glasses of wine, and a pizza. Not too bad. This is the type of place I would love to have in my neighborhood to drink some wine, eat some bread and see old friends.
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