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| - The corner of Landsdowne and Dundas used to boast a really colourful, vibrant, and imaginative Brazilian cafe whose owners were friendly, outgoing, and made sure to add a wide variety of unusual dishes to their hotplate menu. Its passing is a tragic loss, especially when it's a place like Yummy Pizza (Chito's Place) that's replaced it.
Once bright and cheerful, the sort of place where the local kids actually dressed well in and brought their young dates to, this corner eatery has seriously degenerated. Chito hasn't even bothered to replace the previous cafe's decor or exterior gaucho signage, although a lot of it is tattered and askew on the walls now. Flies, dirty mats, a disorganized appearance, specials announced by scrawls on the exterior glass. Were I the owner of the previous bistro, I'd be heartbroken just to pass the place on the street.
The pizza itself is typical Toronto fare: dry, crunchy, bland, virtually no tomato sauce, and as stiff and rigid as a rooftop shingle. Small plastic cups of dipping sauces (because, you know, the pizza is a cracker, really) are available for an extra charge. And, heaven forbid that they don't try to take a nip at every other typical fastfood option apart from burgers, they offer burritos and schwarmas as well. Big whoopee.
Yeah, it's pizza. You just want pizza? Fine, go ahead. But yummy? No, not really. Memorable? No, not really. Worth taking time out of the day to get to on your really tight lunch break? Ok, sure, if you're starving.
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