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| - After many years of loving THR & Co's sister restaurant, the Harbord Room, we finally gave it a shot. The Harbord Room was packed last week when we stopped by and so we went down the block to THR & Co.
You must be warned that they have some silly things on their menu, like EVOO, which is a fancy way of writing extra virgin olive oil.
Putting that side, there are a lot of wonderful things.
As much as I love the Harbord Room and their selection of music, it is smaller, harder to get into and much louder. THR & Co. has much more seating and availability and it is easier to carry on a conversation. Both are great. It just depends what mood you are in and how last minute you are trying to make reservations.
The food was lovely. The mushroom pizza with caramelized onions was delicious and made on a slightly wavy, crispy, smokey crust. The black spaghetti with squid ink was very tasty and included the most tender calamari I have ever eaten. I only wished the portions were slightly larger.
For dessert we got the brownie with sour cherries, sponge toffee and banana ice cream. The cherries and toffee were particularly tasty, however, as a full dessert it did not blow me away, as many of the desserts at the Harbord Room have in the past.
We were very happy to find this new option for great food in the neighbourhood.
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