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| - I've been to Gusto twice now and have to say I totally love this place! As soon as my eyes locked with the cool facade and interior of Gusto, it was love at first sight..... uber, uber cool garage conversion, and super sexy on the inside. Rustic, industrial, cool atmosphere, fresh lookin' bread bar, cool open kitchen, and old garage peraphernalia as memorabilia.. . I was there for brunch on both occasions and would definitely go back (I'm itching to check it out for dinner, and I've heard some great reviews). I have to say it's up at the top of my list for favourite brunch spots in the city. Love the outdoor patio, haven't been to the rooftop patio but I'm itching to check it out. The space just IS cool...
I was totally in love with the menu, the funky rustic patterned coffee cups, the sweet little bread baskets brought to your table (made from cloth but look like crumpled paper bags). Everything about this place just screams fresh and quality on the inside. Totally a fan!
I can tend to be a creature of habit, so I did have the same thing both times for brunch (eek!), but I just couldn't help myself :) I had the Taglliata di Manzo - a superly delicious grilled flank steak with a gorgeous side salad of arugula, grape tomatoes, salsa verde and shaved pecorino, and of course, to make it a perfect brunch fare, it's topped with a poached egg. Lemme just say I was FULL! The portion was super generous the first time around. The coffee was good, but on the lukewarm side of things. It's a good thing I was so distracted with the pretty coffee cups and cool decor..
Other fares had at the table were: Eggs in Purgatorio (mediocre rating by my friend; it was quite acidic and tomatoey from what I was told), the Fettuccine ai Funghi (WHO doesn't love truffles?! Hit ALL around), the Ricotta Pancakes (I was in love.. I was actually on the ecstatic side of the spectrum when my bestie couldn't finish them, so I got to take 'em home, and lemme just say, amazing blueberry compote and the lemon curd was divine).
The second time around our experience wasn't as great as the first time - our waiter was 'pretty' (trust me, he was great to look at!), but wasn't as with it as our first server. He missed a lot of things at our table (no bread or balsamic vinegar.. when he brought out my dish I noticed there was no pecorino on the salad which he told me there wasn't any in the dish, however it does say it on the menu and I'd had it the time before).. he also took forever with taking our orders when it wasn't busy at all (it was at about a 10th of the capacity of the first time I was there). So, not overly impressed with the service and we all had a feeling he thought he could get by on his good looks alone (although I'm not complaining at the eye candy lol). Granted, it was a long weekend, and he may have been pretty fresh on the floor... I'd still go back, definitely for dinner and I'm sure I'll be hitting it up for brunch again in the near future :)
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