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| - After reading all these reviews, I felt like I had to chime in because to those who give this place a negative rating are obviously idiots. Reading their reviews made no sense whatsoever. Here are some highlights:
"The ambience was crap and the wind was blowing every time someone opened the door"
"Fried chicken was 3 stars, but is not tastier than Popeyes"
"I live downtown and decided to venture here with a pal. Getting here early evening is terrible due to traffic."
"It was finally our turn and as I ordered take out the door kept on opening and cold wind was blowing it."
"The breakfast burger was good, but the flavour was bland"
All I can say to these pompous buffoons is go crawl back under your bridge. K? Thx.
Stockyards is one of my favourite places in all of GTA. I have yet to find anyone who doesn't like their fried chicken. I've travelled to the USA and have tried fried chicken from the southern states, and I can say Stockyard's chicken rivals theirs.
Last time I came here was about a week ago when my wife and I wanted a snack. So we ordered one burger to share, some greens and fries. The point of this review isn't to explain how amazing the food is (because it is) but also, despite having a greasy spoon/dive like atmosphere, this restaurant is operated professionally.
First thing was, since it was near closing, I notice the staff start cleaning one of their fridges - outside and inside. If you're thinking: "What is the big deal?", I can tell you, not many restaurants out there will do this, at least not on a daily basis. Seeing this type of thing shows that the restaurant prides themselves on their food as well as the cleanliness. This scores high marks in my book.
Next thing that happened was my half of the burger that my wife and I shared had a hair on it. I brought it to the staff's attention and they were apologetic about the situation. They took it back and made me a new one, no questions asked. But not only that, I found out later they comp'ed the burger for me. Again, if you're thinking: "What's the big deal?". I have been to places that will only cook you half the burger since my wife ate the other half or charge you half/full price anyway. I think I've grown accustomed to this type of behaviour from restaurants so when Stockyards "did the right thing", it really put a smile on my face.
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