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| - Most of the Yelp reviews are for this location pre-renovations. If you look at the reviews post-renos you'll see a much higher average score. I had visited just after their reopen and had been discouraged by the quality and the service but my last visit was a great example of a top notch experience in a regularly bland brand such as Cage aux Sports.
We were in for a quick burger before a movie across the street and sat ourselves at the bar. We had the wonderful luck of being served by the beyond lovely Dela (Delaneige). Her service had me making sure to note her name because she was a total gem. From offering me a taster of the beer when I showed hesitation between my choices, to her menu knowledge, flow of service and actual aptitudes for the industry, I was very impressed. When I asked for a menu back to show my +1 what I had ordered while he was parking, she even went to the point of opening the menu to the related page. While that might seem small, please contemplate that if she made such effort towards such minimal aspects, then you can imagine how much care she puts into the other points of service. Five stars for her alone. She is the kind of staff that will build a regular clientele without issue.
The food itself was great. We split 2 burgers, the Veal & Cheese and the Brie & Mushroom. The burgers were very tasteful but were prepared more for Instagram than for eating. The patties were too "balled up" rather than in a more flat shape. Meaning they look great when delivered but a breaking mess when you try and eat them. Regardless, they were delicious. Their emails let me know that since it was boxing day there was 50% off on their burgers, so between that and the Tuesday $10 special ($10 burger, pitcher, wrap, tartar) our pitcher of beer and 2 burgers came up to a whole $35 after tax.
If I knew that all of their staff were like Dela, this would be a certain 5 star review, and my watering hole for every cheapy Tuesday.
**Update April 2018: I don't want to "update" my review as a whole as I think as written it is perfectly reflective of my ongoing experiences, however I'd like to give a shout out to the manager Stephane (or possible Steven). He was an absolute pleasure on my most recent visit. Served as the hostess and the waiter while staff were occupied, a hands on manager with a great attitude!
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