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| - Grabbed a bite to eat with fellow Yelper Tony F. prior to the awesome WAYLA Yelp Elite Event. It was not our original dinner location, but seeing as the Burger's Priest had no seating available and it wasn't exactly warm outside, we wandered down to the Tulip.
The Tulip is your typical greasy spoon diner. It is quite spacious inside. It was not extremely busy seeing as it was a Wednesday night.
We had originally wanted to order the White-Wine-Steamed Mussels and Calamari, but unfortunately had to sub the steamed mussels with escargots since they weren't available. I also ordered a small Greek salad as I thought I should get some vegetables in my diet after a weekend of meat-eating in Montréal.
The bread that they serve comes pre-buttered, so if you are health conscious, you may want to ask for it on the side. Two slabs of cold white bread... Nothing to Yelp about.
The calamari was nice and light, not oily nor greasy, to my delight. I didn't care too much for the dipping sauce that came with though. It was a tomato-based sauce.
The escargots were quite tasty, with mushrooms and breadcrumbs sprinkled on top. It went nicely with the bread.
I am glad I didn't order an entrée-sized Greek salad, as I almost fell over when I saw the size of their small. I asked for the vinaigrette on the side, and they brought me an entire rameskin-filled portion of it... Suffice it to say, I only took about 3 tablespoons, and the rest went to waste :(
Our bill came up to $27 including tax and tip. It was pretty filling as I avoided most of the appetizers floating around at the Yelp event after. My philosophy is "don't eat unless you're hungry."
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