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| - How delighted I was to have a fantastic italian restaurant in my new home of Leslieville. My standards for italian are very high and Ascari has exceeded all my expectations time and again. Lets begin with the space: its cozy, romantic, small but very comfortable = intimate. Service, excellent, wow, great. From the uber-honest bartender who pleaded with me not to pay the extra few $ for hendrick's in my negroni, the server who gave me an entire jar of their spicy oil on the house after i professed my love for it, and everything else, service is on point here.
Food: Each dish i've had was immaculate, delicious, tasteful and artistically prepared. Listen, chicken liver on toast isn't pushing any boundaries, but whipping that liver into a mousse and putting it on fantastic toasted bread and garnishing the way they do, now that is special.
I'd have to peruse the menu again to give a play-by-play overview of each dish but i will stop and tell you that the food is incredible, priced right, the service is top notch, the wine menu is extensive and they make great cocktails and the space is really gorgeous.
Book ahead as they are always busy.
See you there!
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