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| - Came here for dinner last weekend to enjoy the last vestiges of patio season. We were allowed to choose our table since it wasn't busy outside and if you're a people watcher, you'll love this tiny space. Otherwise, it is not a place to bring a first date.
I had a dessert craving so I didn't want a heavy main course, which is very difficult here. Went with the vegetarian Cobb salad, which sounded safe enough since it couldn't possibly be bacon-filled. The salad toppings were served on whole romaine leaves, which made it necessary for me to attack it with a knife and fork. The whole thing seemed to be "dressed" in the runny filling of the deviled eggs in the dish... I'd been hoping to avoid the yolks mostly, but that was impossible. Overall, as a balanced meal, it was a mostly acceptable option, if poorly presented.
Now, onto dessert. We ordered and shared a S'mores pie and the butter tart. The pie was heavenly. Roasted marshmallows, dense chocolate mousse (or flourless cake?) and a graham cracker crust. It was topped with raspberry syrup, which I found to be unnecessary and not worth the incremental hit of sugar. Ask for it without, if possible.
The butter tart wasn't so much a butter tart as it was a flaky pastry cup filled with what tasted like dulce de leche. It was runny, overly sweet, and not at all what I expect in a Canadian butter tart.
The table next to us ordered the pie and the sour cream donuts to share, and abandoned the donuts after one bite.
The service was attentive and professional, in line with other O&B restos.
All in all, Bannock didn't have what I was looking for; if I were going to indulge and eat a week's worth of calories somewhere, it certainly wouldn't be here.
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