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I have wanted to try toast for two years but just never got around to it. Finally, on a whim, we went in during happy hour for an early dinner and drinks. I got the burbon cider (delicious). First demerit, there are very few vegetarian options. That doesn't shock me; a lot of Cleveland restaurants have yet to evolve in this respect. We ordered the rice and bean burgers and the cheese plate. The cheese plate was nothing to write home about (although nothing can be as good as urban farmer), save for the worst Camembert cheese I've ever had the misfortune to meet. The burger was, without a doubt, the worst veggie burger I've ever had. Possibly some of the worst food I've ever had. It was mushy, watery, lukewarm, and tasteless. It's clear that someone just cooked beans and rice, lazily threw it into a food processor without adding spices, formed it into a paddy and that was it. The bun was one of those dry generic sesame seed buns. They tried to add flavor by adding pickled red onions but that did nothing. For all of the great things I've heard about toast this made me so sad. I know Toast has great, innovative chefs and to serve this food was just lazy in my opinion.
I'm usually willing to give restaurants a second chance but I'm on the fence about this one.
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