To get the "vibe" of Kensington Market locals eating out, come here. A great place for conversation, yummy food and brewski's (beer).
Yummy = The shrimp Pad Thai for about $8, makes for a medium dinner. No refined taste-bud discoveries here, but more fuel for a student appetite. The owners often hang out there and generally people know each other. People talk between tables. Crazy people come around sometimes. Famous people come here too, but not for the food I don't think but because it's actually cool. The locals forget that it's cool, they're just bored, tired or stoned.
Actually that's not true either. This is a place where the music and conversations still allow pen-and-paper work and reading... as well as picking up turkeys.