Right now, my favourite locale for dinner. Given, The Gabardine lives in a neighbourhood where hip is hard to come by, which makes me love them all the more.
A quaint spot wedged in between soaring skyscrapers, this place has all the rustic homemade charm of a resto way west of Bathurst. Service is attentive, and despite making a reservation, we were surprised to see that the place was empty when we swung in at 7pm (though it did fill up by the time we left at 9).
"Snacks" aka "Appetizers" are well-priced and great to rev up our appetites as we lingered over moodily-lit conversation. Portions were extremely generous, especially with the desserts. $7/each for our toffee puddings and burnt marshmallow ice cream sandwiches were more than enough to share between 2 people.
I'll be back. Count on it.