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| - This was my first visit to this Terroni (I have previously visited the Rosedale cafe location, which I don't know that I reviewed). Terroni has long been a trendy place to visit in Toronto. It's not a regular haunt for me - I have always been a bit turned off at the fact that they refuse to modify their menu items. I don't like olives, ok? Sometimes, you just want to ask them to hold the olives.
I met a friend for dinner who really likes this particular restaurant, this particular location. First, the place is HUGE and beautiful - definitely has atmosphere. The service is great, from the hostesses, wait staff, even the security was welcoming and lovely.
We started with the burrata. The cheese was exceptional and the crostini was perfect - crunchy and tasty but not so hard that it cut the roof of the mouth. I love balsamic vinaigrette and find it a bit laughable that this place is so against it that under the caprese salad listing on the menu, they specifically say "this salad is not served with balsamic vinaigrette. OK TERRONI, I get it. You call the shots. Anyway, would have appreciated my complimentary bread or my burrata with some goddamned balsamic.
My previous visit to a Terroni location involved an amazing pasta dish, so this time I opted for pizza. I'm not a huge fan of these thin crust pizzas (shout out to the food poisoning I got at Pizza Libretto), but I wanted to see what the fuss was about. I ordered the Foca Meu pizza (fried eggplant, mozza, njuda sausage) and wow, wow, wow. It was so good. Absolutely delectable and filling and the crust had that taste....a fresh, stretchy, clean taste. Not sure how else to describe it.
It was really loud in there and rather hot (we were on the second floor). Add these to my balsamic complaint and you have a solid 4 stars. I will definitely return.
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