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| - One of eight locations around Toronto, Il Fornello at Bayview Village is a safe bet for Italian food as there isn't much of a choice in this area. While it's also a safe bet for vegetarians (the pasta is cooked in vegetable stock), you can't be guaranteed a seat here at lunch on weekdays. It's most quiet here during the weekend brunch hours, between 10:30 am - 3:00pm, where there's all-you-can-eat scrambled eggs, pizza, roasted potatoes, pasta, salads and mussels ($12.99).
The a la carte menu here isn't large but has a balanced selection to please everyone. On my first visit, I'd asked the waiter to tweek one of the linguine pesto without the pollo (i.e. chicken). Without much hesitation, he suggested that he could get me the spaghetti primervera with the pesto sauce. It had me licking my lips until the very end and I'm glad to see that they are willing to change the plates to please the customer.
Even though I generally choose white cream sauce over tomato-based cream sauces, the agnolotti fornello ($15.79) is quite satisfying, although a bit small! I could easily devour two of these!
For dessert, the tiramisu here is quite delish and highly recommended.
3.5/5 STARS
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