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| - My entire family had been going to Mihalis' Place since the original owner, Mihali (Greek) opened, years ago. Then, also years ago, Mihali sold to his employee, called Stan (Polish). The food was always good, the place was clean - and always very busy, the service was friendly, and the portions were generous. After a period of fewer, sporadic visits, and mostly hurried takeaway meals, we dined there again a few days ago. It is the same people, husband and wife, but it was a completely different experience. After enjoying a few hundred meals there, we were shocked at the changes. Immediately upon entry, the OVERPOWERING odour of sewage emanating from the basement was stomach-turning. Nevertheless, after a short time, we acclimatized. The wine helped! There were only two other diners - never a good sign - and the wife sat at the bar/counter and talked on the phone incessantly throughout the duration of our stay. The other background sound, annoyingly, was a radio station. No one wants to hear advertisements and talking while they are eating, even in an ordinary neighbourhood restaurant. Stan, the cook, was dressed in a filthy shirt and apron that once had been white. No niceties were exchanged, and inquiries were not made as to how we were. The soup was strangely cloudy, a dull greenish-grey colour, and tasted like something not found in nature. It was not only nothing like what it was supposed to be, it was entirely indiscernible and unidentifiable in every way, so we abandoned it after first tastes. One dish - a colourful house specialty - should have been served in tomato sauce, as it always was, but was running with - and sitting in - watery liquid, and had very little taste without the additions of salt and pepper. It was also a hideous grey hue. Another dish was a dried out, rock hard sliver of meat that had been overcooked, not necessarily that day. Yet another dish, a vegetarian option, was so grossly overcooked as to appear and taste as if it had been prepared well in advance, and reheated upon ordering. The accompanying vegetables were a really sad, packaged, frozen mixture, water-logged, chewy and utterly tasteless. This couple, who once was upbeat and cheery, has lost ALL zest for running their once thriving restaurant, and, seemingly, for life itself. We did not get sick, yet we felt sick as a result of the disgusting odour of sewage, and the shameful, revolting food that we were served - in a dreary atmosphere, and in dirty chef's 'whites'. Not wishing to offend, we claimed fullness and asked for takeaway containers, yet disposed of the contents. Like the original Mihali, the good days are a thing of the past at Mihali's Place. My advice is: quit while you're behind.
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