My Dad actually picked this spot as he had read about it in Toronto Life and off we went on Father's Day. We had no reservation so we took a chance and went down right when it opened at 5 PM (and the fact that I had to abandon the family early to catch Digable Planets and Pharcyde at Dundas Square as part of NXNE...bad son..I know). When we got there there was already a line up outside. However when they opened promptly at 5PM we were able to secure an awesome spot on the Patio in the shade.
The patio itself is ace and has two big trees that provide shade. Service was super friendly and throughout the night various people were able to help us with understanding the menus (so much for my family being partially italian).
For an Appetizer we started with: arancini con stracciatella, arugula & caramelized onion; What?? Thats what I said. Its sorta a fried cheese entry with caramelized onion. Amazing!!!!
For my main I had house made ravioli, ricotta, mascarpone, brown butter, pea shoots & breadcrumbs which was very very tasty.
The menu listed different wines to have with your meal but I'm not a wine guy so I went with the Italian beer that they had on tap.
They had a super selction of cheese but I unfortunately didn't get a chance to get into that but wish i had
I finished the night off with a Dolci: sfingi al' enoteca, caramel & lemon curd. This was basically a very spicy cinnamon donut with a lemon dip. I also got to try some of the Tiramisu which was excellent also and I started to wish I had gotten that instead but both were equally as tasty.
How did I remember all this you ask? Well the menu is on their website which is very useful.
Price wise this was a mid-priced night out although I could imagine it could have gotten costly if wine was ordered. Service again was excellent all around and we were out early enough for me to catch the Digable Planets. No. Father and Mother didn't take in the show.