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| - I ate here twice. Initially I was happy that finally this hood had a healthy option beyond Camp. The neighbourhood is full of very good bakeries but I was happy to have an organic option and my first thought was that the hard part would be stopping myself from going too frequently during my work-heavy months. I think I confused "organic" for 1. Healthy 2. Minimal ingredients and 3. Environmentally conscious. 1. Half the items have bacon in them and every rich special they put on the board outside stops me from going back in. Even the pics others posted show that the food is doused in creamy sauces and cheeses, so definitely not healthy which is what the hood does need. As I said, the area is full of bakeries and also artisanal chocolatiers and coffee shops, all of whom do sweet stuff better and cheaper and offer quality you can't get from pre-packaged brands like Dufflet so I really don't see why people would go in for the desserts/coffee. 2. The soups, sandwiches, and dessert I tried were overly contrived (again, see other posters pics). Quinoa is used like pepper there, tossed on nearly everything whether it goes or not. But there's just a hodgepodge of items in every dish. If your ingredients are good, you don't need that much of that many competing against each other in every item then a bucket of sauce on top. I get the sense that they're still trying out ideas with the food but it comes across as constant experimentation, so there's nothing to really get attached to on the menu. Usually I try out a bunch of menu staples then settle on a favourite to come back for, but here I feel in a constant state of "just trying things out." 3. I work long hours so I get lunch hour take out. All of the items I bought there came in styrofoam containers that were huge by comparison to the food. Why be a restaurant that advertises organic so loudly while dolling out styrofoam? The other places I go to use brown paper bags or boxes, paper sandwich wraps, biodegradable containers or in the worst cases, tinfoil containers with paper lids. I just can't wrap my head around a place that is anti-GMO, all organic, with a zen decor handing me three giant styrofoam containers for three rather tiny items.
I went back again twice just for coffee but it was watery both times because the fancy drip they use to make it requires a lot of patience that the server didn't have so she forced the water through the grounds. Both times I dumped my cup when I got home. It would be an OK option if it weren't so pricy and if I primarily ate in (I'll never order their styrofoam again). I may give it one more try because I'd like the business to do as well as I'd initially hoped and since this is their first year maybe they'll work out the kinks.
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