for the buffs out there: remember this american express commercial, say 15 or so years ago with some italian guy with a big nose who was a chef/restaurant owner blabbing about the greatness of amex? that was gio rana i believe and his restaurant, which at the time i think was called something just like gio rana's was somewhere around yonge and eglinton area; outside the front of that restaurant sat, above the entrance, an enormous paper mache like nose. gio's nose. which then, of course, caused the affectionate moniker of "the nose" to be born. thats what i call it and i must have heard it somewhere because i didnt invent it.
so somewhere along the way he moved his place to leslieville. thank the lord in heaven for that. now just close your eyes and imagine me in your ear making lickety split slurpy lip smacking drooling sounds and let that serve as a background soundtrack to the following, because those sounds are all you will be able to utter once youve eaten here.
now im so shitty at remembering the exact food i had, but after reading another review of this place, i did recall the speechlessness i had when i also had the pork belly and scallop app. perhaps ill add to this review in the future, but feel free to write me hate messages if you go there and the food is nothing short of brilliant. i know that wont happen.
it is an elegant place but elegant with wood no frou frou (thats the way im going to spell that spellcheck or not). feel free to gab and gab and giggle your way through your meal. we eat and talk here like you were sitting at your mamas table.
(i think i know where i want to go for my birthday this year)