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| - Am I that loser who lives in a small town and then writes 5 star reviews for every trendy Toronto spot? Maybe. Eek. But still. Wow.
Social Nuit is buried on Queen Street West right near my old haunt: The Drake Hotel. Haven't been there in awhile, but still love the neighborhood. You'll walk right past it the first time. The storefront is so freaking unassuming. Look for the "Nuit" script in the window.
Make reservations. It's tiny. A front dining area, a small bar with bar dining, and a tiny back dining room (the best place for a more quiet dinner).
There are share plates and then charcuterie. I chose the place because, unlike most restaurants on Valentine's Day, they didn't have a stupid prix fixe menu. I hate those overpriced prix fixe bullshit menus with their $100pp multi-course fiesta that always turns into poor quality and sloppy. What Social Nuit had instead was a $70 per couple (per couple! sweet!) deal where you could choose 5 items from the meat/cheese/olive menu, 3 share plates and 2 desserts. Just my kind of place.
We chose a hard goat cheese, a soft blue cheese, and a creamy French cheese. Beautifully presented along with prosciutto and salami. A little crostini, sweet jams, spicy mustards, tart pickles. Perfect.
For the three shares, we had the arancini, pork ribs (served over mac n cheese), and beet salad. All were amazing. Arancini was deliciously light and flash-fried with delicious sausage lining the center. The pork ribs lived up to the other reviews. Fall off the bone and barbecued similar to Korean BBQ. The combo with the mac and cheese was great. And the beet salad wasn't too cold or too sweet (my pet peeves with beets). Sweet potato complemented this salad nicely.
We added on half a lobster tail. It was good, not great. Slightly overcooked, maybe a little overpriced. It mattered little in the grand scheme of things.
Dessert -- get the parmesan cheesecake. It was far better than the dessert special, which was an apple custard. The parmesan lends a savory edge to the cheesecake, which is unusually wonderful. Just a small piece, very rich, not very sweet, a perfect finisher.
Our drinks were also spectacular. I had something that was perfect for a cold winter's night -- bourbon with smoked rosemary. Loved it.
I'm going back to Nuit Social. It was the perfect mix of spirited, aesthetic, romantic, whimsical, tasty, fun and easy on the wallet. Hooray!
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