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| - A good sandwich, but not in respect to the wait time. All of my "trendy" or "hipster" friends seems to rant and rave about this place, so I decided to give it a shot. The first thought when I walked up was that I was glad I finished work early because I will be standing in line all day. While it wasn't all day, 45 minutes is quite ridiculous for a sandwich at lunch. Maybe I am not with the times and it is actually trendy to waste your whole lunch hour standing a waiting, but I just don't get it. Because of the rave reviews I have heard about this place I decided to suck it up and wait patiently.
When I finally got to the point where I could order a sandwich I had to actually take half a step back just to take in how rude the server was. I thought that maybe it had something to do with my attire (which is not exactly business-like) which would have been semi-acceptable, but then I paid attention to how she was with others and it was just as bad. I wasn't relieved at all, but I was thinking of how great this sandwich must be if they can treat people that way and still have a lineup around the corner ALA Soup Nazi from Seinfeld. When I got to the point that I could order, I went with the Rare roast beef sandwich with brie and garlic aioli on a baguette.
Being in Leslieville, the price was actually pretty surprising. There are very few places that have lunch for under $10, which I personally deem to be top dollar amount for a weekday work lunch. When you factor in wait time of course that jumps way above that price point, but it is still a rare occurrence. I got the sandwich and it was full of flavour. The roast beef was fresh, the brie was thick and smooth, the garlic aioli was a little bit stronger in the garlic that expected but it complimented the rest of the sandwich nicely. The sandwich was a very good sandwich for $6.75 in that area, but I don't think it really lived up to expectations. With all the great reviews on Yelp (that I was quickly going through while waiting in line) and all the hype that it was given by people I know, I think it got a little over-hyped and I was expecting the best sandwich I had ever had. Very good, but not the best by far.
With the food being as good as it was, it troubles me that everything else about the place is really poor. I don't know if it is just them being really cocky because they know they have a consistent lineup or if I should be making some sort of judgement about the French people. Before you jump with the racist card, my other recent French experience is detailed in my review of C'est What?; also a French restaurant with bad customer service. Even though the sandwich is really good and well priced, I don't know if I would return because of that. Not to mention it is very rare that I have that kind of time to kill in the middle of the day. It really does suck that they are so bad when they make a sandwich that is so good. Shame.
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