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| - It's hard to believe this place has so few reviews after being around for like two decades. I saw they had a Winterlicious prix fixe for $25 pp and since my partner and I live in the area, we just decided to have Friday night dinner there and booked a table for 8 pm (the same day). Arrived, and the atmosphere was comfortable, not too fancy. Wholly unpretentious, coat hooks on the wall beside our table for us only. Our order was taken, along with water and bread at our table in a flash. We did not order wine. Water was refilled with excellent consistency over the whole meal (it's the little things that I appreciate). We ordered the salad and crab cake for appetizer, beef bourguignon and duck leg for mains, finally date cake and chocolate mousse for dessert. Salad was a bit ho-hum, but the massive crab cake was a great start. It's a big fried fish patty, healthiness be damned! Salty frites (mixture of potato and sweet potato, a bit heavy on the salt) were on the table with all meals, another highlight, showing how this place just gets it. All restaurants should just do this by default. Date cake is highly recommended, my partner said she would go back to have date cake and wine. Beef and duck were nice hearty mains with equal parts meat and veggie, that left us with enough room for dessert. Beef was tastier in my opinion, not sure about the comment that it was dry and flavorless by the another reviewer here. We're not "slow diners", our plates were whisked away and we got our bill without asking. I never had a sense we were being rushed through our meal, as the place wasn't even full. Overall, I felt it was great value with near perfect service. The food wasn't jaw dropping, but we were very content.
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