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| - This is an excellent restaurant, and they have perhaps the best smoked-meat sandwiches around! When I came in I was immediately greeted and brought to a table, they also have a lovely patio if you wish to sit outside. When they bring your water, they bring you a chilled jug of water with a glass, which is a unique twist.
For lunch, I ordered the Smoked meat sandwich with the smoked meat poutine and the maple bacon donuts for dessert. The sandwich was absolutely tantalizing, with oodles of delicious smoked meat goodness. At the table you get your choice of delicious mustard, and I went with the mild one but there are 2 other stronger flavours. It came with coleslaw and a pickle as well, the coleslaw was excellent but the pickle wasn't the greatest. For the poutine, I was slightly worried about it being a sloppy mess, but it was actually a delicious combination of smoked meat, cheese, and fries. The meat is served as almost a chili-like mixture, over the yummy cheese and the mouthwatering fries. The fries were the best part, they were nice, light, and crispy. The maple bacon donuts were TO DIE FOR. They were absolutely amazing. You get three timbit-esque donut rolls, topped with maple bacon, maple syrup, and icing sugar. The donuts are warm and fresh right out of the oven, and the maple bacon was delicious and full of flavour. Perhaps it could do with a bit more bacon? Perhaps I'm being greedy,
The one area of annoyance for me was the service. For starters, I ordered a coke and it took longer than it should have to arrive. Secondly, my poutine was brought out before my sandwich, which was odd because I assumed it would come as a side with my sandwich. Aside from that it also got confusing as to whom my waiter was because I kept getting served by different people but the restaurant didn't seem busy enough to need other servers bringing me my food. However none of these were detrimental enough to be a major cause for concern.
Overall, I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for an enjoyable Jewish deli experience right in the heart of Toronto without having to go to Manhattan!
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