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| - I'll start off by saying that the all-day happy hour pricing on Sundays and the service here are great. That being said, I came here for some East Coast food and I can't say I was overly impressed.
Being a Maritimer in Calgary, I'm always eager to have garlic fingers and Halifax-style donairs. So, I ordered both of these on this visit to the Atlantic Trap and Gill.
The garlic fingers came on a thin, almost crispy crust. Although the taste was good, with the gooey cheese and sharp garlic, they real should come on a puffy soft crust. The donair sauce had the sweet garlic flavour I'm accustomed to, but was too runny. A good donair sauce will stand up on its own.
As for the donairs, the toppings were "correct" (donair meat, tomatoes, and onions on a pita with donair sauce), but the meat was too thickly cut and inappropriately spicy. As well, and this is nit-picky I will admit, both the onions and tomatoes were thickly sliced then they really should be chopped.
For a place to go have a couple beers and some pub food close to home, this is a great choice. But, it's not going to fill the void of my fav East-coast dishes.
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