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| - I always seem to strike out here, no matter how I swing. My PBR-swigging, micro-brew-lovin', plaid-donning friends insist this is the best place to eat or drink in the city but I just can't agree. I used to come here on a weekly basis after my team's dodgeball games. Service was never better than okay, and I thought it was because we were loud & obnoxious.
I have a longer list of complaints than compliments for this place:
- Food is overpriced. Yeah yeah, the menu is super hip and has cool names for things but it isn't anything special and I am always underwhelmed (Exception: poutine). $8 for a breakfast sandwich? Can I at least get some h-browns with it?!
- Food is usually cold or undercooked(at least some part of it) (Exception: between the hours of 2 and 8am, from what I can tell). I guess my main issue here is inconsistency.
- Service is underwhelming. In speed and friendliness. Once I had a really nice server. Then she went to refill someone's glass and kept pouring until it was all over our laps. She was "too stoned for that". Got it...I'm really feeling some "get the heck away from my table" from your multi-coloured aura, girl.
Another time, we had a decent server but I got the caesar I ordered with my breakfast after we got our food, ate, and then asked for the bill. Noone likes a parched Patty!
- Line ups anytime past 11pm. Seriously?! Ugh, fine. But only because of poutine.
If you're looking for a place to impress your hipster friends, this is it.
If you're looking for a cheap mimosa, caesar or micro-brew pint, this is it.
Oh: and bonus points for a scene from Boondocks Saints being filmed here.
Apparently I need to chill out and try a milkshake.
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