I'm a sucker for warm coloured walls, crown moldings and rustic, wood furniture. So when a restaurant has all those things ticked, I'd let myself be lured in, even if the menu wasn't out of this world inspiring (sometimes you just want something simple anyway, right?). And that's exactly what happened recently when me and three friends walked around the Mile End looking for a place to have dinner, and chanced upon Cafe Local.
The food was pretty good (I had a grilled chicken burger and the toppings were nice), but it was the service that truly melted me. Our waitress was very friendly, explained the menu well and basically took very good care of us. We lingered for quite a long time after we ate our dinner - we even played bananagrams - but we didn't feel like they were trying to sweep us out of there.
I probably won't go back there too quickly to have another dinner, but if I'm looking for a place to hang out and have hot chocolate or drinks or something, it would definitely be in my top three picks!