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| - The Madison Avenue Pub & Restaurant is super popular and lively pub around Bloor and Spadina. One of its most notable features is that it spans a couple houses/mansions, which has allowed them to setup a number of different style areas, ranging from regular sit down tables, to standing bar areas, to pool tables, to patios. Just be forewarned; the Maddy has come to be a popular university hangout spot, so if you've angrily told someone to get off your lawn recently, you may want to reconsider stopping by.
Though we didn't necessarily come here for food, I got their basic nacho dish called Nachos Supreme. As far as toppings go, you get yellow & blue corn tortilla chips topped with the reliable staples: tomato, onion, black olives, jalapeƱos, cheese, sour cream, and salsa. So let's cover our nacho rubric. 1) Firstly, the topping coverage was overall adequate, but a fair number of those edge chips were a lil naked. 2) Next, the cheese consistency. Yes, it was previously melted, but it was served solid. Easy points missed here, because little is more satisfying than a hot plate of nachos with a confidently stringy cheese pull. 3) The freshness and taste of the toppings was surprisingly high. And I must make note of their zesty salsa! Their menu says that it's house-made, and you can definitely tell when you try it. Just make sure that you don't bring any greedy friends who are gonna scoop a third of the dip on one god damn go. Overall the positives neutralize the negatives. A good plate of nachos!
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