Yonge & Eglinton vexes me. While the rest of the city has undergone a dining renaissance in virtue of the amount of disposable income floating around over the last ten years, this highly affluent and ostentatious neighbourhood remains an inexplicable dining black hole. I am hopeful whenever a new restaurant comes on my radar and garners some good reviews -- hoping that it will be the catalyst that will get the 'hood's culinary mojo flowing in the right direction.
Sadly, Five Doors North isn't up to the task. For all its pretentions, the chefs had a very heavy hand with the salt and olive oil, the meat and fish were overcooked, the wine was merely meh, and our server was a strange blend of condescending and confused. It is head and shoulders above most places in the area, but that doesn't count for much -- it is still not where it ought to be.