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| - Came down for lunch - place was busy but not packed for a Friday (arrived around noon). Found street parking a block away ($2.25/hour). Caplansky's is on a corner with indoor seating and outdoor patio. We opted for indoors since it was a bit cool (15deg).
Ordered the smoked meat sandwich, chicken soup with matzo balls, and knish.
- Smoked meat sandwich was excellent - the meat is truly amazing. A little fatty of course though you're not coming here for health food. And oh, AMAZING hot mustard. Came with a pickle and coleslaw. Coleslaw kinda meh, but then again I'm a weirdo and like KFC coleslaw.. The meat and the mustard did it for me though. Score 5/5.
- Knish. Pastry with mixed meat filling. Quite good! I'm not a huge fan of it and the smoked meat gravy was quite salty, but I'd probably give it another shot. Score 4/5
- Chicken soup w/ matzo ball. Meh. Ok I've never had this type of soup before, but found the matzo balls doughy and the soup bland, with just a few little chunks of carrot and celery and a small sprig of dill. Maybe this is what this soup is supposed to taste like, but I definitely didn't feel compelled to finish it. Score: 2/5.
Service was so-so. Friendly servers but it was confusing who was our waitress since two of them kept swinging by, and they both separately asked if we wanted our bills. Not the greatest coordination. But the food came quickly - and they had no problems providing additional plates for sharing and even gave extra pickle/coleslaw. That was nice. Big negative: the Yelp check-in coupon (free fries) was NOT honoured. Apparently someone else noticed this more than a month ago and they still haven't removed it. Not sure if this is the resto's fault or Yelp's, but it needs to be fixed. Score 3/5
Overall I'd probably say 3.5/5, but going to round down since I wasn't really blown away by the experience. If you want good smoked meat, I'd say it's worth going.
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