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I do get why my company chose to have it's holiday party there. Some of the art deco design features are quite beautiful - the bar in the front room, and the swooping silver stripes on the ceiling in that room and the third room made me feel like I was in the Chrysler Building*
But a holiday party does not run on decor, even if you're a decorator, which none of us are. No, a holiday party runs first and foremost on booze, followed by food. The booze was flowing, and they didn't stint on the variety. Martinis are the thing at the Roosevelt Room, as they are trying to transport you back to a finer day, when men were men and women were dames, and no one worried about getting behind the wheel after a night of boozing. Since this was a holiday party in downtown Toronto and we all had taxi chits, we weren't worried either. I did have one pomegranate martini and it tasted of sugar. I also had a few vodka sodas which tasted of soda. Hmmm.... not so much with the stiff drinks at the Roosevelt Room. To be kind, the bartenders were working their asses off and were very quick with the drinks. Much appreciated.
So, then how did they perform in the food department? Not so well there either, I am sorry to report. Everything I touched had a layer of grease on it, and tasted like it. Everything they offered was either fried or greasy. So I guess they are duplicating the old days too, before fresh foods were readily available and people cared about eating healthy.** The duck was fatty, the french fries had an undiscernable but weird aftertaste, the shrimp was greasy, I could go on, but I stopped trying the food at that point.
Positives: Excellent dj playing hits from today like Lady Gaga*** and from yesterday like MJ. No, they didn't play any jazz tunes from the 1920s.The art deco only goes so far
The bathrooms are also very cool. Individual stalls with sinks. Mostly kept very clean, although at one point (maybe around 9pm) I hit upon a stall with no toilet paper or paper towels.
Convenient location in the entertainment district. On a street called Drummond which is basically an alley off Adelaide just east of Peter.
I have no idea how much this party cost or how much martinis or food cost. I do know that once the open bar closed and I bought a Corona, it was about $6 which isn't bad.
If you want to partake in some old-school glamour, I know The Roosevelt Room is positioning itself that way, but they are time travelling too much**** and missed the mark.
* and I know! I used to work there
**Hmm..wasn't that the 70s? Not the 1920s?
***two reviews in one week with a Lady Gaga reference. do I spot a trend?
**** like in The Time Travellers Wife
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