Fabulous ... fabulously mediocre maybe.
As spring is now upon us in 2010 all humans have a primordial instinct to sit out on a patio with a beer in hand baking ourselves in the sun. In our recent travels in the area around Yonge and Dundas, my coworkers and I stumbled up on this establishment on the corner of Bay and Edward.
Entering the red-bricked patio we took a seat in the sun on the benches backing onto the restaurant. We quickly realized that the patio itself is noticeably sloped toward the street so the bench was so high your knees were at the same height as the table! We switched to a seat where the bench backs onto the sidewalk. That was when we noticed that there were literally 5 people here, including us. Not exactly a promising start. Oh and do you like wicker furniture? I don't.
The one waitress here was quite friendly in an interesting, casual talking way. She made a reference to about the crack-head walking across the street (apparently there's a crack-walk) and how she couldn't get her iPhone on the internet. Anyway, we ordered our lunches. A grilled chicken breast sandwich with a side salad for me and a shrimp linguini for my coworker.
Our meals took over 30 minutes to arrive ... 30 minutes! The waitress said that the linguini took some time to cook. Indeed ... too long in my opinion. Food wise the chicken was decently grilled on a bun of some sort. The salad was of a decent portion of mixed greens bag salad. It was just okay. My buddy seemed to enjoy his pasta and there did appear to be quite a bit of shrimp.
In summary this is a decent spot for a beer and catching some sun on the cheap. The food is only average. 2.5 stars if I could.