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| - Came here a few days ago to celebrate the end of a seemingly endless school year with a couple of Rotman chums, and now that I've had my first taste of Local Kitchen, I can't wait to come back for more. The space, though a little cramped, is homey and chic (without the hipstery vibe that can permeate some places in Parkdale). I loved the clotheslined vintage tees as decor!
Food: Very good. We split the mozzarella and a charcuterie plate as an appetizer, and both were excellent. For our mains, all three of us ordered the rabbit and mascarpone-stuffed cuscini (ravioli-like pasta pillows). I really dug the sauce and morel mushrooms, but thought my rabbit/mascarpone was a little bit on the mealy side. We split the panna cotta and marzipan cake-thing for desseert, and both were freaking delicious. Panna cotta is one of those desserts that's super easy to make at home, but at Local Kitchen they top it with this sweet bourbon (?) sauce that was perfect. The only negative was navigating the wine list. They write all the descriptions themselves, which is nice, but it's a lot of words to read in a very dimly-lit restaurant. It's easier to just go with the suggestions from the servers. Which brings me to...
Service: Perfect -- friendly and attentive. I love that they use sustainable and local sources -- two things that I never mind paying more money for. Also, kudos to them for having a website that doesn't force you to download PDFs of the menu (My restaurant website pet peeve!)! Thank you, Local Kitchen!
Local Kitchen is great for a meal, but I'd hesitate to bring groups. It's on the small side. So bring a date or a couple of good friends, and cozy up!
Pro tip: No reservations, and they don't accept AmEx.
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