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| - Yesterday, my husband and I took possession of our first, ever, house. After a brief, dewy-eyed walk through - touching all the walls and grinning from ear to ear, we decided to explore the neighbourhood. We are steps from St. Clair and so we walked along the strip in search of our first meal as home owners.
Prop seemed to fit the bill. It was nice but not excessively expensive and had an interesting menu that included truffle risotto (yum!) and spaghetti with ginger, black mission figs and peppercorn (ooh!).
The waitress sat us quickly and took our drink order. Unfortunately, the wine we wanted wasn't available by the glass (we were saving ourselves for the bottle of champagne that waited in our fridge back home). In fact, no wine was available by the glass other than their house wine - quite a disappointment.
Appetizers were quite good and just the right size. Orange and fresh fennel salad had a lovely salt/sweet balance with some italian black olives. The mushroom polenta was homey and flavourful.
Mains were more disappointing. I had salmon with vegetables and, while the waitress promised a pink middle, my fish was overcooked, as were the veggies. My husband ordered a simple penne and tomato sauce, but asked the waitress if the kitchen could make it spicy. His pasta was good (yummy, but not mind-blowing) but when we got the bill, they had charged him $3 extra for giving him the spicy sauce. This took his simple penne and sauce up to $17. Bad karma (and bad business), we thought.
Our meals were okay, but I'm not sure we'll be back. There are just so many great places to explore on the St. Clair strip...
Vegetarian score: 7/10. Like most italian places, there are some good pasta options. Non-pasta/risotto mains are all meat.
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