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| - I wanted to wrap up my latest Toronto visit with some good shawarma, and this place had good reviews, plus the name. If you say you're the boss, you gotta mean what you say. It's a pretty lofty expectation that this venue sets by its name alone.
Unfortunately, the boss wasn't in today. I usually love hole in the wall spots like this, but this entire experience showed that shawarma boss is the boss...of mediocrity.
After eating a "boss box" consisting of chicken, yellow rice, lettuce, onions and tomato, there's no doubt I was satiated (despite the small amount of chicken in the box). Unfortunately, I left with hunger pangs for a better shawarma experience.
The man behind the counter was telling customers he was out of a particular meat (I didn't hear which) and to come back in a half hour.
Pros: they give you plenty of napkins
Cons: value for money, location, no cutlery or drinks other than bottles of water and soda.
If you're at the nearby flea market or in the immediate area of Warden and Eglinton, it may be worth stopping in for a bite. Otherwise I would keep looking.
Price paid: $13.50 for small water bottle and the "boss box" that was more rice and vegetables than meat.
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