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| - A local of the Danforth/Greektown strip, I have relished in the proliferation of new, unique, and international eateries offering high quality eats at reasonable prices.
Watching the Works throughout it's construction, I celebrated the possibility of a local gourmet burger eatery, in the style of Burgers Priest and GBK, nearby, but not a quick walk.
Upon entering, I was puzzled because (no offense intended 905'ers), the decor seemed like it was the May 1993 edition of Oshawa Restauranteur.
No matter, I thought, it's the food that counts. Next up for trial was the service, which, while pleasant enough, followed the decor with an overtly saccharin kind of placation.
The menu was akin to some sort of Jackson Pollock collection of random words and locations and ingredients sprayed on a page, for which 2 Excedrin were scant enough to relieve the head pain inflicted from trying to read this mess.
The drinks (soft) were served in Pyrex, and were highly awkward and top heavy.
The specialty appetizer was an oxymoronic cream cheese concoction, with a name reminiscent of a Cleveland Steamer.
Having given up on the complex menu, I acquiesced and said "please just give me a burger containing this..." which was executed in a friendly enough fashion.
The saddest thing was the result of "handmade to order in our downstairs kitchen" cooking. Apparently even though it's "all prepared in house", the Elk was shipped in preformed patties, and tough as if molested for too long prior to being put on the grill. The bin was stale and I would have preferred Wonder-bread.
The bill for 2 amounted to a disgusting $48.00. Upon sharing our findings of the meal with the manager, we got the brush off.
Apparently the original location in Ottawa was a great success, but after being purchased by Cara foods, things have gone horribly wrong.
Please, do us all a favor, stop posing, and leave our fine neighborhood!
And, do yourself a favor, and never eat here.
If you are in the hood with a burger craving, try Square Boy across the street for an authentic in house tasty, inexpensive burger.
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