I've instructed my girlfriend to remind me "Dan, you really hate it there" whenever I suggest in the future that we venture to Nirvana.
The bottom line. It's hard to argue with the convenience of this spot. Right on the corner of College and Bathurst. Cheap food. Cheap drinks. People with nose rings.
But there's more than something missing.
The Avacado and Brie sandwich is delicious. One of the best things in the city that you can buy for six dollars.... Every other piece of "food" on the menu is horrible. The Nirvana chicken sandwich is grizzle and beak served on a baguette. The only thing Asian about the Asian-inspired dishes is the SARS. It's almost as if the two girls from "two girls in a cup" are the ones preparing the food.
Drinks are drinks. They have a great spiced coffee menu. They have a nice variety of cheap scotch. They have that apple beer.
In the summer, there's a nice outside sitting area which is great for College street people watching. In the winter, you're stuck inside with the cheap aesthetic of candelabras and urban barn furniture as you wolf down your beaks and eagerly await going somewhere else.