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| - Earlier this year, my friend phoned me up randomly on a Sunday morning and said he'd be driving in from Hamilton that day so we should do brunch. Well, all the usual places I go to for brunch are downtown so I went about looking for a place that was a little closer to home - and decided on Glow. It's a nice place with a beautiful, chic decor and their brunch prices were reasonable ( although edging towards the slightly overpriced side). I've since forgotten what we ate, but we started with Mimosa's (called Morning Glory's on the menu) and ended with their cute little dessert shots.
I came back this past weekend for a family brunch. I had an aunt visiting from L.A. and she is very particular about trying to eat organic, healthy and fresh so I made a reservation for us here. I booked online using OpenTable and the hostess was expecting us when we arrived and greeted us warmly.
In our party we ordered the following:
Appetizers:
Tomato-Basil Soup: simple, exactly what you'd expect. Not too salty; served with a small slice of baked flatbread with melted cheese.
Grilled calamari: nice alternative to the usual fried stuff. Served with lots of greens & olives bits.
A complimentary Amouse Bouche was brought to the table for us to share. It consisted of house-baked toast with 3 dips: an olive tapanade, hummous and sundried tomato.
Mains:
Philly Cheesesteak Open-Faced Sandwich - hubby devoured this in 5 minutes, so I'll take that as a sign that it was good.
Veal Parmigiana sandwich
Lobster Mac & Cheese - a bit boring, good bits of lobster in it though.
Stir-fried beef with noodles - a huge bowl of noodles with lots of vegges (and beef or chicken depending on what you choose).
There was nothing outstanding about any of the dishes, yet nothing to complaing about either. I liked that everything was served with a lovely fresh salad.
For dessert all of us had one of their dessert shots - the ones I remember are Smores, Lemon Meringue, Strawberry Cheesecake, Pecan Caramel Cheesecake, Chocolate Mint Mousse, 3-chocolate Mousse. All of them are quite sweet so it's a good thing they are small!
In the summer their patio is open with lots of seating facing a little grassy court. The washrooms and a private bookable dining room are located downstairs, accessible by elevator. I really like that there's a hands-free sensor to open the washroom door (so you don't have to touch it after washing your hands!). I didn't find service to be slow, but to be honest I was busy chatting away with friends I hadn't seen in a while.
Overall it was a lovely time out, a nice leisurely meal and if the occasion was right, I would come back here.
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