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| - Out of all the places I tried in Toronto, FRESCO'S is by far my favorite restaurant. Seriously. It was the place I was most excited to try. I stayed up until 3am on multiple nights just reading reviews of the place. Sad, but true.
And Fresco's is also the place that made me decide to change my yelp rating system. From this day forward, the only time I will give a restaurant 5 stars is when something is SO GOOD, all I can do is eat and say "oh my god. it's so good... it's soooooo good". Because, as embarrassing as that is, that's what I did at Frescos.
Reasons I was excited to try this place:
1. I love fries. You can deep fry ANYTHING (almost), and I will love it.
2. I love love love love good service. I've been reading about the great service here.
3. The food looks delicious.
4. Miss Vickie's batter. That's all you needed to say!!
So of course, I get here, and already know what I want. Cod fish & chips with Miss Vickie's batter, please.
Reasons I love this place:
1. Everything I had been looking forward to was TRUE. I really hate when you look forward to something bc of rave yelp reviews, and the reviews aren't true.
2. They give a very generous portion of french fries.
3. Miss Vickie's batter is the business. It is the bomb dot com. It is life changing. I never thought I'd eat any batter THAT crispy yet light on a fish.
4. The owner (I think...if not, then sorry, but the cashier) is so cool. He's so accommodating and generous. We couldn't decide between 1 fish & chips meal with extra fish or 2 fish & chips meals. He suggested we order 1 meal with extra fish and offered to make extra fries if we needed. Being the fatties we are, we opted for 2 separate meals. ALSO, he tried to move in tables from the patio to accommodate another couple. That was pretty sweet.
5. I like the boxes! They're cute. :) The presentation is great, as well. Love the newspaper!
6. You know that gross, heavy feeling you get when you eat something that's been deep fried? You don't get that here! Not sure what oil they use, but my fish wasn't oily, the chips weren't oily, and I didn't feel sickly and gross after eating.
Tips for fellow yelpers:
1. If you don't like fishy flavors (like me), don't be shy and order the cod (like I did). While it was good and while I definitely recommend it and would re-order, try to be adventurous and order the haddock! It's not too fishy at all! It gives your meal extra flavor. :) OR, you can do what I did and order the cod while your bf orders the haddock...and eat his food. :D
2. The tabs on the box come apart! And there's more fries hidden underneath the fish. The box opens up! I went a little tab-ripping-happy and tore apart all 4 tabs. Next time, I'll just tear apart 2 of them so the fries don't spill everywhere..oops, my bad.
3. Miss Vickie's batter. Don't think about it. Just do it.
4. Don't be too excited about the fish & chips that you forget about your lemon/tartar sauce/slaw. :(
5. I don't think the owner will judge you if all you're able to do is stuff your face and moan "omg.. it's so good" over and over and over. Either he doesn't judge or he didn't hear me.. haha.
My only suggestion for the owner (and I'm sure it probably has already been considered) would be for Fresco's to use plastic basket/trays to serve the food. That's a bit more sustainable than paper boxes, can be re-used for dine-in customers, and allows us to see both fish & chips at the same time...and take pix and upload to yelp :)
I went to the UK this summer and tried fish & chips in many different places, but Fresco's has them all beat. I cannot wait to come back!!
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