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| - A lovely addition to Markham region, Smash fills a gap of mid-priced, Canadian/Italian type fare in a family-style setting in the area. Slightly less expensive than the Unionville Main Street area with a much more accessible parking lot dedicated solely to the plaza, the outside of the restaurant looks deceivingly small. Once inside, it's like Hermione's magic bag: it has multi rooms, plus a small patio to the left side. Oh, and also a giant silver fork on the wall. I need that thing in my life.
Came in yesterday with intentions for a super late brunch after checking out their menus online but arrived too late - it was, after all, 3 or 4pm! (Um, work hard, play hard?)
It was alright though, at such an odd hour we had no trouble getting seats and there were still 4-5 other tables eating too.
My brother had the Smash Burger with an upgrade to some tasty sweet potato fries for an additional $2 or so. Fact: Fries taste best stolen from siblings. A boy of few words, he said the burger was "OK." I think the fries were worth the couple extra bucks. Can't tell you about the burger as I felt bad about trying to steal a bite off that too.
The hubs and I split the fried chicken and a Smash Lovers pizza.
The chicken, served with a scoop of mashed potatoes, a small bed of charred corn, and a smear of a spicy red oil/sauce on the side. Oh, and also, some gravy. Gravy is always welcome. There wasn't a lot of it, but it was alright anyway as the buttermilk fried chicken was tender and juicy on the inside, crispy and delicious on the outside. The hubs felt it tasted like the batter on a calamari, but failed to explain whether that was a positive or negative attribute.
The pizza was on a thin crust, covered in quite a bit of cheese and some pepperoni. The pizza was fine, but I do feel the price was quite high for the product. Their pizzas are the same price point as restaurants in the prime downtown areas that *specialize* in pizza - I think it would be more fair to mark these these prices down closer to the $12-13 mark, rather than the $17 going rate. I prefer the rustic style of a slightly more pillowy (but still thin) dough, slightly less on the crispy side and more quick-fired in the brick oven. Also, would be great if there was an upgrade option for burrata. Oh, and D.O.P. tomatoes & sauce would be great too. Yes, in a past life, I must've been a Ninja Turtle and a pizza snob (mutually exclusive).
Service staff are friendly, no worries if you want to bring children - no short skirts/low shirts gimmicks to draw you in here, just decent food in a clean and comfy spot.
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