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| - We were visiting Toronto and loved our dinner here. We checked out photos of the food before our reservation and everything looked SO good - especially the (apparently famous) mushroom pasta.
We had a gift card so we were able to try a few things. We started with the Asiago al Forno, which was AMAZING. I mean, melted cheese in a sizzling crock. Can't really go wrong. We almost didn't order it because it seemed a little over the top for 2 people to split but I don't regret one bite.
Next, we split the Kale salad which is one of the best I've ever had. Currants, toasted pine nuts, shaved pecorino, Parmigiano, and a lemon vinaigrette that was just perfect. Shockingly this was one of my favorite things from the entire meal.
For mains we shared the Diavola pizza, which was good but the runt of our dinner. We enjoyed the spice from the giardiniera but silly me thought there would be pepperoni or spicy salami like other pizzas we've had by the same name. This one was strictly veggies but the spice was a nice hit and cut the richness of our order.
Of course we tried the mushroom pasta. It was good but I think we hyped it a bit. It was definitely tasty and the pasta was perfectly done but I would have liked a little bit more depth, maybe a tad more salt and a hint of truffle to really take the mushroom flavor over the top. Overall though, yeah it's a great creamy, comforting dish and I totally see why there are dozens of photos of it.
The ambiance was cute and more casual than I would have expected. It's a relatively small place with clear visibility into the pizza oven part of the kitchen. Our service was excellent, especially considering how leisurely we were completing our dinner.
We're so glad we were able to visit while in the city and hope to be back again.
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