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| - Ah well....like so many places on St. Clair, this place held on for as long as they could...but recently closed.
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I've passed by this place periodically since it opened a year or so ago, but hadn't gone in until today for lunch. Aronis & Dimitra's is a traditional Greek bistro, and the only Greek restaurant in the St. Clair & Christie neigbourhood. They're open all day, and the menu ranges from breakfasts (served every day until 4:00pm) salads, and souvlaki on a pita to full dinners (seafood and grilled items.) Their vegetarian menu seems to be pretty good as well.
I'll have to go back sometime for either breakfast or dinner, but my first meal there went straight to the basics: a chicken souvlaki on a pita. It was absolutely perfect. We're talking about nicely seasoned & grilled chicken, fresh tomatoes and lettuce, grilled onions, and cool tzatziki sauce, all wrapped in a grilled Greek pita, and wrapped in foil to keep the juices out of my hands in the pita. Yum, yum.
For what it's worth, the guy at the table next to me appeared to be a regular -- he got a breakfast that looked pretty good, and the waitress said that their omelettes are great. (I'd suggest trying this place rather than going down to the mediocre-but-oddly-popular chain breakfast place on St. Clair & Glenholm....you know what I'm talkin' about....the one with the line out the door every weekend.)
Overall, my first impression is that this is one of those great restaurants that is easy to pass right by, but which is genuinely worth checking out. What it lacks in ambience, it makes up for with the good food. So, if you're up for some delicious homemade Greek cooking or a substantial and reasonably priced breakfast, this is the place to go in this particular neighbourhood. (They also do take-out, and sometime soon they're going to start a delivery service.)
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