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| - Up until midway through my meal, I was ready to grade this as a two-star experience, but lo and behold, Canyon Creek knocked it out of the park once again.
I hadn't been to this location previously, although I had visited the Canyon Creek up by Roy Thomson Hall several times before. Finding the Front Street location was a bit of a trick, as it seems to be down a small stairway off the street and can be easily missed if you're not paying attention.
Things got off to a shaky start when we had to wait quite a long time for service. Though we were well aware that it was going to be busy (this was just after a Jays game, which we had just come from as well), there was a good half-hour lull between the time the waitress brought out drinks and the time she came to take our orders. Not to mention that one of my friends got a sticky glass for their beer (we're assuming they handled it after making a mixed drink), and we were a bit surprised that other groups were coming and going before us.
But boy, did they sure come through big once our orders were taken. I had a Garden Burger with a Caesar salad. That just might be the best veggie burger I've ever had. You almost couldn't tell that it wasn't real meat. Packed full of toppings and dripping like no tomorrow, it had me stuffed and satisfied by the end of it.
Half our group also had the prix-fixe menu, and what I tried from them (the garden salad, the pan-seared salmon and the creme brulee, the last of which was given to me because one of our members had to leave early) was all on point and flavorful.
We also had a... special discount, which came in very handy at the end of the meal and knocked off a substantial portion of the bill. I realize it shouldn't factor into my experience, but I'm pointing it out all the same.
They also have a weird habit of putting way too much ice in their soft drinks. It was hardly more than a small cup's worth of actual soda, and a good two-thirds ice. I had to tell the waitress that I wanted no ice in my drink, which she argued a little about but eventually acquiesced to. Tone your ice game down, please.
This location is a worthy successor to the King Street CC I visited in the past, and besides a couple little points (mainly, handling crowd flow on busy days), I'll definitely be coming back in the near future. One of my new favorite restaurants at the south end of the city.
Highly recommended!
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