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I discovered this gem a while back when my good friend lived on the corner of Front & Portland. it wasn't a hard walk to clear your head full of partying up north in the Kawarthas the night or in some cases the week before.
Well my first experience the Old York was for breakfast. I ordered eggs benedict but not a benedict like we're used to here out east. You know, pouched eggs, some ham, an English muffin and some hollandaise sauce (real if your lucky) but usually Knorr's "MSG hangover hollandaise like sauce". I know some of you know what I'm on about here.
To my delicious delight I passed over the ham option and went for the smoked salmon, sweated spinach (Just warm and limp but still bright green) arugula, on top of a perfectly cooked latke with REAL hollandaise sauce. For those not versed in traditional Jewish cuisine, at Latke is a round seasoned potato cake cooked in butter - latke is a Yiddish term.
Well let me tell you! I ordered a round and because of the hangover I was shaking off, I bought a whole other round because the price was so great and I needed more of this breakfast debauchery to commit to my memory as a souvenir for home.
Fast forward to 2010!!
Last year I was on a business trip and I was cruising along Q.E.W. with my friend Tan. She huffed "I'm so hungry!", so boom I take a note of where we were and I said, "have you ever tried the Old York?" and she said where's that? Exactly! You have to know where this place is by word of mouth or you'll never know of it. So I gave her the Latke story and bam!! she was sold in a second only to forge through lunchtime traffic to hit Niagara St which runs at an angle off Queen through King.
It changed a bit since the last time I was there. I ordered the wings which were charbroiled with flavor like no other. It was served with a pita type of chip and dip. The wings had the perfect balance of seasoning and a fantastic aioli type (not exactly) dip. Huge serving. Tanya went for a pasta which I thought was silly with all the other enticing menu options but she said it was fab and after a sample, I had to agree with her.
A few weeks after I returned to Halifornia I got a txt claiming that the Old York was her new "go to" place. She also asked how the hell could I know of such a great place so close top her flower shop without her not finding it first? I claimed, "It's just a Maritimer thing"
Service was 5 Star.
Good job Old Yorke Grill I'll always be back - don't change anything!
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