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| - Almost every single meal I've eaten here has been a delight. (The only mis-step I can recall was the quinoa burger, and veggie burgers are notoriously hard to pull off.) But the service is top-notch, the ambiance is classy but friendly, and the food is always on point. When I ate more meat, I was a big fan of the moules et frites and the fried chicken with spiced honey and collards. Now I'm more likely to order the French onion soup, which always comes thick and jammy, or the fried cauliflower pizza, or one of the specials (of which there are always many). No matter what I order, though, I have to get a Smoked Old Fashioned: made with top-shelf bourbon and served in a glass beaker filled with actual smoke generated with hardwood chips beneath the bar and funnelled up into the beaker. You pour it yourself into a highball with a single ball of ice inside, Japanese style. I've had their other cocktails and they're all good (as is their wine list), but this one's my favourite and it's unlike anything else in the city.
I've come here a bunch of times, but every time I'm back I think I should come more often. It's that kind of place. It's a great feature for the neighbourhood, and both the service and the substance is better than a lot of places downtown offering similar fare. It might be glorified pub food, but it's also *glorious* pub food.
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