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| - After spending a morning participating in the fabulously fun Mystery Art Sale at the OCAD, my husband and I thought we hit up Cafe La Gaffe for brunch. It's a cute little bistro tucked on Baldwin Street, and we were craving the brunch food they serve.
The woman who greeted us was very nice and friendly and gave us a choice of seats, took our coats, and gave us menus. She came back soon with glasses of water. A very positive start! Unfortunately, that was the best it got at Caffe La Gaffe.
There were only a couple of other tables, not too bad. We smiled when our server came over, so I don't think we did anything to set her off. The word my husband used to describe her was surly. Apt description.
She came over to the table and said "do you know what you want?" while scowling. She only half turned toward us while taking our orders, and when I passed her my menus, she looked me up and down and never looked at my face! I couldn't believe the rudeness. And it never improved from there.
I really would have given them a break if the food was better. Unfortunately, I had to pick the seeds out of my mimosa. I appreciate fresh squeezed o.j., but use a strainer for God's sakes. My first sip was chock full of seeds. As I didn't have a spoon or a side plate, I proceeded to pick the seeds out with a fork and pile them on the table. Final count? 14 seeds. Disgusting.
My eggs benedict were not much better. The first bite had an overpowering taste that did not belong. After picking it apart and analyzing each element, I realized the peameal bacon was sickeningly sweet, and the hollandaise sauce was way too lemony. The egg and english muffin were fine, but I barely ate it. The salad was delicious, however, and so were the homefries, and the toast that came with my husbands eggs, so I was able to make a meal of it.
There is absolutely no good reason to go to Cafe la Gaffe. The service was bad and the food was either really good or inedible. In a city with as many restaurants as Toronto, there is never a need to go to a bad one.
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