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| - While frolicking in the Queen west/Ossington area, I stumbled upon Boehmer and was immediately struck by their huge chandelier. We made a reservation for Saturday night, and chose the 9 pm seating. For its vibe and look, this place clearly deserves a 5/5. The crowd ranges, not too rowdy but it's not too quiet either. The chandelier continued to smitten me as did the overall wooden décor. We could see the kitchen from where we were seated, and it was cool to see the chefs in action.
I'm glad I got to try two of their cocktails, they were quite good. I got the tears of the bee and the dahlia. The tears of the bee was really refreshing and citrusy whereas the Dahlia came in this cute little glass and intoxicated me with lavender. Service was good. Our waitress was clumsy at times (think breaking your martini glass in front of you), but she was really graceful in fixing it.
I would highly suggest trying out their harvest platters. The portions are quite good and the quality was also excellent. We got three harvest platters: the smoked atlantic salmon, the chicken and duck terrine and the stilton cheese. When our harvest platter got there, we got chorizo sausage instead of the stilton and our waitress quickly brought over our cheese and did not charge for the chorizo (after all, it was their mistake but that chorizo was so good!) We also tried the beef tartar for an appetizer, and I would rate that a 3. It just didn't taste as fresh and the yolk on top did not add any flavour to it.
For our mains, I got the chicken fricasee and my bf the ribs. WOW at the portion of the ribs--massive!! And that's not an understatement. It was gigantic and came with beans. My chicken fricasee was really good, the skin was crispy and the baked potatoes were delicious. I didn't have room for dessert, perhaps next time! I would definitely come back.
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