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| - I work downtown, hence spend a lot of time here. I prefer to leave it behind me and make my way to my own neighbourhood, or, dare I say...kitchen....for dinner, but when I can't, I unfortunately have to visit places like this.
I'm sorry, downtowners, but there's nothing awesome about fries in a paper cone, unless you're in England, wearing a newsboy cap and calling people "guvna". Otherwise, I'd expect not to be charged like $11 for food wrapped in NOW Magazine. Seriously.
Before I say more, yes, I have a hate-on for the downtown core and it's restaurants. Why? Because they charge a premium (because their overheads are likely sky-high) and then don't really deliver on great food or great service and they never deliver on atmosphere, because all of the stripey-shirt IB guys who don't remember what their kids look like are there having mussels for dinner. Ew.
I've heard they have a fantastic if not overwhelming selection of brews, including from craft and microbreweries. So I guess that's good. But the prices and the 'tudes have to go.
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