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| - Kelsey's is one of the chains around Toronto I like. It has the best baby back ribs I've had since leaving Los Angeles (where Cheesecake Factory's baby back ribs are pretty much unbeatable). I usually get either the ribs/wing combo or the Konglomeration (which adds spicy popcorn shrimp to ribs and wings). The shrimp are good but leaves a bit to be desired, with the spice stinging a bit too much in the mouth, but the honey-garlic sauce on the ribs and wings is very tasty. The wings have just the right amount of batter to make them crispy yet remain juicy on the inside, and the baby back ribs are tender, as they should be -- too many rib places get this wrong by overcooking the ribs, sometimes even to the point of being burnt. No such problem here.
I duck one star because the prices are really too high for food of this kind. I ordered the Konglomeration plus an iced tea (to their credit, you get unlimited refills), but $30 for bar-type food is a bit too stiff. I've had lunch once before at the Dixon Road Kelsey's, and while my lunch order, a fettucine alfredo, got there in 15 minutes, it was also something like $14. The prices are the reason I don't go to this place more often. For $30, I can almost go to The Keg two blocks away and get a prime rib steak.
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