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| - I first heard about this place after landing at Queen and Broadview and, having to wait for a bit for my friends to arrive, popped into a drink at the Citizen (http://www.yelp.ca/biz/the-citizen-toronto), a very cool retro-50s style restaurant. In talking with the bar staff they told me about their sister restaurant, Rosebud. It wasn't until the next day that I walked by Rosebud in the heart of Queen West and then smacked my head as to why they called it that (It's a "Citizen Kane" reference and you too should be ashamed for not seeing it).
When I tried Rosebud, we showed up unannounced and unreserved and took the last table in the place. A nice wine list and a breadth of great-looking Italian dishes are the fare. For starters, we took the warmed black olives. It sounds simple and they are simply delicious. The secondi and pastas that we split were, well, great. Gnocchi, which I don't typically go for, tasted spectacular and the steak was tender, tasty, and bloody the way a rare steak should be.
The fact that both Citizen and Rosebud share the same chef tells you that you're probably assured the same quality dishes from either kitchen. You'd think that the chef'd get tired from running between the two.
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