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| - What has happened to my Chez Cora? About three years ago Cora was delicious, my favorite was the now closed one on Rue Sherbrooke. I came to this location, desperately craving some English Cream Cora Style. Such disappointment ensued.
My French isn't perfect, but it's good enough for a girl from Cleveland with a dad from Montreal. The waitress greeted us in French, I responded. She asked what we wanted to drink, I responded. She ignored me and stared at my boyfriend, who was clueless and relied on my translations for most of our trip. She then started speaking English, meanly, still ignoring me. I ordered some coffee and then some water because my breakfast was dry. The water was lukewarm, without ice. No refills on water were given to my boyfriend or me. I at least had coffee to drink, but the bf only had his empty water glass for his entire meal.
I ordered the current special during mid-August, the crunchy crepe. It was horrible. The crepe was mostly empty. The fruit that came with it was sparse. I had no water to help wash down the dry crepe. Even coffee wasn't helping. Our waitress had officially disappeared. 30 minutes later, she pops back to ask if we need anything else. We nicely ask for more water and the check. 20 more minutes pass, no check. No water. We finally get her attention so we can pay and leave. We were really hoping someone else at the register would've helped us so we would have felt better about tipping her what she actually deserved. Since she rang us out, she got more than we wanted to give her on our credit card transaction.
My fond memories of Cora are just that: fond memories. I'm not sure if I'll return next time I'm visiting my family. I'll probably go somewhere else. But at least they have free wireless!
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