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| - The boulevard cafe can be summed up as questionable. The food was great, but the service was..... leaving something to be desired.
I made a reservation a few days before, which didn't seem to be a problem. I arrived there, and our table was waiting for us. We were given menus, but on the menu board there was a prix fixe menu for $25 which included a starter, main course and dessert. Myself and 3 other people went for the prix fixe. The waiter suggested we start with a vegetable appetizer platter which consisted of steamed potatoes, asparagus, green beans, carrots and hard boiled eggs with a creamy dip. It was okay, but I would have preferred the vegetables to be roasted; they just seemed so ordinary being steamed. We also ordered a 1/2 litre pitcher of sangria (even though it was cold out) and it was very good! Our first course (for most of us) was lentil soup, which was amazing, especially on a cold day. Then we were served our main courses. I had the steak that was made in some sort of tomato sauce, which was served with rice and yukon gold fries (I forget what it was called, it had some sort of Portuguese name to it) It was all very good, and presented very nicely. We had a choice of a few desserts, which we shared, and were good too.
The only issue I had with the restaurant is that our waiter, even though he had extensive knowledge of the menu was being overly friendly. While serving us, he would put his hand on our shoulders, which made some of us uncomfortable. As well, he would refer to my 78 year old grandmother as "hun," which was really uncalled for and not appropriate.
Overall this restaurant was great. Just cross your fingers when you go that you don't have the same waiter that I had!
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