C & Dubbs aka C & W's from years back. This place has been around for years, decades. How long I'm not entirely sure but the food has been pretty much the same this time as I went last time which was a very long time ago.
I had recently come here on Monday the 23rd of March only to find the establishment to be closed on Mondays so I was sort of disappointed. I had returned on the Friday past (27th) to get my fill of what I had missed earlier in the week.
This place is a very down to earth mom and pop type of burger joint. They also serve chicken fingers and fish and chips basically it's a fried food cafeteria style type of place. We were here however for burgers since this is what the place is known for.
Honestly it has probably been over a decade since I last ate at C & Dubbs. A lot has changed with me over that time. I have what I think developed higher standard for food over that time. When I was younger say... in my early 20's a burger was a burger was a burger and without a baseline standard in which to measure a young person really has nothing to compare experiences to.
What I am saying is when I was younger this place would have done me just fine. Today I have a much more spoiled taste and established burger sense. The burgers at C & Dubbs are basically what I can make at home, literally. To start things off the burgers are just frozen. I saw them putting them on the grill and cooking them. They are preformed frozen patties. I can make those at home like I said. While I had 2 x 8oz patties to make a 1 pound burger (Sumo) there is nothing defining or special about this whatsoever, not in how it is cooked, served or what is put on it.
In today's burger market especially in the GTA there is a myriad of establishments to get your burger fix from chain fast food to what can be almost called gourmet although burgers are not really a gourmet type of food. C & Dubbs blends in with the older mom and pop shops of years past sort of in league with let's say Apache Burger also on Dundas but in Etobicoke close to Kipling Station.
The pricing is not out of this world but for what you're paying and what you get I could make this at home. It's about 10 bucks plus tax for a normal combo. The fries are probably better than your average chain but I'd think Wendy's or A & W have tastier burgers than C & Dubbs.
The poutine was good not great and the food was ok, not exceptional. Because of that I can only give it a 3*.