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| - Julie's can easily be confused for a craptastic corner store at first glance if the patio isn't set. Fortunately for Toronto, it's actually a quaint 6 table restaurant with lots of flavor and an extensive cocktail list.
When I think of Cuban food I think of the bland crud one gets at an all-inclusive resort. This is not even close to reality. Real Cuban food has spice, and has a lot of ground meats, plantains, hot sauce and fresh peppers. I tried it all here, like, one of everything with friends, and really enjoyed most of it. I'm not a plantain person*, but other people were into those dishes. Their guac is fresh, their chips are warm, their fritters are heavenly and the quesadilla-like-things are cheesy with a kick. The servers are delightful and make mean martinis, decent dark and stormys and a-ok caesars.
A delightful night was had by myself, Matt M and Michael N. In a funny coincidence a friend lives upstairs and has a small orange kitten. The servers knew the kitten and asked me what it's name was. I said Evelyn. This really made my night. (I don't really know the cat's name.)
PEPPER POINTS: For those addictive corn fritters. They're as good as everyone says they are. Get them, and slather on the sour cream.
*Cooked small bananas? Gross, Cuba. Gross.
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