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| - Excellent Greek restaurant at the north edge of Greektown! Not well known in Toronto, but it should be, and the locals and greeks from around the GTA take advantage of the fact and the large parking lot is always full.
Since I am originally from south eastern europe, I took my parents here as they do not recognize any other cuisines except Greek/Turkish/Macedonian/Albanian/Bulgarian/Serbian and they have zero interest in experimenting or even giving a chance to anything outside that bubble (I know, I tried - only frustrations).
The souvlaki was large and well done (pork, of course! like back home), and we had it with fasoules and baked potatoes, as it should be eaten (no one eats rice back home). Large portions filled them up and they very very happy (especially since I tried to introduce them to Vietnamese the previous day and couldn't hear the end of the complaints).
Service was Balkan-style, so if that's not your cup of tea, you might have a problem, but I like it. All servers were middle-aged men, again, Balkan-style.
Have in mind that in the Balkans EVERYTHING is cooked very WELL-DONE! Yes, it might taste a bit dry, but that's the way they like it. My mother was going to have a heart attack when I took her to a steakhouse and her steak was a bit pink in the middle (she called it "almost still alive" :)
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