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| - Seeing a Montreal-style deli open in Scarborough certainly piqued my interest, so the other week I found myself coming here to test it out for lunch.
The restaurant is located on Warden Ave just south of Eglinton in a mainly industrial part of Scarborough. I walked in for a late lunch and the place was about half full, the restaurant is bright and very clean. The menu is classic Montréal deli fare; smoked meat, roast beef, chicken, turkey, poutine, steamies etc. One impressive thing on the menu was that they have 8 different kinds of grilled Reubens. I was here for smoked meat though, I got mine on rye with a side of fries and coleslaw (ran me about $11 with no drink). I took a seat and waited for my number to be called.
The sandwich itself although large was a bit disappointing. The rye was piled fairly high with smoked meat; the meat had a decent peppery flavour but was sliced too thin, it was clearly not hand cut. The meat being sliced that thin reminded me of the smoked meat you get at the deli counter in the super market. The hot mustard served on the sandwich added a nice kick; the rye bread was very soft. The sides definitely outshined the sandwich, the fries were fresh cut and quite delicious although they could have benefitted from being a little more crunchy. The coleslaw was creamy but balanced off with just enough vinegar.
Overall the food here is probably a 2.5 star experience, I will bump them up to a three because the girl working behind the counter was very friendly and had no qualms about offering her opinion about the menu items. This place is definitely a one of a kind in Scarborough but is far from the best smoked meat in GTA.
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