Another evening, another terrible eating experience on Markham Street. I don't know if it is me, or that Markham Street is just better to go to for drinks. It's probably a bit of both.
I went to The Central last night very hungry and looking for a nice patio to have a drink and a meal. The drinks were fine, but there was but one server running up and down multiple flights of stairs. He looked exhausted. The very basic food ordered by me was a veggie burger and sweet potato fries and the chicken wrap by my brother. We both knew we were not coming for 5-star quality food. Or service apparently!
We arrived at 7:15 pm and placed our food and drink order by 7:30 pm. Two tables of couples got up and left because they were tired of waiting. But I wanted to believe! The beer came at 7:45 pm (thank god) and dinner arrived at 8:50 pm. A few pints had made me relaxed about the wait, but it was inexcusable. They told us the meals were on them because we had to wait for so long. I was glad because no person should have to pay for what arrived on my plate. It was a sloppy pile of some kind of mix that was deep fried and plopped out of the bun every bite I took. My brother's fries were wet and oily and mine were chewy. How do you screw up pub food?
I will still go back to Markham Street and head directly to the Victory Cafe.