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| - I've eaten here 4 times. The food seems like it should be good. The staff and environment give a sense of professionalism and quality. the dishes seem well thought out and evidently a lot of effort has been put into curating the menu. That being said, prepare to be disappointed.
Every dish I have ordered has been extremely poorly executed: A hamburger who's bottom bun was MUSH before it hit the table, from soaking in gross pink cabbage juice that was used as a garnish. An offering of a "side" of sweet potato chips, which amounted to three (3) yes, you read that correctly, THREE medium sized chips as the "side" to my 18 dollar burger.
The mushrooms on toast was probably the saltiest thing i've ever been served in a restaurant (im not exaggerating here), I asked the server to have the cook taste it, and was told it was "how it's supposed to be", though it tasted like the chewy mushrooms had been boiled in sea water and then burned on a dirty flat top that was long overdue for a proper cleaning.
The $22 fried chicken with pancakes and collard greens came with 3 bite sized buckwheat pancakes, each only slightly larger than a toonie, and a few mouth fulls of room-temperature slimy overcooked greens smeared along the bottom of the plate.
Be prepared to read a menu which boasts upwards of 6 components per dish, but receive plates which contain minuscule portions of each listed ingredient. This is my biggest gripe, the portions are just downright insulting. Every time i've dined here i've left hungry after my 15-24 dollar entree.
The only reason this business didn't fail within a few months of opening is that the yuppies of Leslieville don't know the value of a dollar. $12 or $22 for a burger makes NO difference to them, nor does the way said burger might taste, as long as it is going to look nice on their instagram account.
The people that run this place are very nice and welcoming, it's the only redeeming factor of the business. The Chef surely has some talent, but why bother putting any effort in when, like i said, people are there more or less exclusively for the insta photos and the facebook statuses.
I was excited when this business opened and wanted it to be my new local. What a shame that it's turned out to be what it is. If the staff put as much effort into providing good service and cooking good food as they put into tooting their own horns and building a community of people that buy into their shitty brand, they would be running a half decent restaurant. Too bad they aren't.
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