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| - Well, we tried Cabal on Saturday night, and I'm afraid it was a swing and a miss for us. On the plus side, the space is nice: lots of brick and high ceilings, and it has a cool warmth to it. On the negative side, there were a few major misfires...
We arrived at 8:00 on a Saturday night, and we were the only people there. (Probably not a great sign.) The server was friendly, and she handed us a wine list. Unfortunately, there are only 8 different wines on the entire list (4 red and 4 white), and while that isn't a massive issue for me, they were 'sold out' of 3 of the 8. I was a little stunned by this: how can you be 'sold out' of 3 wines when we were practically the first people there on a Saturday night? She told us that they were apparently late in placing their wine order the previous Monday. (Uh, a trip to the LCBO wasn't an option? These weren't exactly the most exotic wines!)
As for the food, it was alright. I had some type of salmon tartare appy, and although it was tiny, it was ok. My lovely date had a salad, and it too was ok. (Neither was to die for.) We both ordered the peppercorn steak, and although it tasted wonderful and was perfectly prepared as per our order, it was barely lukewarm when it arrived. We sent both back at one point for reheating, but they came back just as lukewarm as when they left. By around 9:00, other people started arriving - mostly a young 20's crowd there for the dance club portion. The music was ok (deep house), but i definitely got the impression that Cabal is REALLY just a dance club with a restaurant included as an add-on (or perhaps a liquor license obligation?). Then again, if you're a dance club/bar/restaurant, shouldn't you have more than 5 types of wine on hand?
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