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| - I just had THA BEST dinner at Bar Volo last night. Yes, charcuterie, cheese and kettle chips does count as dinner in my books.
Don't want to read the entire thing, here's the summary: NOM NOM NOM
I got to the bar around 7:45pm trying to discretely mask my shopping addiction by throwing my scarf on top of an HBC shopping bag (this is relevant to the review, I promise). I was greeted by a nice gentleman at the door, when I asked for a table for 2 he let me know that there was a wait as it was quite crowded (crowding bars is how we roll when it rains in TO). He showed me to the bar and I found a comfy little corner to put my stuff down (shopping bag, work bag, coat - am I the worst or what?). I was immediately approached by the bartender and I asked for a cider (gf over here) of course they had Spirit Tree on tap so I jumped at it! I kept to myself for a bit until the host found me and said he had a table literally 10 minutes after I got in :). He brought me to a table for 6 (3 chairs on one side, a bench on the other). There were 2 men sitting across from each other on one end, and the host tried to seat me in the middle. TRIED. The guys on the end said their bags were already sitting on the chair and they wouldn't move it. WHAT?! I've never encountered such unaccommodating people. The host and I were in shock, looking at each other dumbfounded. The guys wouldn't move their laptop bags to the floor so that they could seat an extra 2 people. The host dealt with it well, I probably wouldn't have taken it but we sat on the other end of the table with 2 empty seats between us for the guys' bags, meanwhile all our bags were on the floor, like normal people.
The point of this story is to show how great the staff was. Also, this is why I am not in the service business, I can't deal with people with such a brazen disregard for others.
Not only was the service incroyable, but the food was fantastic!! We were lazy and just ordered the charcuterie board and cheese board. Laziness paid off because it was fab.
Charcuterie: I am not going to be able to re-list all the meats but the beef carpaccio was insane. It was so fresh, soft, and delicious! Neither of us are big pate fans, but it was quite good!!!
Cheese Board: Loved it (it's difficult not to please me when handed a variety of cheeses) especially because it had this incredible aged cheddar, a personal fav. Also, it came with candied peanuts, granola and berries - like a built-in dessert!
Kettle Chips: There's plenty of bread on the boards but we ordered these to have for me (gluten free) in lieu of the bread. We both enjoyed them thoroughly!!
The bar-only service is a bit inconvenient but it's their thing and it works :)
Will definitely be back, I can't believe it took me this long to get there!!!
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