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| - Square Boy's retro frontage is an unavoidable classic sight along the Danforth. The grimy tacky, and cramped interior looked like it has never seen a renovation since the last Trudeau government. Clogging the path to the counter while also cementing the burger joint's retro quality, is an old Pac-Man arcade machine, beat up but looks to still be functional.
The $3 burgers is a jaw-dropping bargain in the universe of Toronto burgers, but it will fail to satisfy if you're looking for a mouthwatering stomach-stuffing burger. As a consolation, it is a much better meal than a McDonald's, and given a choice between eating here and at a multinational corporate fast food chain, I'd choose Square Boy.
The burgers are small and bare-bones plain, and its thin patty are as tasteless as a store-bought or cheap frozen pablum burger you can buy at a discount grocery--it practically is that calibre of stuff. It is hard to complain about the quality for the price paid, sure, but c'mon! How hard can it be to make your own patties versus throwing in prefab stuff that simply goes from freezer to grill? I expect that kind of pathetic shit from a fast food brand!
There are some on-site parking, and a patio space out front. The place is staffed by a crew of Greek old-timers who are shipshape but lack much customer service skills.
Apparently their Greek fares are much better than their no-frills burgers and fries. Maybe that's what I should go for the next time I ever find myself having to choose between a shitty ubiquitous fast food chain and Square Boy. Or one could cross the street to The Works, where one can indulge in pricey burgers after deciphering their overly complicated menu.
For the record, the burger patties at Square Boy are not square.
{TTC: walk your square ass from Donlands station, or get off the 83 bus when it reaches Danforth/Jones. Wait a minute, why the hell am I giving public transit instructions to a greasy hole?}
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