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| - I will admit that on my list of favourite foods, Italian is not very near the top, which is why I find this restaurant all the more remarkable. First off, in the 3 years I've been going, I've always had an exceptional meal. In fact, the menu is pretty much unchanged over that time and ordering the same dish years apart always brings back the sweet memory of the first time I had it. That kind of consistency is almost extinct in restaurants today.
The reason Local Kitchen first won me over is simply that all the food is so fresh. The pasta is made by hand, the cheese by hand, the cured meats by hand, the vegetables feel like they came out of the garden 10 minutes earlier. A tomato tastes like the tomato my mom used to grow and I'd eat off the plant after school. It's real ingredients that make these dishes jump to life in a way that no other Italian restaurant (or nearly any other restaurant) does in Toronto.
The ambiance is nice, cocktails and wine selection are solid, the service is friendly and the price is fair. After I eat 3 courses here, I don't feel overly full, but I feel complete. Extremely highly recommended.
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