. . . "0"^^ . "Three things I learned on my recent mid-week lunch visit to The Drake: \n\n1) They've changed their lunch menu. It seems to have a wider variety of options, including all their breakfast foods. I opted for the soup of the day (Moroccan chick pea) and a bagel with cream cheese, but sometimes I do want eggs for lunch so this is great news. \n\n2) Tuesday afternoons the north lounge does something called Highchair Hangouts for moms and their wee ones. There is stroller parking next to the bar and a gaggle of tiny tots hanging out while their moms enjoy a prix fixe lunch. The staff informed us the menu is even designed so that all the food can be eaten with one hand while the other holds the babe. No where near motherhood myself, I still thought this was a very thoughtful and fun idea. If you take issue with occasional squealing child, I'd recommend sitting in the south part of the lounge or in the cafe across the hall. For my part, I wasn't bothered at all and enjoyed watching all the pudgy faced new humans squirm around while their moms chatted. \n\n3) After checking with our server, we learned its totally chill to post up in your booth post-nosh and get a little laptop work done. The lounge is quiet enough mid-week, mid-afternoon it didn't feel like we were hogging a table at all. \n\nAs always, the food and coffee were good and the service was friendly. My lunch companion's smoked salmon on her bagel was cooked which we both thought was weird, but otherwise no complaints, and I will be back again and again to this dependable neighbourhood spot."^^ . "2017-05-11T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . "2"^^ .