"0"^^ . "2013-02-10T00:00:00"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "Being part of the great Commonwealth, us Canadians are well familiar with British 'cuisine'. Steak and chips, bacon sarnies, and anything curried. But this isn't your gran's cooking, if you know what I mean.\n\nThe ubiquitous name, the high ceilings, exposed brick walls and mismatched place settings are a little too 'on trend' for me, but the servers, bartender and kitchen crew clearly know what they are doing--and they do it very, very well.\n\nThe menu is compact and for this lactard/glutard there were only 3 options that I could order. And Tiffany, our very talented server was diligent to double check with the kitchen on each item ordered for hidden dairy and gluten. One GF/DF dish ordered being the chips and curried ketchup...think fluffy, crispy, hot tater tots of your youth with sweet, limey curry ketchup. Addictive. I *may* have had two orders. \n\nHowever, my handsome dining companion, who is food-allergy free, had the black pudding devilled eggs (his second favourite bite of the night), Beef, bone marrow, celeriac and gentlemen's relish (think amped up HP sauce). While one side of the beef was burnt, the rest was delish. \n\nAnd finally for Pudding--the chocolate and celery mousse. The celery mousse tastes exactly like, well, celery, and is IMHO, an unnecessary foil for the dark and rich chocolate. Maybe something spicy or heck, even curried, would have been better. But the teeny tiny spoonful of the chocolate mousse I had was, by far, my favourite spoonful of the evening.\n\nGreat wine list, solid cocktails and on a snowy February evening, the Grove is the kind of place that makes you want to stay awhile and see what's next."^^ . .