Month: July 2024

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Rosemary’s Midtown

Grabbed Saturday brunch with some friends from New York at this place.

Got an espresso martini without any sweetener plus an Aperol spritz. Both were great.

For food, got the pesto pasta, the pappardelle verde, potatoes, French toast, and mushroom sausage pizza. All of it was great, and would get them again.

This place is a chain with locations through New York. This location gets Hampton people going to it apparently.

Note: didn’t take any photos for some reason, so all the below pics are from yelp.

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The Standard Biergarten

We pregamed here before going to a day EDM event on. Saturday afternoon.

Normally I wouldn’t really care for Biergartens, but I would say I liked this one. The people, the vibe, and the drinks were good.

For drinks, I didn’t get any beer, but instead did an Aperol spritz. For food, got the Mac and cheese balls. That was great. Also tried the pretzel, which was a good snack.

One other thing we did was do a ski-shooter with Jameson. That was fun.

Note: next time don’t buy so many drink tickets since they can only be used for beer and food (like only get 2 or 3 next time, not 6). Also might be interested to try their actual restaurant next time (called The Standard).

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Ruby Soho

Mentioning this place even though I didn’t take any pictures (photo attached isn’t mine) since apparently it’s a great place for drinking and for Toronto finance bros to make deals. Need to check it out again next time (but maybe right after a work day).

Aside from whisky, also got the nachos here (probably would want to get something else other than the nachos next time).

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Charlemagne

A friend took me to this speakeasy in King West Toronto. He said they have the best espresso martini, and he was not wrong (I didn’t even ask for it without sweetener).

To get to it, you need to go to Cafe Renee, and go through the unmarked black door on the second floor.

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Please Don’t Tell

A friend booked this speakeasy for his birthday (they had two separate reservations to fit our group of 12).

To get in, there’s a telephone booth inside the Crif Dogs restaurant. At the telephone booth, dial 1 and you’re good to go.

The place had great drinks. Not entirely sure which drinks I got, but of course it was whiskey or vodka based.

They also had food (got one of the hotdogs. Would get it again, but without the mustard next time).

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Bar Bonobo

Tried this place for after work drinks. I like the loungey type vibe, but will say I would try and get another drink than the one I ordered. I ordered an espresso martini without the sweetener (and it was not that good). There were other cocktails that seemed interesting for next time.

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Versa

This is an indoor rooftop / restaurant.

We stopped by this place after work for drinks and a quick / light dinner. Got a version of an Aperol spritz, except it was also strawberry infused. I liked it.

For food for their ribs and pork bao bun. Both were great.

Only thing I’d change for next time is for us to try and sit in the outside rooftop portion, and not in the dining area (they ran out of space in the outside portion).

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Ayada- Chelsea Market

So went to this place twice since it was so good.

First, there are two Ayada restaurants in Chelsea Market (both have the same menu). Tried both. One is more fast food atmosphere, while the other is more lounge-ish. I’d go back to the latter one again (but don’t mind the former).

They have a full bar. First time I got an espresso martini without any sweetener. Second time got toki on the rocks. No complains for either.

For food, both times got the pad seeew with beef. So good. Easily best pad seeew ever. Also got the green curry the first time. Very spicey (next time choose mild!). Then got the carb filled wontons and the pork belly apps (didn’t hate them, but don’t love them, so would try something new next time).

Next time would want to try the crab fried rice.

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Lobster Place – Chelsea Market

First place I’ve been to in Chelsea Market.

I gotta say, even though they only had cold lobster rolls (I really like the hot ones better), this cold one was really good (the best one so far). Also their New England clam chowder was great (no food poisoning from any of the food!).

Would come back here again.

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Byblos

Found this place on yelp. It is a highly rated place with four dollar signs.

Food here was great for the most part. Started off with Macallan 12, then got the crispy shrimp to start, as well as the beef tar tar. For mains, got the Wagyu beef kofta (very good), and the fried chicken (probably would get something else next time). Also had a side of their sweet jeweled rice, which was really good.