Surprise!!!!

August 29th 2012

Vannis
672B St Clair ave west

My good pal Cindy and I needed some food and we went out looking on St Clair.  We took the streetcar to almost Bathurst and then decided to walk back west.  We eyeballed a lot of places, and we just couldn't find the right one.
We saw a little quaint looking place on a corner, there was a couple sitting on the patio or so we thought it was a patio and we went to try to go into the place.  The door was locked, and we peered in the window and there were people inside, so we just wondered why not us????
Its OK, we found out later, that the place only was a delivery only place!  We don't feel so bad now!!

We continued walking along St Clair, and we came upon two spots, they both looked quite different, and we were kinda liking the one,(they had high tops, it was newly decorated) but not the other, it just a little dated.  But the one we were not leaning to, had the better menu.  So we decided to take a chance.  SURPRISE!

As we walked in, we both looked at each other.  I remember the eighties, Cindy was born in the eighties, well guess what? We were back there.

The decor was pure eighties, for a moment, I thought we should walk back out, but it smelt so good in there, so we stayed.  There was 1 other table in the place eating, but there were also people at the bar paying for take out food.

We were in for quite a food ride tonight
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Cindy ordered a salad to start, and I had grilled calamari.  I have mentioned that  I was eating grilled these days, not fried.  This grilled calamari was probably the best I have had!  It was not chewy, it was just amazing.  I close my eyes and think of it once in awhile.

For mains, Cindy ordered a pizza and I ordered gnocchi.  Nothing says great food, than awesome homemade gnocchi!  I was not disappointed.  You could tell it was homemade, and it was just amazing.  Cindy's pizza was so good, I had a taste of it.   I ordered one to take home.

Dessert was great as well.

One thing I failed to mention was there were people every once in awhile coming in for take out.  They would show up, and leave with smiles on their faces.
Ah Ha!  The neighbourhood secret........this place had great food!!!!!
Please go to this place, you will leave happy!!  I am recommending everyone to revisit the eighties (I had fun in the eighties) and get a great meal!

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