(Image: Andrew Brudz)
Spiros Drossos, the chatty co-owner of the Food Cabbie, serves up good ol’-fashioned American comfort food from his shiny new food truck, currently planted at Queen and Mutual. There’s certainly nothing fancy about it, and that’s the point: it’s fast, affordable and very satisfying, and close enough to the Eaton Centre for holiday shoppers looking for sustenance and a break from the crush. Drossos’s repertoire includes hot dogs (both Coney Island and Chicago style), burgers, sausages, a breakfast burrito that already has a dedicated following, and daily specials posted to Twitter. The Philly cheese steak ($6) features plenty of chopped-up sirloin that’s cooked to order (we like it just a little pink on the inside), piled into a toasted bun with optional hot peppers, then covered in cheese and bell peppers and onions. For his “healthier poutine” ($4), Drossos forgoes deep frying, opting instead for a heap of home fries—crispy on the outside, perfectly soft inside—that’s drowned in two ladles of gravy and slathered with more cheese. You can probably skip that late-afternoon snack.
The cost: $10, tax included
The time: 15 minutes
Food Cabbie, Queen St. E. and Mutual St., 647-227-2628, twitter.com/foodcabbie
An itnelleingt point of view, well expressed! Thanks!
January 7, 2012 at 2:23 am | by Rayshelon