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Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 4 Woodlawn Ave. E. (at Yonge) • View on map »
  • 416-924-8132
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Editorial Review

Renovations to this cozy Summerhill stalwart brought a new bar, hardwood floors, leather banquettes and glass-fronted wine cabinets. In an open kitchen, owner Jude Patrick Jacob and his brother, chef Bennet Jacob, prepare pizzas, pastas and 10 meat and fish mains. Impossibly tender, cherry red beef carpaccio melts in the mouth. Ripe bartlett pear pairs perfectly with a mound of baby arugula tossed with toasted walnuts and chunks of salty roquefort in a honey–poppy seed–mustard ...

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