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Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 730 Queen St. E. (at Broadview) View on map »
  • 416-465-0100
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Taking its name from owner-chef Rodney Bowers’s continuing enthusiasm for Citizen Kane, the hot, noisy room sets a new neighbourhood standard. Painted mirrors and stained glass enliven white walls; an enclosed sidewalk patio has already become Leslieville’s primo rendezvous. Bowers is a rarity, a Toronto chef prepared to load German dishes into his cannon: hence first-class pork schnitzel on the bone, crowned with a fried egg and an anchovy; lightweight spaetzle with brown butter and ...

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    730 Queen St. E. (at Broadview)
  • 416-465-0100

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