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Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 2901 Bayview Ave. (at Sheppard Ave. E.) View on map »
  • 416-590-1300
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Editorial Review

North York mall aficionados, desperate for something more than assembly line subs and prefab pizza, swarm Oliver & Bonacini in Bayview Village, especially on weekends, when the restaurant annoyingly does not take reservations. The large, airy room feels like a soundstage set for an après-ski comedy, with birch tree stumps, a warm flame from the open kitchen’s pizza oven, and miniature klieg lights dangling overhead. The wholesomely drab herd of hostesses in matronly grey and ...

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