The Mount Pleasant Village mid-week, mid-season Restaurantacular event took place with enthusiastic umbrella carrying customers tonight (Wednesday June 25, 2014). They keep it simple in the Village BIA with local merchant food-dealers picking three things and pricing them at $2, $4 and $6. If you brought an appetite and don’t mind legging it out along the busy sidewalk you can put together a nice evening’s multi-course meal. That’s what some couples were up to. The South Bayview Bulldog closed in on a couple of PEI Malpeque oysters on the half shell at $2 each. They came with a nice bit of sweet onion on top for flavour. This delicious tidbit is a regular item on the menu at Celestin at Mt. Pleasant and Belsize Dr. Up the street at Pimenton, a good-sized crowd was lined up for servings of the highly-rated Paella. It was getting on for 6.15 and the rain was starting to come down a bit heavier. For an event that was scheduled to run from 4 to 9 p.m. it seemed the Restaurantaclar might be called off early. The umbrellas came out however and business continued. Restaurants with inside seating filled up too. At Penrose Fish and Chips we liked the $6 Halibut and chips sampler to round out the evening’s eating. Excellent as always. Family patriarch Dave Johnston was at the grill as people piled in. Outside, most found a dry space in a doorway of a closed shop to eat. Further south on the west side, Cracked and Smoked was busy as well. They had the for sight to defy the city and put up a small tent so lobster eaters could stay dry. One recent closing to note, that of Belo Bio, the Vegan spot just north of Millwood Rd. The Bulldog crowd is not vegan nor vegetarian but has had a nice dish or two there. The lurid literature denouncing meat (and lobster) consumption was a little unnerving however. Photos from top: Bulldog’s choice of Malpeque oysters from Celestin, umbrellas the order of evening as rain picks up, outside Penrose Fish and Chips, young couple checks out Pimenton Paella Mt Pleasant Village keeps it simple in the rain
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The Mount Pleasant Village mid-week, mid-season Restaurantacular event took place with enthusiastic umbrella carrying customers tonight (Wednesday June 25, 2014). They keep it simple in the Village BIA with local merchant food-dealers picking three things and pricing them at $2, $4 and $6. If you brought an appetite and don’t mind legging it out along the busy sidewalk you can put together a nice evening’s multi-course meal. That’s what some couples were up to. The South Bayview Bulldog closed in on a couple of PEI Malpeque oysters on the half shell at $2 each. They came with a nice bit of sweet onion on top for flavour. This delicious tidbit is a regular item on the menu at Celestin at Mt. Pleasant and Belsize Dr. Up the street at Pimenton, a good-sized crowd was lined up for servings of the highly-rated Paella. It was getting on for 6.15 and the rain was starting to come down a bit heavier. For an event that was scheduled to run from 4 to 9 p.m. it seemed the Restaurantaclar might be called off early. The umbrellas came out however and business continued. Restaurants with inside seating filled up too. At Penrose Fish and Chips we liked the $6 Halibut and chips sampler to round out the evening’s eating. Excellent as always. Family patriarch Dave Johnston was at the grill as people piled in. Outside, most found a dry space in a doorway of a closed shop to eat. Further south on the west side, Cracked and Smoked was busy as well. They had the for sight to defy the city and put up a small tent so lobster eaters could stay dry. One recent closing to note, that of Belo Bio, the Vegan spot just north of Millwood Rd. The Bulldog crowd is not vegan nor vegetarian but has had a nice dish or two there. The lurid literature denouncing meat (and lobster) consumption was a little unnerving however. Photos from top: Bulldog’s choice of Malpeque oysters from Celestin, umbrellas the order of evening as rain picks up, outside Penrose Fish and Chips, young couple checks out Pimenton Paella