Lisa Marie

This was supposed to be dessert after dinner.  My friend suggested Lisa Marie because of her fascination with Fidel Gastro and because they make desserts in little jars.  Apparently food tastes better coming from jars.

Walking in, it had a very industrial feel to it, the tables were all made with reclaimed wood and the legs of the chairs were made from plumbing.  The lighting inside drove me nuts though.  It was way too dark for my liking.  It would be nice to see what you're eating.  So please excuse the dark and fuzzy pictures.

We ended up ordering duck confit pizza, Elvis in a jar and marrow donuts.  Duck confit pizza essentially tasted like Peking duck on a pizza crust.  Instead of tomato sauce, it was hoisin sauce.  So for someone Chinese, it really wasn't that special.

Duck Confit Pizza

Elvis in a jar was pretty darned tasty.  It was french toast, peanut butter, banana, and bacon, recreated in a trifle type format and put into a mason jar.  Needed more bacon flavour.

Elvis in a Jar

Lastly, the marrow donuts.  We originally wasn't sure if we should order this.  None of us particularly like marrow.  And the combination of the marrow and being deep fried seemed a little too heavy.  But our server said that it was her favourite.  So thats why we ordered it.  The donuts were not heavy at all, super light, and there was no funny taste (animal/meat) taste to it either.  If someone gave me a donut to try, there would be no way that I would suspect that there would be marrow in it.  The donuts came with a side of cherry sauce which complimented each other quite well.
 

Marrow Donuts

Great environment and good food, just wished that it was brighter so my eyes didn't feel so strained after.

Lisa Marie
638 Queen St. W
Toronto, ON
M6J 1E3
647-748-6822
http://fidelgastro.ca

Czehoski

An interesting restaurant with a somewhat interesting menu.  Pricing seems a little high, so when I saw that there was one of those web deal coupons, I decided that it would give me a good excuse/reason to go and try it.  I honestly can't remember too much about the food because we went during the summer and well, the food wasn't so memorable.  The best part of the night was the entertainment.  It was NXNE, so there were smaller independent artists performing.

Overall, I would give the restaurant a pass.

Charcuterie Board

Pan Fried Fish

Papardelle & Ragu

Perogies

Mac N'Cheese

Burger

Entertainment

Czehoski
678 Queen St. W
Toronto, ON
M6J1E7
416-366-6787
Hours:  Monday - Sunday 4pm - 2am
http://czehoski.com

North of Brooklyn Pizzeria

One slice of pizza shared amongst three hungry people.  No we we didn't leave our wallets at home by mistake.  This was just a snack before dinner.  Literally 10 mins before our dinner reservation.  But we were hungry and couldn't wait.  I'm not sure how authentic it is compared to New York style pizza since I've never had pizza while I've been in NYC.  But this was pretty good.  Thin crust, nice flavour tasting sauce, although it could have used a bit of salt.  I'd go back if it wasn't so out of the way for me.  I'm never in the area!

Pizza Margherita

North of Brooklyn Pizzeria
605.5 Queen St W.
Toronto, ON,
M6J 1E4
657-352-5700
Hours: Monday - Saturday 12pm - 10pm
            Sunday 12pm - 9pm
http://northofbrooklyn.com