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Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 461 King St. W. (at Spadina) • View on map »
  • 416-598-4730
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Editorial Review

Sharing a name with famed Hungarian-born photographer Brassaï, this spot offers appropriately gratifying bistro fare with inspired accents. On one evening, a jumbo-lump crab cake, plump with Dungeness meat in a sweet-pepper rouille, strikes a creamy balance between accompanying pickled jalapeños and smoked pepper rémoulade. A quenelle of flavourful steak tartare delivers the perfect zing of dijon and minced shallot, though it’s desperately in need of salt. A succulent and crispy leg of duck confit ...

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    461 King St. W. (at Spadina)
  • 416-598-4730

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