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morefoodplz Aug 22, 2011 09:09 PM

Cafe Cinquecento - anyone been?

Is this place any good? Any recommendations or must-dos / avoids? Help appreciated.

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Cinquecento Cafe
791 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V1N4, CA

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    morefoodplz Aug 28, 2011 07:50 AM

    Since someone else chose the place, I didn't want to order anything too adventurous, so I got the grilled veggies. They were unbearably salty, but I tried to get through a bit of it because I was hungry. The mixed greens salad was particularly inedible, so I sent it back and asked for plain greens instead. It was brought back, and then I noticed that there was an odd sort of gritty feeling to the salad like it had been improperly washed. Upon explaining this to the waitress, she told me the salad was actually a bagged, pre-washed salad, which left me absolutely speechless. No effort was made to comp the item, even though the table ordered about $200 worth of food. Wouldn't have agreed to go had I known it would have been so bad.

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    Cinquecento Cafe
    791 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V1N4, CA

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      ggom1 Aug 24, 2011 08:55 AM

      I went once for a regular dinner and once for Notte delle Mamme (?). The regular dinner was ok, nothing memorable. I think I had pizza. Notte delle Mamme was fun, the food was good but nothing outstanding.

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      Notte Restaurant
      295 Highway No, Stoney Creek, ON L8G, CA

      1. justsayn Aug 23, 2011 06:26 PM

        I have had great pizza and some tasty pasta on KIng St. Liberty location is not consistent but I have had good pizza, never great.

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          Cat123 Aug 23, 2011 05:59 AM

          I have been twice to the one on King and can't remember a single dish I had there. Completely uninteresting.

          1. ingloriouseater Aug 23, 2011 03:27 AM

            the sister in liberty village is completely MEH

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