Where to Eat When You Miss Your Mommy

Tucked away a few blocks north of the Dundas W Bloor subway stop is Back to The Garden. Sheena loves this place. It is cozy, friendly, genuinely pleasant and without a whiff of pretension.

Sheena always sits in the same place. The table right under the 'Specials' board because it's next to the fireplace and always warm.

Back to the Garden is apparently noted for their Burger menu (and it is VERY extensive. (I laughed out loud the first time I saw the "Down Under" burger, with its beets and fried egg toppings. Everyone knows Aussies like their fried eggs on burgers, but only people who've been there realize the extent of their beetroot addiction. Go into a Sandwich shop and people ask for it like we ask for tomato).

I never have a burger, though. I stick to the ever-changing specials list.

Last night I had the roast turkey special. Beautiful tender white meat, slathered in a very tasty gravy. Mashed patates, bit o'salad with carrots grated instead of sliced. It's a comfort food joint. Liver & onions, lasagna, meat loaf, perogies, schnitzels... you get the idea.

Wine and beer list is terrible, but who cares. Gotta go there for the atmosphere and nap-inducing homecooked meals.



Say HI to John, the proprietor. Ask him how his kitty is.