Ghazale

For a year and a half, I refused to eat here out of fear that my experience might ruin the temptation I get everytime I walk by them (best smell in the city, possibly world). Finally, I decided to give it a shot, and my life was changed on the eve of May 12, 2008. This spot has now become a staple in my late-night routine (along with everyone else in Toronto, apparently).

So fast, so cheap, a great snack on the go

cheap, no pretense, yummy and cheap

Huge portions of delicious veggie goodness for nder $7.00. I like the lentils, rice and other middle eastern veggie delights, but they serve meat dishes and fallafel as well.

Of its most peculiar location, size and use of olive oils. This the kind of Middle Eastern that you envision yourself eating on Berber hand woven rugs under the sprawling Tunisian night sky. Certainly not the kind you envision wrapped in napkins as you wander out from the Bloor Cinema. But thank the Tunisian heavens it's near my new apartment. Now I can feast and flee this wintery weather at once.