East Thirty Six

While searching for the perfect place to go for our girls night, we stumbled across Toronto's newest hidden gem called "East Thirty Six".  

The night started out at the Pravda Vodka Bar, which at first seemed to be a great place to spend an evening with my ladies indulging in a few cocktails and appetizers. Unfortunately, in this case looks are deceiving.... before we even stepped into the Pravda Vodka Bar the door man was very rude and wasn't very welcoming, setting a negative energy from the get-go . When we went into the lounge, which was very crowed; barely room for the servers to get through let alone the guests. We were getting bumped into and my drink was spilt on me a couple times. We decided to step out for a moment and when I asked to walk back in, the door man said and I quote "umm no" and turned his head away. I felt very insulted and I don't think that any venue should treat their customers in this manner no matter how popular they are. Anyways, we decided to walk around and go into the first place that caught our eye. 

Not even 5 minutes away... a dimly lit lounge caught our eye and we decided to walk in and I'm glad we did. 

  

 Photo credit: Jesse Milns 

 

   Photo Credit: Nick Lee

     

     Photo Credit: Ashley Klassen 

 As soon as we walked in we were greeted by a server named Stanley, who was very polite and knew the menu very well. He suggested that we try smoked sweetbreads which consists of treviso an Italian vegetable also called "the winters flower", poblano - a mild chili pepper , pistachio, and romesco - a nut and red pepper-based sauce. I'm glad we took his advise because it was rich and exotic unlike anything that Ive tasted before; an explosion of flavour.  For drinks I ordered a Lee chi martini unaware of the restaurants signature cocktails. 

We got a round of The St-Germain which is constructed of Gin, St-Germain Elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, simple syrup, Cava. Loved it!!!!

                   

            Photo Credit: Ashley Klassen 

I don't remember what this shot was called but it was just the right amount of deliciousness ... Is that even a word - who cares. 

                   

                                                           

                

               

         

                         

                 

Located on 36 Wellington Street East (Toronto) if your looking for a place with class, great music and service East Thirty Six definitely delivers. 

Cheers!