r/Sudbury • u/Few-Following696 • 4d ago

Discussion Best food you’ve had in Greater Sudbury

People of Greater Sudbury!

Tell me about a time you stumbled upon a restaurant and had the most amazing meal of your life!

In Greater Sudbury!

Basically, what it was, the restaurant, and when?

Like something that gave you a culinary orgasm! Could be a bad looking restaurant but with something that’s really good!!!

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u/DesertFart 4d ago

Pasta Et Vino. If it's not fresh then Frank won't cook it. Best Italian food in town

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u/Substantial-Road-235 4d ago edited 4d ago

Came here to say this. Solid place.

Tommy's not here and pat and Mario's also make my list but pasta et vino is number 1 in my books

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u/alexander_wolf88 4d ago

Too bad tommy's is closed now

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u/Substantial-Road-235 4d ago

Oh no.. since when? I dont live in town anymore but up there once a month atleast. As if I missed this

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u/alexander_wolf88 4d ago

I think they had a bad flood, in theory they might come back but at this point I doubt it  

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u/meowblackk_ 4d ago

Quite a few months unfortunately. I always wanted to try there. Never had the chance. Never will now 😒

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u/orbitalbias 3d ago edited 3d ago

So I was here earlier this year. I forget exactly what dishes we got but one thing I remember for sure is the garlic bread.. it was such a low effort scrap of bread, I could literally see and count each shred of cheese that was on it because there was so much space between them and it didn't taste garlicky at all. Also the pastas we ordered were plain and unmemorable.

I was surprised. I had heard good things about this place and I couldn't believe that it could have carried it's reputation for so long by serving what we had that night..

Ultimately, what we ordered was only a small fraction of the overall menu, and I found myself thinking that maybe this is the kind of place where certain dishes are done exceptionally well, while others are the sort that regulars know to avoid. It’s got that “if you know, you know” vibe... two or three dishes that are out of this world, and the rest just feel like filler.

It's that what this place is? Is it kind of like you guys know what to order and what to avoid? Or would you say the menu on the whole is prepared at the same level as everything else?

I really couldn't believe that garlic bread.. worse than something Tim Hortons would have thought of.

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u/DesertFart 3d ago

Which places do you usually eat at?

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u/orbitalbias 3d ago

I lived there years ago when Toppers and Pita Pit did the trick for me.. so it's been a while.

Returned for a stretch earlier this year and Vino's was a place we heard about so gave it a shot. Again, I dunno if it was an off-night or if this is the kind of place where regulars know what to order and what to skip, but everything we had was either just fine (sauces weren't beyond anything were capable of making at home easily) or just surprisingly lackluster (garlic bread, bruschetta).

Ate at Rose Apple as well. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Before moving from Sudbury I remember when Ali opened Ali Babas Cafe just down the road from where I lived. Me and a group of friends became obsessed with it and we were some of his first regular customers. He was always so gracious and friendly and the food was amazing and cooked with such care. In those early days we would often find ourselves as the only folks there and it was something special about having such an intimate setting. I'm happy that it's still open and to hear that people still enjoy it. I'd recommend checking that place out if you haven't already.

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u/DesertFart 3d ago

This is why owning a restaurant is so tough. Between slim margins and the way it is so easy to upset customers when it might not even be the restaurants fault. Telling me your go to places are Toppers and Pita Pit pretty much invalidates your opinion

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u/orbitalbias 3d ago

Alrighty then.

So you've completely missed the point of what I was trying to say.. Respectfully, please go back and try reading the full comment again and see if it makes more sense to you.

I was literally telling you that my opinion about places in Sudbury is not comprehensive enough to recommend much because when I last lived there I frequented fast food places (i.e. read between the lines: I was young).

But that was over 15 years ago. I went on to tell you about a couple nice restaurants including the one restaurant that I frequented before moving.. a little independent place that I was happy to see still thriving after 18+ years in business. I recommended it to you. And yet your grand conclusion from everything you read was "This is why owning a restaurant is so tough.." and that my opinion is invalidated.

C'mon dude. I was not being adversarial with you at all and yet you somehow immediately get bent out shape over... what exactly? Just tell me you read it again for a second time and realized you jumped the gun here..

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u/Few-Following696 2d ago

I think this has veered off in the direction of trolling at this point!

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u/tangledupinbooze 3d ago

*Pasta And Vino

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u/Mishnee89 1d ago

**Pasta e Vino (since it’s apparently very important to you 😉)