Apprently it's been over 2 years since I've eaten out...and blogged about it. Our recent girls night started with Bingo at a local Legion, and wow, do not think you can just pop in and play a few games. No no. You must be prepared to stay until around 10:30. And they take things V.E.R.Y. seriously. (one girl had a dedicated dabber bag) We were given evil eyes, stern instruction and "if you don't want to stay until the end, you shouldn't plan to come to bingo". Yikes. So being the good people we are, we paid for the books, tucked our heads down, played a few games and then snuck out during the smoke break - also known as intermission. Fairly certain we're blacklisted and won't be playing there again.
Anyhow, after our escape from Legion #252 we decided to head to Tomato Pie Company. They were featuring Ciao Winnipeg's Dine About menu ($35, 3 course set menu, looked delicious), as none of us were overly hungry we chose the regular menu which is good, lots of options.
Rating - 1 Poor - 5 Great
Atmosphere.............4
Music......................N/A
Food........................3.5
Service....................2.5
Menu Selection......4.5
Wine Selection........5
Price........................3.5
*Price based on quality of food
Myself and another gal chose pizza, I had the Fungi (mushrooms) and she had the taco pizza. Both were good, the crust is very thin, almost cracker like. I found it better the next day when it was softer. Okay flavour, we all needed to add a touch of salt unforunately. The taco pizza came almost like a calzone, interesting presentation.
The other ladies opted for gnocchi and a penne. Both good, I would definitely try the gnocchi should I return.
For dessert, the sundae was chosen. Very cute presentation. Ice cream with chocolate chip cookies in an old teacup. Very nice. I would have hoped for more than typical store bought cookies, but nonetheless, ice cream is always good.
I like the atmosphere, mismatched tables and chairs, piano in the corner. Very casual and homey.
Unfortunately our service wasn't really there. I'm hoping it was just a long day or we were the "chosen" table for errors. He was very nice and apologetic, just forgetful and delayed in taking orders and such. I wouldn't not return based on this.
Overall I'd rate Tomato Pie Company at a 3.75. I'll likely return, but I don't think I'll be rushing to make reservations.
