First.

My first post will be dedicated to a very dear friend of mine who inspired me to really get this blog going. She is also the one who introduced this restaurant to me. It is called Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill located in Bayview Village. For those who do not know where this is. It is a mall right by Bayview Station in Toronto. Based on my visit, this area seemed to radiate somewhat of an upper-class vibe.

The restaurant itself was very nice with a relaxing atmosphere.
We were seated near the entrance.


On to the food. The menu can be found HERE.
My friend and I went during lunch so THIS was what we had to choose from.

According to my friend, they usually give bread to munch on but, for some reason they didn't give it to us...

Either way, we decided to order the smoked chicken fusilli and the margherita pizza.


The margherita pizza.

As you can see from the picture the pizza was quite thin, kind of like the New York-style pizza. The bread was slightly salty which balanced well with the clean taste of the toppings. Definitely worth trying for those who prefer non-greasy, clean-tasting pizza.


The smoked chicken fusilli.

Other than the wild mushrooms which I personally dislike, the pasta was also very clean-tasting. There wasn't much sauce which could potentially make the pasta very dry. However, I felt the pasta was also cooked very well so that it wasn't too soft and it held just enough moisture so that it would not go dry due to the lack of sauce.

After the main meal, we moved over to Pusateri's.
A description of the store can be found HERE.
If you move far into the corner, there is a bakery filled with mini cakes and other delicacies. My friend and I chose to try the red velvet cheesecake and another type of mini cake, the name of which I have forgotten.


Can't exactly remember the name of the cake but the top is raspberry jelly and the cake part was pistachio flavoured. The outer layer is a little hard with extremely soft bread on the inside. Although this cake was amazing I personally enjoyed the red velvet cake better =P

Tip: I find that any type of cake (especially cheesecake) goes really well with black coffee. The coffee at Pusateri's was also very flavourful - slightly more sweet than the regular black coffee you can find at Starbucks or Tim Hortons.