So I was invited to a new restaurant just north of Eglinton on Yonge st, named Uncle Bettys (2590 Yonge st). It’s a little blue place on a strip of Yonge that you’ll find some of the city’s top fine dining, pretentious and over priced Italian food. Walking into the place feels like you’re in a modern day old school, family ice-cream, mom and pops place. The smell of the Dreesens famous Donut maker filling the air, and a full ice-cream bar, really makes you feel like a kid in a candy store!
The menu makes you think of down home, country comfort food. I really like that the hot dogs (beef, turkey, salmon) are all made with no artificial ingredients, or fillers ITS ALL MEAT! It’s a really nice breath of fresh air knowing that almost everything on the menu is ether made from scratch in house, or carefully selected for prime quality. Now we get to one of the most important points about Uncle Bettys, the home made Twink “eh” and pop tarts. Yes, they actually have our childhood friends on their menu. Although I didn’t get a chance to try them, I can surely say that I will be back for one of the red velvet twink “eh”s. The Boylan brand Birch beer($2), Root beer($2), and Cream soda($2) were awesome and went down nice with one of their home made Dreesens Donuts($1). Finally, i took on one of their signature dishes, the Ultimate grilled cheese ($12), it was something that Guy Fieri would love to take hold of, basically it was a regular grilled cheese with the succulent addition of Mac N cheese, and pulled pork.
To conclude, the prices are great, the food is indulgent, and the design is whimsical.
This place deserves three and a half stars out of five
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