Definitely in for this one. So many great shops and proprietors downtown. Have already received excellent service and purchased some great stuff at Rocking Horse and need to hit Novel Idea, Cooke's and others too.

The Christmas concert sounds amazing! Will definitely try to make it to that.

There was talk (maybe in the Whig) about Jack Astor's moving into the old TD building at 330 King.

This poll certainly brightened up a dreary Monday for me. Thanks for the library love, Kingstonist. Looking forward to not only seeing which branch your readers choose, but also the reasons behind their choice.

I commented on a previous thread about my mediocre experience at the Works, so I won't rehash it all here, but I will repeat my frustration with the extremely poor service I received - a complaint I have heard from several other people.

I went on Tuesday of this week for lunch, and was totally unimpressed. Service was not good - food was very slow in coming out of the kitchen, server took my order....and then never came back. Food was delivered by someone else, and so was the cheque, because at that point I had 10 mins left in my lunch hour. I tried to flag him down twice in order to pay and to get more water, but was unsuccessful. Finally had to go find him to pay the bill.

Food was just okay, and for almost $19.00 after tax and before tip, I expect a lot more. Had a Hamburger May, with onion rings and just water to drink. Burger didn't have much flavour, and rings were good, but not excellent. Harper's is miles better for both food and service and price is comparable. They support local farmers too.

They are making their own ice cream this year too, in addition to the gelato and sorbet. Love Mia Gelato!

I went on the Saturday of Victoria Day weekend, and experienced some of the worst service I have ever had in a restaurant ever. Took forever to take our order, didn't bring the drinks we ordered, food took a ridiculously long time (they weren't that busy). Food was okay, but service was so bad I probably wouldn't go back.

Happy Birthday Kingstonist! Thanks for three great years.

And the new site looks great, Tommy.

I found their food to be incredibly salty the last couple of times we've ordered from there. They also forgot the rice in my take out order and didn't really seem to care. I chose Taj Curry - super nice people, and one of my regular lunch spots.