April 15th, 2011
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School dinners never tasted so good.
The owners of Black Skirt used reclaimed tiles and lumber from an old school house to create their new College West space. Part alimentari, part all-evening hangout, it's like a visit to the nonna you never had. We especially like the imported salumi and antipasti displayed in vintage bowls, bookshelves lined with sauces and wooden desks filled with chocolate.
Everything on the Calabrese-meets-Sicilian menu is available for take-out, but you’ll want to park your own black skirt on a school chair for fresh bread served in paper bags with muddled pots of ammoghio, grilled lamb chops ($25) and molten chocolate cake ($7.50) smothered in mascarpone sauce (homemade by the owner’s mama).
Deli-cioso. —MW
Black Skirt, 974 College St., Toronto, 416-532-7424, www.blackskirtrestaurant.com
