Is Mississauga Road @ 401 a Dining Wasteland???

As others have mentioned, streetsville is a short drive away and has a several good restaurants. Bistro Chezanne is a wonderful French bisto; Cantina Mexicana has good mexican; and Old Barber House is slightly more formal cuisine. Hope you find something you like!

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Old Barber House
5155 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5M, CA

Cantina Mexicana
277 Queen St S, Mississauga, ON L5M1L9, CA

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Good reco's close to Woodlot?

Hi all - Was planning on going to Woodlot for dinner tonight; I've left a voicemail with reservation info but after reading stories of how popular this place is I'm not confident I'll get something.

Am still going to try for the communal table (its first-come-first-serve) but if that fails, I was hoping fellow chowhounders could give recommendations for a good restaurant in the area.

Recognizing that 'good' is extremely subjective, I'm looking for a place that serves above-average quality food in a setting that's also above-average, maybe somewhat trendy, hopefully you get the picture. Open to all cuisine types. We also have a stroller in tow which may rule out some places.

Many thanks in advance!

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Good Bakery in Mississauga-French Corner Bakery

tried this place last weekend, can second that the quality was excellent; I had croissants, a butter tart and a macaroon and all were fresh and delicious.

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Bowery - anybody been?

So, wifey and I went to the Bowery this past weekend. Overall, was very impressed with everything - atmosphere, service and of course the food.

My first impression was that the place looked a little more casual than I had expected/hoped (this was an anniversary dinner for us). The music added to this impression as it was kind of hard rock - more what you would expect at a bar than a fine dining place. We were seated at a table by the open windows, which actually was really pleasant as weather was cool and a slightly breezy.

Didn't see anything we liked on the appetizers - however pizzas looked very appealing. Asked to have the 'Green pizza' as an appetizer - and we very impressed. Just the right level of crispiness to the crust and excellent toppings (unfortunately can't remember everything but included lemon, artichokes, mint, and goat cheese amongst others).

For mains, I had lamb chops and wife had steak - both were grilled on the hardwood stove which by the way sends out a very slight but very pleasant aroma around the restaurant (the kitchen is open to one half of the dining room). My lamb chops were done perfectly as requested (medium) and extremely delicious. Wife's steak was served with some sort of butter sauce, which again tasted great (however I would recommend not getting it well done as it made it tougher than it should have been). As a side we got grilled zuchini in some kind of a mint/raisin sauce - again very good. For what its worth, the table beside us was raving about the salad appetizer and the whole-grilled fish (sea bass) they had ordered too.

We got desserts but I woulnd't recommend them - they were nothing special other than the interesting ice cream pairings they came with (sweet corn and carrot cake for our two desserts).

Service was prompt and very friendly. Even volunteered to take pictures for us as we had our camera out.

Overall would definitely recommend The Bowery - I know I'll be going back to try some of their other dishes.

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Bowery - anybody been?

Hi all - am thinking of going to Bowery this weekend - has anybody else been? If so, what was your experience like?

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Options for Dinner + Dancing

Thanks everyone for your opinions - based on the less than favorable experiences of the other places mentioned, I decided to go for the Drake, however I could not get reservations. So finally ended up going for dinner at Cinq 01 (an excellent experience) and i will write my review under a separate post.

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