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Fab Pasta

Rating: NNNNN


COLONY (157 Bloor West, at Avenue Road, 416-591-9997) A chic terrace wrapped around a lifestyle fashion mart, this often noisy people-watching paradise serves nouveau bistro-style grub at below-market prices. Above average for the area. Best: absurdly plated croque monsieur piled with Black Forest ham and a poached egg, sided with first-rate fresh-cut fries a quilted cracker-like pizza topped with tissue-thin sushi-grade tuna, pink pickled gari ginger, carrot julienne and a squiggle of wasabi aioli bargain pasta of the day — say, al dente fusilli in cheesy cream strewn with peppers and smoked chicken. Complete dinners for $50 per person ($25 at lunch), including all taxes, tip and a glass of wine. Open daily 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, bar open till 2 am. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

ONE OF A KIND PASTA & GRILL (746 Queen West, at Niagara, 416-203-2229) This inexpensive noodle noshery offers northern Italian mains in a nearly pretty setting. And while spicing is generally underpowered, portions are plentiful. Best: squid-ink indigo linguine with grilled calamari, ham, mushrooms and snow peas in white-wine cream tri-coloured meat ravioli with peppers and onions in mild curry sautéed shrimps New-berg with buttery broccoli over basil linguine in a sherry-scented sauce grilled New Zealand rack of lamb with asparagus, peppers and somewhat salty garlic mash Pernod-spiked scallops over fresh spinach and grilled portobello with balsamic. Complete meals for $30 per person ($15 at lunch), including all taxes, tip and a glass of wine. Open Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 11 pm, Saturday 2 to 11 pm, Sunday 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

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