Comments on: national post restaurant review sept 19 2009 Caplansky & Centre St. Deli

By: Gina Mallet

Gina Mallet — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:25:32 +0000

Terry, from the tone of Marc Bernstein’s comment and his accusation of anti semitism, I think Caplansky has become a political issue.

By: terry

terry — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:14:29 +0000

I was just on chowhound website and its unbelievable that Caplankys gets so many bad reviews. Gina, how is this possible that a restaurants reviews are split with so many people hating this place equally as liking it. I think the ones that say they like it are part of his marketing team. It just does not make any sense to me.

Please give me your thoughts

By: larry tanebaum

larry tanebaum — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:29:15 +0000

I second that Mark. The food is mediocre, Ive been there three times and they just cant seem to get it right, I ordered poutine, horrible especially when the waitress brought it to me with her thumb in the bowl,…oy vey.

They should hire a consultant, someone who knows and understands the restaurant buisness as they clearly have missed the boat

By: Michael Mak

Michael Mak — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:32:50 +0000

For some odd reason, Zane’s brisket is inconsistent. I’ve had near-perfect brisket at their old Monarch Tavern location but my last 3 visits to the College st. have been disappointing.

Centre St. is definitely still the king of Toronto smoked meat to me. There’s something about handcut Lester’s…. hmmmmm.

By: larry goldberg

larry goldberg — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:55:38 +0000

Its true Gina, you were the only critic to slam Caplanskys. Any restaurant would love to get the positive press that Caplanskys is getting ” I for the life of me do not understand why” but unfortunately the owner is sadly mistaken on what a good smoked meat sandwich is.

Thats to bad as Toronto needs a good deli

By: Gina Mallet

Gina Mallet — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:48:10 +0000

Was I really the only resto critic to slam Caplansky? Unbelievable. See their fryer exploded other day. First week they had to press reset button on meat.

By: david shulman

david shulman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:49:30 +0000

Barry, why dont you check out Torontos best kept secret, a gem of a place in the downtown core called Corned beef House. Best Montreal smoked meat and Corned beef sandwich anywhere in Toronto.

I checked out Caplanskys and it was horrible from the service right down to the food. This place gets more press then any of the top rated restaurants in Toronto and no reviewer has anything bad to say about the place. I believe ex health minister Dave Caplan, the owners brother might have something to do with all the great press hes getting

By: Barry Green

Barry Green — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:29:23 +0000

Since mel’s went belly up, I can’t find a half decent smoked meat.
Sighhhhhhhhhhh
Can anyone help in the Toronto Area?
Center was not bad, but not worth the drive almost 30 km away from me.

By: Lawrence M

Lawrence M — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:31:44 +0000

“Customers should see the salami coming through the rye” is not a old deli maxim. It’s a direct quote from the late, great Alan Sherman.

By: Brian Goldberg

Brian Goldberg — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:39:04 +0000

I also went to the restaurant last week and had a similar negative experience. The food was terrible and it took about 30 minutes to get my sandwich and fries. I also found the meat to be too smokey and the soup to lack taste. I am glad that you went in anonymously, to write a truly honest/unbiased review, which sums up how I felt, after having been to many great delis in Montreal, New York and Miami. Truly disappointing.