Comments on: Spice Safar http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/ Reviews, Opinion, Rants and Raves from the Montreal Restaurant, Dining and Food Scene Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thelonious http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/comment-page-1/#comment-12 thelonious Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:19:10 +0000 http://www.montrealfoodie.com/?p=8#comment-12 Taking advantage of the site migration to follow up on old posts. Spice Safar went down quickly after it started trying to be open every day like a regular restaurant and after a couple of bad breakfasts we stopped going and I became more and more embarassed with this review. Thankfully, it went out of business and that location now houses Basi, which has done its best to shoehorn the eclectic Spice Safar into looking like a respectable Italian restaurant. My breakfasts at JTM are now mostly at Cafe-In, where the food isn't great but the people watching is just fine. Thelonious Taking advantage of the site migration to follow up on old posts. Spice Safar went down quickly after it started trying to be open every day like a regular restaurant and after a couple of bad breakfasts we stopped going and I became more and more embarassed with this review. Thankfully, it went out of business and that location now houses Basi, which has done its best to shoehorn the eclectic Spice Safar into looking like a respectable Italian restaurant. My breakfasts at JTM are now mostly at Cafe-In, where the food isn’t great but the people watching is just fine.

Thelonious

]]> By: thelonious http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/comment-page-1/#comment-11 thelonious Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:01:03 +0000 http://www.montrealfoodie.com/?p=8#comment-11 I don't know if I'd be willing to recommend it anymore after a couple of bad experiences there. It was very good the first 3-4 times but quality dropped of substantially the last two times we were there and we just haven't gone back. Breakfast-wise the best option near JTM is probably to get fresh ingredients and make your own....but somtimes you REALLY don't feel like it. Thelonious I don’t know if I’d be willing to recommend it anymore after a couple of bad experiences there. It was very good the first 3-4 times but quality dropped of substantially the last two times we were there and we just haven’t gone back. Breakfast-wise the best option near JTM is probably to get fresh ingredients and make your own….but somtimes you REALLY don’t feel like it.

Thelonious

]]> By: lagatta http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/comment-page-1/#comment-10 lagatta Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:01:26 +0000 http://www.montrealfoodie.com/?p=8#comment-10 I guess I'm REALLY not a breakfast person - couldn't conceive of spending $40 on such fuel that I must force myself to eat for health reasons. (I get up VERY early - habit and European clients - so breakfast is fruit, coffee, bread from the market, or even certain kinds of leftovers). But I'm glad it exists and is decent so I can tell breakfast aficionados in the neighbourhood. I guess I’m REALLY not a breakfast person – couldn’t conceive of spending $40 on such fuel that I must force myself to eat for health reasons. (I get up VERY early – habit and European clients – so breakfast is fruit, coffee, bread from the market, or even certain kinds of leftovers).

But I’m glad it exists and is decent so I can tell breakfast aficionados in the neighbourhood.

]]> By: thelonious http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/comment-page-1/#comment-9 thelonious Mon, 14 May 2007 19:02:22 +0000 http://www.montrealfoodie.com/?p=8#comment-9 I guess it depends how late you get up! Agreed that the problem with Spice Safar is that it opens too late! But I was there on the weekend and there were a lot more people than in the past, so maybe it is catching on. Plus, there is not much else that I have liked in the neighbourhood to be frank. In response to the technical question I am learning bit by bit myself and had not considered the e-mail question. I will have to look into this, but I edit all comments before they are posted and will not include any personal information unless someone requests that it be included. Thelonious I guess it depends how late you get up! Agreed that the problem with Spice Safar is that it opens too late! But I was there on the weekend and there were a lot more people than in the past, so maybe it is catching on. Plus, there is not much else that I have liked in the neighbourhood to be frank.

In response to the technical question I am learning bit by bit myself and had not considered the e-mail question. I will have to look into this, but I edit all comments before they are posted and will not include any personal information unless someone requests that it be included.

Thelonious

]]> By: lagatta http://www.montrealfoodie.com/2007/04/spice-safar/comment-page-1/#comment-8 lagatta Mon, 14 May 2007 19:01:13 +0000 http://www.montrealfoodie.com/?p=8#comment-8 Congratulations for this blog. Indeed I never would have thought Spice Safar was a breakfast place. But a real breakfast place must be open by 7am at the latest, no? A technical question - if I include my e-mail will it show up on my posting? I'm perfectly comfy with sending it to you, but I don't want it appearing publicly. Bon appétit! Congratulations for this blog. Indeed I never would have thought Spice Safar was a breakfast place.

But a real breakfast place must be open by 7am at the latest, no?

A technical question – if I include my e-mail will it show up on my posting? I’m perfectly comfy with sending it to you, but I don’t want it appearing publicly.

Bon appétit!

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