stopped by cascade room on the way to the heritage hall market. it is right next door to its sister restaurant charlie's little italian. it's a cool restaurant, although i wouldn't really say it is british...more like an inexplicable british-canadian cuisine. i love the low lighting, although it won't be really all that good during dinnertime. it seems way too dark even at midday! the walls are a deep shade of, well, black and they have an extensive variety of cocktails.
the service is very good (the waitress came round a few times to check on us), and thefoodcame faster than i expected, but maybe that was just because there were few customers.
i came for a late brunch at around 1 pm. i wouldn't say it is classic pub food. i found thefooditems reasonably priced, all around $13-19. i ordered the steak and eggs ($19), which was actually pretty good. the scrambled eggs were not special, but for some reason i like the crispy wings at the edges of the egg. the heap of fried potatoes seemed like a bit of an overload, but the potatoes were the best fried taters i'd had for a long time, i would say! the outside was crunchy and the inside was fluffy, and the outside was a perfect rich golden brown hue...oh man! the toast was crunchy and packed with grains, but the star was the steak. i asked for medium rare and it was cooked perfectly, with a slight pink centre and charred dark brown edges. the steak was juicy, tender, and flavorful. the steak was crunchy on the outside yet retaining a layer of deep red-brown softness. for some reason there was hollandaise sauce which didn't go with anything in my dish...so i asked for ketchup instead for my taters, egg, and steak. the plate was cool (a black shade, like many other things around the restaurant.) i also asked for a light green salad, which was drizzled with what seemed like an e.v.o.o and balsamic vinaigrette.
cascade room is another typical brunch place, but with slightly limited choices, so pick wisely!