7 Numbers

The take out here is excellent, I especially like the lasagna!

7 Numbers is the type of cool neighbourhood restaurant that I wish I had in my neighbourhood.

From what I know, it is a family run business - and it definitely shows. That's not a knock on the establishment, but rather a testament to the quality and pride in the food and the friendly interaction with customers.

To me, the restaurant lacked that level of polish and sophistication, but therein lies its appeal. It's not supposed to compete with our City's finest Italian restaurants.

It's that place where you want to stop by after a long day at work and enjoy some uncomplicated, but tasty "homestyle" Italian cooking. I don't know who the chef is, but I imagine that she is some matronly grandmother in the kitchen lovingly tending to her fare.

To tell you the truth, the food didn't blow my mind. While it was unpretentious, I felt it was very satisfying. I appreciated its simplicity, but my date was a bit underwhelmed. Regardless, I think the restaurant is great value for the money.

As well, they have a fixed menu of about $30. We weren't able to get that, because it's only for groups, but I definitely think that's an amazing deal, and would love to try it one time.

I would appreciate hearing any feedback on this deal...

I went with a few friends last weekend and the atmosphere was very romantic and welcoming. The service was also very good. I must say though I was a little disappointed with the food. We had a variety of antipasti which was 'ok' the one that stood out was the deep fried calamari which was excellent and of course the deep fried dough with peppers and tomatoe sauce. The pastas we had were terrible. The 'lasagna' has a very strong smoke flavour to it and all the sauces used in the pastas were very acidic. The secondo's (egg plant, rabbit and rottoli) we had were edible but again just ok. Its to bad because the atmosphere was wonderful. I would not go back to this place because for me its mostly about the food.

lutz.n49.ca and I decided to stop by 7 Numbers for a glass of wine. We had no idea it was sooooo cool! The place was packed with people, the food smelled amazing..the music was groovin so we got a table.
We both ordered a glass of wine, Lutz.n49.ca ordered the tomato and bocconcini as well as the grilled and lightly battered squid. She was not impressed with the tentacles but I loved them! lol! We had a fantastic time.. I met Vito who is the son of the owner through Ben who works at Spaccos (Check out Spacco's) I hear he helped with the renovation of the restaurant. The wine was fantastic, so was the service, the food was delish, the music was great...the whole ambiance was amazing!