Eatdrink #44 November/December 2013

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Salmon scented with ginger and lime, served with mixed vegetables
And just to ensure that there is some thing
for everyone, a green menu also offers vegetarian,
gluten-free and low calorie options.
“The chefs are classically French trained,
but we offer a variety of everything here,”
says Barlow.
Limbo is a participant in “First Fridays” — a
downtown revitalization initiative that offers
special incentives for downtown exploration
on the first Friday of every month.
To keep things fresh, Limbo also regularly
offers live musical entertainment
along with regular weekday incentives,
including date nights on Wednesdays,
where two can dine on appetizers, a main
course and a dessert for only $60. Thursday
nights are “girls’ nights.” Patrons are
offered the chance to enjoy four appetizers
and four martinis for only $40.
Chef Hall, who hails from Stratford and
was trained at Lambton
College, says that growing
up in the innovative
foodie town played a huge
role in shaping his ideas
of what food should be.
He regularly watches for
inspiration from other
chefs and sums up his
style in the kitchen as
never cooking anything
that he wouldn’t want to
enjoy himself.
If Limbo Lounge isn’t quite
your style, Barlow recently
opened up another
restaurant just a stone’s
throw away. Sideways
Classic Grill was founded
on the same brand of
Sideways lights up Front Street
creative fusion-style inspiration,
but with a different slant.
“I consider Limbo and
Sideways to be like brother and
sister locations,” says Cameron,
who oversees both restaurants.
“We’re like family, we share staff
and resources, but they’re very
different too.”
Sideways is so named because
it is diagonally located to
Limbo Lounge (at 154 Front
Street North), and offers its own
unique take on English pub-style fare.
The restaurant has earned a name for
itself with the way it has put a twist on the
Asian Chicken
Wonton Nachos
traditional. From wonton nachos to curry
poutine to chicken wing flavours that break
away from the usual
mild, medium and hot
and include Korean
BBQ, dill pickle, salt
& vinegar and Caesar
cocktail, Sideways
dresses up comfort food
in exciting new ways.
The bar offers a more
extensive beer menu than
Limbo, and large screen
televisions have been
added to keep sports fans
engaged.
The restaurant’s space
is elongated with high
ceilings. The building
was originally erected
in the 1870’s and many
of the original elements
have been restored by
Barlow, to reveal their
vintage splendour. Tin