I am annoyed that Bar Raval now doesn’t open until the afternoon. It currently opens at 1 pm daily. It opened at 8 am for the first year or 2 that it was in business. It opened around 11 am from 2018ish until early in 2025.
I have visited Bar Raval around 15 times since it opened.
It was really nice when it was half empty and pretty quiet at breakfast in the early days, and at lunch up until early in 2025. The space inside was beautiful and serene in the morning. They also served nice coffee and sandwiches.
I guess the current business plan is to keep it packed like boquerones for a limited amount of time. I call this the Emmer model of business.
Bar Raval continues to make a lot of money from the drinks they sell in the evening.
I don’t see why Bar Raval can’t keep their restaurant open from 11 am to 2 am, at least 4 days a week if not the whole week.
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I agree that the food is good at Martine’s.
Vinotecca Pompette is another wine bar with food located nearby. I have not tried the food. Bar Pompette has some light snacks, too.
On Dundas West, I like Viaggio, which is more of a restaurant than a wine bar. It’s a bottle shop that has some food available.
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When I was doing a perogy crawl with a friend on Roncy last year, we chatted with some people who really liked a wine bar a few blocks south of Café Polonez . I have not been. I will find the place.
While it doesn’t have the same level of food or atmosphere as Martine’s, I enjoy the Portuguese sandwiches and custard tarts at Garrafeira Bottle Shop on College Street
