The Olive Oil Boutique

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I have read two reviews on google maps that highly reccomend the olive oil boutique, and after reading them I felt bad about giving a horrible review, so i am holding back but am writing this review in a lunch-​time context.
Story: I work down the street and regularly visit the friendly butcher across the street for lunch, its hard to eat there 5 times a week so today i decided to take the dive and try out the olive oil boutique which ive walked and driven by countless times. In other words, today i TOFTT (google it).
Its a small-​ish café with an open kitchen that promises to churn out a variety of italian dishes. I had my heart set on a nice sandwich and salad and so ordered a sandwich (napoli, which was tomatoes, some mozarella-​like cheese and porsciutto on a baguette). I also attempted to order a salad as a side dish (as the salads were pricey at $ 9, the waitress didnt understand this and so i ended up with a $ 9 salad along with my $ 11 sandwich but hey thats what money is for). Now, I am no snob nor am I against paying for something that is high quality. I should back step and tell you how much I enjoyed speaking with the owner, who pulled a fantastic espresso and was quite a joy to chat with. But, for $ 20 I want to get something great, either I want to be really full or have enjoyed a meal of such epic proportions that the money spent equates to the food eaten, unfortunately, although the sandwich was pretty good (too much bread) and so was salad (not a whole lot of salad for 9 bucks) i just cant recommend this place.
Now, my old friend opened a italian place just down the street across the road with the same premise, offering high quality italian food, unfortunately the price was comparably high and he went out of business. I would feel bad if the same fate was bestowed upon the olive oil boutique, who’s mission it is to server great italian food to the yonge and lawrence wasp community, problem being it lacks the atmosphere to do so, and will likely not attract enough of a lunch crowd at their exorbitant price level to stay in business very long.
Great espresso though.