Wendy and I went to Mirabelle Wine Bar (2112 Yonge Street, a couple of blocks south of Eglinton) for Valentine’s Day dinner, and it was excellent. For that night, they cancelled their regular menu and presented a special menu with three appetizers, three main courses and three desserts. We both opted for the prawn cocktail, featuring prawns arranged into heart shapes. They were decent, although more prawns would’ve been nice. We then had a very good medium rare beef tenderloin with seared foie gras and root vegetables au gratin. For dessert, she had chocolate mousse with cherry sauce, while I opted for tiramisu. Yes, it’s cliched, but I love the stuff (I’m hip enough, so my dessert doesn’t have to be).
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In case you’re curious, here’s Mirabelle’s regular menu. Here’s the menu for red wines and here’s the menu for white wines. They’ve done a nice job with arranging the wine menus by flavour category — whites are arranged in groups named “Fresh and Crisp”, “Juicy and Aromatic”, “Dry and Fruit-Driven” and “Fuller Flavours”, while reds are listed in groups titled “Lively and Fruity”, “Medium Supple”, “Round and Smooth”, “Spicy”, “Fully Firm”, “Bordeaux” and “Burgundy”.
The service was friendly and very attentive, and they made for a very lovely Valentine’s evening. It’s a cozy, comfortable place with very reasonable prices — it’ll work nicely whether you want to get together with friends or go on a first date. We’ll definitely return to try out their regular menu.