12 Tables: The Winterlicious Experience 2025

Italian Food
The lights seem fine.

The menu is as follows

$65 Dinner (Plus taxes and gratuity)

Appetizer

Served with house-made focaccia-style bread and a Chef’s amuse bouche
Soup of the Day (House-made vegan and gluten-free soup vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, local)
Caprese Salad (Heirloom, kumato and cherry tomatoes, fresh made pesto and buffalo mozzarella, vegetarian, gluten free)
Wagyu Meatballs (Wagyu meatballs sauteed in house tomato sauce, homemade ricotta cheese and fresh parmesan)
Steak Tartare (Hand cut steak tartare, shallots, pickles, egg yolk served with house crostini, gluten free)

Main Dish

Served with house-made focaccia-style bread and a Chef’s amuse bouche
Fish of the Day (Daily fish prepared in various different ways, served with sauteed vegetables and potatoes, please ask your server, gluten free)
Sun-dried Tomato Tagliatelle (Tagliatelle with sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds, topped with fresh arugula and parmesan)
Half Lobster Tail Tagliatelle (Tagliatelle with half lobster tail, sauteed tiger shrimp and asparagus in a saffron cream sauce)
Beef Tenderloin Goulash (Slow-cooked Polish-style beef tenderloin goulash served over homemade potato gnocchi)

Dessert

All desserts made in-house
Key Lime Pie with Fresh Fruit (vegetarian)
Dark Chocolate Belgian Brownie (Served with vanilla ice cream, vegetarian)
Basque Cheesecake (Basque style mascarpone “burnt” cheesecake, vegetarian)
House-made Sorbet with Fresh Fruit (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free)

I ordered the following:

Caprese Salad (Heirloom, kumato and cherry tomatoes, fresh made pesto and buffalo mozzarella, vegetarian, gluten free)
Half Lobster Tail Tagliatelle (Tagliatelle with half lobster tail, sauteed tiger shrimp and asparagus in a saffron cream sauce)
Basque Cheesecake (Basque style mascarpone “burnt” cheesecake, vegetarian)

My guest ordered:

Wagyu Meatballs (Wagyu meatballs sauteed in house tomato sauce, homemade ricotta cheese and fresh parmesan)
Fish of the Day (Daily fish prepared in various different ways, served with sauteed vegetables and potatoes, please ask your server, gluten free)
Dark Chocolate Belgian Brownie (Served with vanilla ice cream, vegetarian)

The GST/HST holiday was in full effect right when Winterlicious hit in 2025. This was nice to see reflected on the final bill. The weather did not hold up nicely near the end of Winterlicious this year so it was the only outing this time.

The wine selection was an interesting one this year with a choice from Australia. As for the name, I forgot it along with the name of the fish of the day my guest had (one of those with their name used twice).

The food as always was excellent but I could not help but notice issues with the in-house lighting. The incandescent light bulbs would flicker every five minutes or so, it was very noticeable and annoying. Trying to get the attention of our waiter for the cheque was proving to be quite the challenge too at the end of the meal and took way longer than necessary.

The portioning is always deceiving here. While it may look smaller than most places it is extremely filling. Once again the food was excellent and well worth the upper-end of the price range for Winterlicious.

No red sauce on my shirt this time but I may have had a stroke due to the flickering lights and not noticed.