Kubo Radio Enters the Deadpool
Kubo Radio has closed its doors - at least temporarily. While the restaurant is open for private functions through the holidays, come the new year it will be shutting down. A notice posted to the front door explains that the restaurant will be undergoing renovations and will re-open again in the Spring.
As a result of the closure Babycake, one of Toronto's finest purveyors of cupcakes have moved next door to Lil' Baci which shouldn't be a surprise because the neighbouring restaurants are owned by the same people.
As for Kubo - it had an interesting run. This was its third reincarnation (with previous locations in the Design Exchange and Merchandise Building) and each time it seemed to be missing the secret ingredient that would lead to success. The food and service were inconsistent and it could be said that the food was overpriced and underspiced compared to what you could get a few blocks north in East Chinatown. One friend described it as the sort of take on Asian cuisine you'd find at Spring Rolls but hipper.
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I was just thinking about Byron + Lesley from kubo* I was never at this one but the Opening Party at the DX was Amazing!! + I had an incredible Bday @ the Merch one - always c0ol Tunez spinning + Hip Fun Crowds********* ;)) Peace*
Good! I've never experienced worse service in my life than at that place, nevermind that the bartender was actually drunk.
guys, "closed for renovations" = closed for good.
(Besides the shame of failure, one reason for the reno line is that many commerical leases do not allow businesses to be closed on non-holidays, except for repairs and renovations. So, if you close for renovations, you are still abiding by the lease, and it gives you a few extra days to get everything of value out of the store before the landlord changes the locks. Not saying that this is happening here, but its a common scenario.)
Does this mean L'il Baci (next door) will be open all day? I never understood why they had two different restaurants for different times of day.
Good riddance on Kuboradio though. The two or three times I went the service was pretty bad. Half of their menu is smothered in cilantro (which I hate), and at our company Christmas party a few years ago they ruined the evening for the majority of people by screwing up the steaks, over-peppering them until your mouth went numb.
I was talking to someone at Lil' Baci and it seems that the owners of Kubo sold the place. Apparently they had a number of other projects on the go and couldn't devote the time necessary to Kubo.
Coming in March (or so the sign says) is an Irish pub called the Roy. (www.theroy.ca)
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