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Restaurants: Not a Good Model

supermodel.gifThe most exasperating aspect of Super Model Pizza is the signage at the front. The pizza-maker, located at 772 College just east of Ossington, advertises a “crust as thin as super models” and has heavy promotion for their poutine, when neither can be delivered. Super Model Pizza isn’t super and definitely couldn’t model.
First off, the crust is modeled more after a Stouffer Delight pizza than anything resembling the stereotypically waif-thin model. Intellectualizing this slice is not even worth the effort; it’s just that non-descript.
Second off, no poutine on the premises. If this travesty occurred in the Ottawa Valley, the owners of Supermodel Pizza might have to worry about their safety. In Toronto, where we take our poutine much less seriously (for those who don’t know, poutine in the Ottawa Valley is similar to Roman Catholicism in South America), this still constitutes a miscarriage of poutine justice.
Right Said Fred, who authored the early 90′s, model-related novelty hit “I’m Too Sexy,” is even too good to bring up in this context. The only redemption at Supermodel Pizza is that they sell Zig Zag rolling papers – probably because a marijuana cigarette and subsequent ‘munchies‘ are required for eating there.

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  • http://www.hissyfit.com Wing Chun

    We moved into the neighbourhood the same week as Supermodel Pizza and thought they’d close in three months. I still think they’re only open because they’re a front for the Mob. Honestly, who makes a vegetarian pizza with CORN?

  • http://www.glarkware.com Glark

    It was actually potatoes. POTATOES!
    Oh the Potatoanity!

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/girldetective Alison

    That is the funniest slogan for a restaurant that I have ever seen.
    Also, I read something wrong at first and somehow got the impression that this place sold poutine but refused to deliver it, and I thought what a cruel joke that was. And then I thought that this city really does lack a poutine delivery service of some kind, and that is a real shame, because I can think of few better ways to spend a cold November evening than to have someone bring fresh poutine to my house and then watch four episodes of Six Feet Under. But that’s just me.

  • http://brokenengine.blogspot.com brokenengine

    When I was in Montreal this summer, I was introduced to a little slice of heaven that I can NOT believe hasn’t been exported to the Toronto club district: Frites Alors!. Poutine like it was supposed to have been made. C’est Magnifique!!
    http://www.fritesalors.com I believe….

  • http://brokenengine.blogspot.com brokenengine

    Correction, here it is: http://www.fritealors.com/

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/girldetective Alison

    But do they deliver?

  • http://www.wesleyhodgson.com Wes

    Alright, I’ll admit that I’ve made as much fun of this place as everyone else.. and I would still be embarassed to walk in through the door.. BUT, I was at a friend’s place a couple weeks ago and he ordered a mystery deep-dish pizza. I really haven’t had deep-dish in a long time, so I tried a slice. I was totally amazed at how good a pie it was! Slightly spicy sauce, the crust was crispy outside and chewy in the center (I mean, thickness center, not diameter centre), and there wasn’t too much cheese. Totally amazing. I was totally shocked when I asked where it came from and heard the reply of “Supermodel Pizza”.

  • http://lazy-tony.blogspot.com pb

    Wing Chun? Glark? Holy hissyfit flashbacks, batman!

  • carlh

    I like Supermodel P.