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The Wyck Recommendation: Banh Mi Boys Queen
Rating: 3.6/5
Your Poutine Could Never: Kimchi Fries and Filthy Glory
Intro Scene
Midnight on Queen West. You’re six gin and tonics and a couple of Negronis in, crouched on a sticky curb debating the Earth’s protective bubble with a ramen stray. Two more wander over from McDonald’s, someone flicks sauce on your shoe, and you’re balancing a chewy baguette that actually hits the spot way better than it has any right to. This isn’t just drunk food. It’s the bomb banh mi that keeps you coming back, grime and all.
What Was Ordered
Kimchi Fries. The stoner crown jewel, artery glue with extra mayo
Kalbi Beef Banh Mi. Sweet, chewy, always the move
Fried Chicken Bao. Bread pillow of shame and pride, every time
Spring Rolls. Crunchy oil bombs to pad your stomach for another bar
Service Commentary
There is no service. They’d watch you wipe your table with your own shirt before they’d lift a rag. They’re stone faced, dead eyed, and they like it that way. So do you.
Vibe Check
A sauce-splattered hallway jammed with punks, drunk poets, and conspiracy nuts. Napkins run out by midnight so you use receipts and sleeves. If you’re lucky you might leave with your shoes not glued to the floor. Horseshoe Tavern up the street keeps the post show spillover rowdy and sauced.
The Space Itself
Narrow, bright, and wearing ten years of sauce ghosts on the walls. Floors that feel like flypaper. Tables that have never met disinfectant. If they cleaned you’d probably hate it.
About the Neighborhood
Queen West is a bar crawl vortex that spits you out greasy and confused every time. Horseshoe Tavern is around the corner for sweaty rock crowds. Ramen shops and sketchy clubs keep the sidewalks sloppy. McDonald’s refugees drift in half-eaten nuggets and conspiracy rants. And Chinatown is just up the street, reminding you that if you really cared, you could find cleaner tables and way better late night eats. But you’re here sauce splattered, half drunk, and loyal anyway.
Hits & Misses
✓ Kimchi fries worth every clogged artery underrated, controversial, and honestly might be better than a poutine
✓ Kalbi beef banh mi stays the bomb
✓ Fried chicken bao hits just right every time
✓ Bread always chewy — exactly what you expect after midnight
✓ Cheap enough you won’t question your life choices until tomorrow
✗ Zero chance you’ll sit at a clean table
✗ Staff indifference hits spiritual levels
Final Verdict
It’s dirty. It’s sloppy. It’s barely polite. But the banh mi hits every single time, and the kimchi fries might just outshine your go-to poutine. That’s why you’ll wipe your own table and come back again. If these guys ever cleaned up and gave half a damn about service, they could do so much better. They’d rule the latenight kingdom instead of just scraping by on sauce and attitude. 3.6 feels about right.
Perfect For
Bar crawls with conspiracy rants and greasy fingers
Forgetting tomorrow ever exists