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[tomh009]

Sahar's is good (albeit heavy use of oil, but that's a fairly common practice for restaurants) but off the beaten path. And the ambiance is, uhh, fairly basic.

Having two options would be nice.

I'm very much in favour of multiple options and I resent the implication that I suggested otherwise. I did no such thing.

Also, regarding the beaten path, I submit that your awareness of something is not a measure of its popularity. It's literally on King street, less than a block from Frederick Station and closer to King and Queen - the centre of DTK afaik - than Victoria street is. If you think that area isn't heavily trafficked I suggest you spend more time there. There's tons of foot traffic during the day.

I did not intend to imply anything... I only said that it would be nice to have two options.

I walk a lot downtown, including the stretch of King St E down to the market and the Drewlo project. Based on my anecdotal observations, though, I think the lunchtime demographic is much different on the E side of Frederick/Benton than on the W side. Toward Queen St and Victoria St, the people look like mostly office workers out for lunch, whereas near Sahar, the lunchtime crowds look like mostly high-school students. I have no actual data or studies to back this up, but most of the DTK office space is well W of Frederick/Benton so Sahar really does end up being a bit out of the way for the lunchtime tech crowd.