Locals favor the signature thick and juicy sandwiches and homemade comfort dishes, such as meat loaf and mashed potatoes or sweet-and-sour beef short ribs. You can visit the takeout window for lunch and dinner express service or eat in the funky dining room, with exposed brick walls painted an eye popping green, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During Festival season the lines form early.more...See more text
Chicken salad with a light peanut dressing, carrots sprouts on sourdough. By far, our most popular sandwich.
$6.75
the Mennonite Sandwich
Homemade summer sausage, cheddar, corn relish, tomatoes, honey mustard, mayo lettuce on country white bread!
$6.95
The Othello
Local goats cheese, roasted sweet red peppers, black olives, lettuce pesto on sourdough.
$6.95
The Mikado
Tuna salad, cucumbers, tomatoes sprouts on multigrain bread.
$6.75
Salads and Sides MENU - York Street Kitchen
The Almighty Potato Salad
$4.50
Creamy Coleslaw
$4.50
Four Bean
$4.50
Julienne Salad
Julienne vegetables tossed in our own grainy mustard vinaigrette.
$4.50
The Kitchen Sink Salad
Greens and an assortment of fresh vegetables tossed in our house vinaigrette.
$7.50
Miss Vickie's Chips
Salt and vinegar or regular.
$1.75
Deli Dills
$1.75
Breakfast MENU - York Street Kitchen
Breakfast burrito
A large flour tortilla filled with potatoes, salsa, peppers, sour cream and jack cheese with the option of housemade chorizo sausage. A filling favourite.
French Toast
Baguette soaked in eggy custard and pan-fried until golden. Served with our own apple compote and the option of crisp bacon.
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HMS Pinafore
A toasted bagel topped with local creamy goats cheese, smoked salmon, and thinly sliced red onion.
Canadiana
Peameal bacon and a fried egg on a toasted bun with mayo, honey mustard, tomatoes and lettuce. A favourite!
Housemade Desserts MENU - York Street Kitchen
Apple Crisp Served with vanilla ice cream.
$5.95
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake As delicious as it sounds. Served warm with vanilla ice cream.
York Street Kitchen was THE place to go for sandwiches and while visiting Stratford for our annual trek to the Shakespeare Festival, we put York Street Kitchen on our list of places to eat. We have done take-out from York on previous visits so were eager to try their new location on Erie Street. What a disappointment! I have never witnessed so many screwed up orders! Every single customer in the long line ahead of us had problems with their order: wrong items, order given away to another customer, items left out, too many items (we ordered 2 sandwiches and they gave us 3), etc. One customer returned to the ordering window three times before his order was correct. The staff is pleasant and helpful but the system they use certainly needs fixing. At least in the old location on York Street, you could sit near the Avon and enjoy the view. Now you stand on a crowded sidewalk in the hot sun for 30-40 minutes waiting for your order only to have to have it corrected. The sandwiches also weren't as good as I remembered or maybe I was just put off but the frustrating experience. I'm not sure I would return to find out.
My wife and I love York St. sandwiches. The butcher paper wrap is a nice touch too. I particularly enjoy the Canadiana sandwich, though the Mennonite is a close second!
I had been a regular customer there for years and also referred a lot of business there through my job. I usually get carry out. But lately have had a lot of mistakes with my orders, which isn't easy to address when your not in a position to bring it back. On my last visit, again something was missing from my sandwich and also saw and heard two customers turned away as they came in 11 minutes before closing. I was also approached by the server as I ate to ask if I had paid yet, because 'she couldn't remember'. I was the only person in there. So I left feeling rushed. I informed the owner via email of my experiences and was told "I completely understand and support your wish in not returning to York Street Kitchen. Regarding the other couple who you "presume" were turned away, I fail to see how that may be any of your business, and perhaps you do not have the details totally accurate. You rushed your dining by choice, you were not asked to eat faster, that was an assupmtion on your end. Even though we are starting our off season hours, it does not mean the staff would ever ask a customer to leave". I was shocked by the response of a restaurant owner who doesn't have the social skills necessary to address valid complaints from their customers that want to support them or just don't care.
Sandwiches excellent overall - meat sort of tasteless on it's own, but with horseradish mayo and caramalized onions it all came together to become a very generous sized sandwich full of deliciousness.
I'm a sandwich aficionado and I think York Street...
I'm a sandwich aficionado and I think York Street Kitchen (YSK) serves up some of the best sandwiches found anywhere in the world. YSK has a quote by James Beard printed on t-shirts, " Too few people understand a really good sandwich" - and it's true. Most places just slap some low quality meat and cheese on some bread and call it done - YSK truely tries to make each sandwich a taste sensation, and for the best experience, stick with their specials.
YSK gets VERY busy in the summer as it has its cafe seating, a to-go window, and will often be preparing large orders for tour buses - so before ordering it's wise to ask how long the wait will be that day.
But, as much as I praise their sandwiches, I can't recommend dinner at YSK - I've tried it a couple of times and they don't seem to put as much care into the dinner menu.
