No special cupcakes were tasted here. The kind of packaging Kubo sells them in is thoroughly irresponsible given the waste and the minute size of the cake. Even the seemingly substantial fresh salad we ordered was tasteless spinach well beyond its harvest date. The chicken, quite frankly, was inedible.

How much is your ‘corkage’ fee!?

Why doesn’t Kubo take a leaf out of Dr. Generosity’s book? Bloor west village’s local baby (’Dr. G’s’) has introduced bring-your-own-bottle nights on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The prices listed respectively are: $1, $2 and $3. When I asked out server at Kubo’s what their corkage fee was for the b.y.o.b. option they so proudly advertise, the answer of $20 sent us hurling toward the exit, crawling down the street, starving!, in search of some real food at some real prices.