Dave Steadman and Cindy Wilkes live only a couple of blocks from Brooklyn Avenue, the Leslieville street which ends at the front door of their Queen Street restaurant and helped provide inspiration for its name. In nearly two years in business, Brooklyn Tavern has been embraced by the neighbourhood for its superb comfort food as well as its cozy, casual atmosphere. It's the kind of place that's equally suitable for a night out with family and friends or a quiet drink that lends itself to sparking up a conversation with Dave and Cindy, who are as full of warm and colourful stories as the old photographs that hang from the restaurant's walls.