How They Met: Persistence, a proposal and two pups later for Daniel and Taylor Winnik
The love story behind Leafs player Daniel Winnik and Hockey Wives star Taylor Winnik
Author: Andrew Mannsbach
Restaurant Review: Canoe, at 20, is a magical mystery tour of Canadiana
Oliver & Bonacini has morphed the menu at Canoe into a magical mystery tour of modern Canadiana, from mountain cranberries to balsam fir crème fraîche, and the kitchen has stepped up and raised the bar.
Taste Test: Daniel Boulud tastes ten bowls of poutine to pick Toronto’s best
This month we asked world-renowned French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud to sample Toronto’s finest remixes of the Québécois classic at his recently reinvented Café Boulud.
How They Met: Bitten star Greg Bryk dishes on love and Levi’s jeans
Actor Greg Bryk on falling for his wife, Danielle, at full speed
Roncesvalles BBQ joint Barque owners open a new spinoff bar
The boys from Barque have opened a spinoff called Barque Butcher Bar, a few doors down from Barque on Roncy. Prepared food shop by day, hipster bar ’n’ snacky resto by night, BBB is as delectable as Barque although far less accessible.
Restaurant Review: Can Sorrel fill the shoes of Pastis as Rosedale’s favourite bistro?
I haven’t been able to darken Sorrel’s doorway till now. Since the Gallic sprite Georges Gurnon sold Pastis and retired to Florida, I was too sad to try its replacement.
Taste Test: Midtown offers some of the city’s top flapjacks
You don’t have to trek all the way downtown for the perfect pancake, Midtown offers some of the city’s top stacks.
Restaurant Review: The upscale Greek at Mamakas wows the palate off our critic
Mamakas is a bit atypical for the Ossington strip. The food is modernized trad Greek, and it’s very fine, more Byblos than Danforth.
Restaurant Review: Hanmoto has great bar food if you can handle the wait
Joanne Kates loves the bar food at Hanmoto but says you need a plan to avoid waiting.
Taste Test: Grant van Gameren picks Toronto’s top hot dog
In a city that loves a classic hot dog, it’s easy to forget the gourmet goodies that are popping up across Toronto. So we invited our resident chef, Grant van Gameren, to taste T.O.’s finest franks. Which wiener wins the race? Find out here.
Taste Test: Our expert panel picks the best ice cream from all the wild flavours in Toronto
The city’s ice cream artisans are creating wild flavours far from vanilla. Our resident chef Grant van Gameren enlists chefs Brad Moore and Ian Kapitan of hot new eatery Old School to taste T.O.’s wackiest flavours.
Restaurant Review: Bar Raval aims to seduce us with its ode to Barcelona
Grant van Gameren’s new tapas bar, Bar Raval, is being lauded as Barcelona’s gift to Toronto. And it is. But life is complicated and Toronto isn’t Barcelona.