Writing about food for Post City has brought me inside Toronto’s best restaurants and arm’s length from the city’s greatest, most acclaimed chefs: Patrick Kriss at Alo, Keith Froggett at Scaramouche and Susur Lee at Lee, just for starters. So when Rob Rossi insisted on my having a meal at Giulietta, his buzzy College Street … Continued
Lusciously cheesy and beautifully layered, lasagna is the ultimate comfort food. Celebrity chef and restaurateur Massimo Capra puts everyone’s favourite pasta dish to the test and gives us the skinny on which lasagna reigns supreme. Winner: La Palma This is a beautiful interpretation of lasagna Bolognese. The pasta tastes great and it has just the … Continued
Take your snacking to a whole new level with obscure chocolate, chips, candy and cereal at Toronto’s newest convenience store-on-steroids. Vancouver-based Lucky’s Exotic Bodega has headed east, opening its fourth location on one of the coolest streets in the world — Ossington. Swing by for hundreds of novelty goodies, from sweet, salty, savoury or sour … Continued
Michelin-star chef Patrick Kriss has opened Evangeline, an intimate rooftop bar at Ace Hotel Toronto. Sitting 14 stories high, Evangeline is an 80-seat lounge with sweeping views of the surrounding skyline. Evangeline was designed by the acclaimed studio Shim-Sutcliffe architects, with the interior done by Atelier Ace. A cozy indoor seating area spreads across the … Continued
Pick your fighter: Matty’s Patty’s, Aloette or Harry’s Charbroiled? Three of the city’s best chefs known for their high-end eateries (and in some cases, Michelin stars) have all thrown their toques into Toronto’s more affordably priced burger scene. But which celeb cook takes top prize? We did a deep dive into the trio’s offerings so … Continued
It’s everything. It’s nothing. It’s whatever you want it to be. That’s the catchy copy on Black Pearl’s website, the new downtown Toronto spot that opened earlier this month. Striking a fine balance between elevated-yet-casual, the bar is perfect for all your ‘night-out needs’ including post-work happy hours with colleagues to late-night dancing with friends … Continued
Loosely translated from Japanese, “omakase” means “I’ll leave it up to you.” It’s a sentiment that, when used in fine Japanese dining, evokes the message that the chef has free reign over assembling a creative menu that is aligned with seasonality and the availability of fresh, local ingredients that blend harmoniously course after course. For … Continued
You can now rub shoulders with mega superstars like Drake at Three Hearts, a new members-only club that recently opened in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. Located in the space formerly occupied by iconic live music venue, the Cadillac Lounge, the club comes from the same folks behind the secret garden patio, The Octopus Garden which opened … Continued
Last night a fire broke out at popular Italian eatery Gusto 101. [instagram_embed url=”https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBmnNjgW9j/?hl=en”] According to onlookers who posted on Reddit, the fire seems to have started in the restaurant’s chimney, and firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze not long after. “The building evacuated pretty fast and the fire was out within ten minutes. … Continued
During the height of the pandemic, many Toronto restaurants were forced to come up with creative concepts to secure business and pay their rent. Some started in-house delivery models. Others ran their businesses out of ghost kitchens. And some began sharing spaces with other business owners, adjusting their operating hours and running two concepts out … Continued
One of the city’s biggest culinary hot spots just received some major recognition. The bustling Toronto landmark, St. Lawrence Market was just named one of the “10 great food markets around the globe” by popular magazine, National Geographic. Toronto’s most famous market is the only Canadian entry on the list which also includes Spice Bazaar … Continued
Eataly, the renowned marketplace known for being a museum for Italian food is opening a second location at CF Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke. Cadillac Fairview recently announced that a multi-year lease had been signed. In North America alone, Eataly currently has nine flagship destinations and 40 stores worldwide. The buzzy food destination slated to open … Continued
