DELI GOES DECADENT Nouveau-chic Sara, with its sleek marble table tops and delicate small plates, throws its wagyu Reuben ($18) into the ring. The house-cured wagyu beef literally melts in your mouth. Well-buttered ciabatta toast is accented with a red cabbage caraway-infused sauerkraut and an aged Gruyère cheese. Presented like a little finger sandwich, this … Continued
Shook, a fresh new Israeli-inspired vegetarian concept from restaurateur and Iconink CEO Hanif Harji (Byblos, Patria, Figo, Mira) will open in Toronto at 77 Portland St. this June. The new 78-seat dine-in, takeout, and retail spot is built around the concept of the traditional Israeli “shuk,” open-air markets that sell fresh ingredients and traditional eats. … Continued
Wedding season is upon us, and with that in mind, we take a look at two party venues in Toronto to assist couples in their quest to find the ultimate location for their special day. Without further ado, here are a few that are sure to turn some heads. THE WAREHOUSE Toronto’s premiere 20,000 … Continued
Toronto hasn’t traditionally been seen as much of a global high-end dining destination, but one little seven-seater restaurant is going to change all that. Chef Masaki Saito has won international acclaim for his two-Michelin-starred Sushi Ginza Onodera in New York. Now, he has moved to Toronto to open a sushi restaurant specializing in his signature … Continued
Fet Zun has replaced Bar Begonia in the Annex. This isn’t the first time that co-owners Anthony Rose and Robert Wilder have remade a restaurant. Earlier last year, they turned Rose & Sons from a diner serving up nostalgic food to a full blown delicatessen, and in the past few years, the duo has been … Continued
Here you have it, the top 50 restaurants of 2019, ranked by some of the most celebrated chefs in the city. Sixty of them, in fact. Chefs like Patrick Kriss, Nuit Regular, Grant Van Gameren and Anna Chen all told us what their favourite spots are and why they love them, and we drew up … Continued
In this new restaurant renaissance, chefs are no longer simply the people in the back of the kitchen, turning out dishes — now, they are name brands and entrepreneurs. They’re business owners, Instagram influencers, celebrities. Among the most well-known chefs of the Toronto dining scene, only some of them still work their kitchens. The others … Continued
A restaurant that serves matzo ball soup — for 12 bucks! — is getting right out on the edge. Not in the way you’d imagine. OK, it’s not pork belly (God forbid) with kimchee and palm sugar blah blah blah. It’s simple and old school and traditional. But you’d best be careful when you take … Continued
Brothers Guy and Michael Rubino have established a reputation for their powerhouse combination of culinary and business expertise. But in early 2018, they embarked on their most innovative and exciting venture yet: a vertical farming company known as We the Roots. The technology was initially developed by the University of Guelph’s Controlled Environment Systems Research … Continued
Chef David Lee’s new Planta Queen (180 Queen St. W.) opened up in his former Nota Bene spot in late March, promising plant-based interpretations of chef’s favourite childhood dishes. After a closure due to storm damage last summer, Drake’s sushi bar Pick 6ix reopened late March as Pick 6ix Sports (33 Yonge St.). Thornhill just … Continued
Dan Perretta has wanted to be the greatest since he first started cooking. And he is well on his way. During a bout of shoptalk he may precede any mention of his current boss, Grant Achatz, with the words, “one of the best chefs of his generation” with no hint of exaggeration. As a teenager, … Continued
