Recently I tasted this wine from just south of Spain’s region and it amazed me because I thought I was sampling a Châteauneuf-du-Pape at under $20. It has the dense, dark purple-black colour of the southern Rhône; a spicy, herbal, blackberry nose; and it is full and savoury on the palate.
The financial district’s Little Anthony’s is getting a bit of Splendido mojo with chef Garth Legree, who will be taking over the kitchen next week. With Legree at the helm, Little Anthony’s is looking to pare down its menu to focus on quality, and it also plans to have all of its pastas made in-house. Legree spent about two years at Splendido, and he also earned accolades during his most recent stint at The County General.
Those who market beer for a living can get a bit prickly when their product is compared to wine — except, of course, when they lift terminology directly from wine labels.
Harbord Street’s Smoke BBQ House opened just a few months ago, but already some major changes are afoot. Chef Tony Gallippi has taken over ownership of the restaurant, and he has changed its name to Smoke Bourbon Bar-B-Q House.
By lindsaylow
The hottest restaurant in town is just another opportunity to shout at your tablemate. Perhaps Rock Lobster Food Co.’s success can be partially attributed to diners’ reluctance to shoulder the moral obligation to be good company. How can anyone know if you’re amusing or dull when the music (albeit wonderful) is turned way up and … Continued
Sometimes, a cocktail needn’t be fancy. At Torito Tapas Bar in Kensington Market — soon to have a sister restaurant on Queen West — chef Luis Valenzuela serves up a roster of authentic tapas for the Spanish enthusiast: bacon-wrapped dates, ceviche, grilled chorizo and more.
Kensington Brewing Company draws its name from Kensington Market, but the small craft brewer has never had an official brewing space within that neighbourhood. That’s about to change, because owner Brock Shepherd has secured a location at 299 Augusta Avenue for a brewery, retail space and bar.
As a live performer, Pink wants it all. She wants to offer up an emotionally powerful show while also putting forth a mesmerizing spectacle that’s high on entertainment and fun. I was among those who thought the two realms of musical performance were, by and large, mutually exclusive — but that was before bearing witness to her stunning yet deeply personal tour de force on Monday night at the ACC.
The South African winery Boekenhoutskloof has been doing a great job with grapes usually associated with the Rhône Valley. The blend of those three grapes produces a deep ruby-coloured wine with a nose of blackberries and black olives. The full-bodied savoury taste of blackberries with an iodine note fills the mouth.
If readers wrote letters to me about these posts, the mailbags would pour in this week. The Panil Barriquée is sour (more on that below), made in Italy and comes in at over $14 a bottle. But, I don’t care, because this is my standout favourite from the LCBO’s spring release.
At long last, the weather appears to be turning. And at the recently revamped Little Anthony’s — known for wooing the Bay Street crowd with its Italian eats — manager Matt Roulston pours a refreshing Tuscan Countryside ($12.25), redolent of spring.
Last night, Recipe for Change drew a plethora of Hogtown’s most charitable denizens to St. Lawrence Market. FoodShare’s biggest fundraiser of the year saw guests wining and dining their way across the space, sampling goods from 30 chefs including Aaron Joseph Bear Robe, Rocco Agostino and Luis Valenzuela. Over $40,000 was raised to promote food literacy in schools across the city.
