Winemaker Natalie Spytkowsky has blended back unfermented riesling juice to give this Ontario wine a touch of sweetness. I tasted the 2010 vintage, and it’s equally good. It has honeyed grapefruit flavour that is balanced with fresh acidity.
Last night, over 500 of the Big Smoke’s most famished — and generous — foodies gathered at the Wychwood Barns for What’s On The Table, an annual charity event for The Stop. The fête brought together quite the collection of culinary talents for its seventh iteration.
As dark as Spanish coffee and as powerful as a steam locomotive, the Imperial Black IPA is Great Lakes Brewery’s third in a series of 25th anniversary beers. And it could hardly be more different than the last one. Unlike that light, complex, yeast-driven saison, this ale is all malt and hops.
Rakia Bar has only been open since August, but owner Dusan Varga’s east-end ode to one of Europe’s most notorious tipples is already a hit. With seemingly endless types of rakia (a.k.a fruit brandy) on offer, there is something bound to please every palate — even the most delicate. Although traditionally the stuff is consumed with a tiny plate of fruit, cured meats or cheeses, patrons can switch things up and sip on rakia-infused cocktails instead.
Friday Restaurant Recap rounds up the week’s Toronto restaurant news. In this edition: sliders take Toronto, pho for Little Italy, South of Temperance closes and more.
Behold its dense ruby-purple colour. This malbec has a blackberry and dark chocolate nose with a discreet fragrance of vanilla oak; it’s beautifully balanced, medium-bodied, with a velvety mouth feel and blackberry and dark chocolate flavours. It has a fine, dry finish with just enough tannin to give it a fist.
It can be tough to remember what Niagara’s wine scene was like before Inniskillin’s icewine won the big prize at Vinexpo in 1991. It was certainly a far cry from the 75-plus wineries that there are today. And now, as of this summer, two breweries have joined Niagara-on-the-Lake’s beverage business. Silversmith Brewing Company is slightly further along in development, with two products on the market: a wheat beer and a black lager.
After bouncing the idea around for the past seven years, Diana Sideris and Rony Goraichy have decided to expand Tabülè, their popular Yonge Street Middle Eastern restaurant, to the east end. Having secured a space at 810 Queen Street East, near Bonjour Brioche, they hope to open by February of next year.
Sandy De Almeida may only have been at The Drake Hotel for around a month, but she’s already put her mark on the menu. Slinging drinks behind the Lounge bar, the west-end bartender says that in addition to her duties at the hotel, she still pours at Churchill and Reposado — though it’s only here that one can toss back a Deliverance ($14).
There’s no shortage of trendy new restaurants opening in Little Italy these days, but now good old-fashioned pho is making its way to the neighborhood too. Popular Junction restaurant Pho Huong is bringing its Vietnamese cuisine to the site of the short-lived Adam’s Sushi at 598 College Street.
Friday Restaurant Recap rounds up the week’s Toronto restaurant news. In this edition: a new Italian joint for Dundas West, a mobile pizzeria, a makeover for Reds Bistro and more.
