Retail Recap: Bayview Village welcomes new shops and celebrates long-standing favourites
A number of new businesses have opened in the neighborhood, bringing international fashion and food to Bayview Village.
Category: Restaurants
Restaurant Review: Refined simplicity at Dandylion
Jay Carter’s own vision and passion finally come home to roost at Dandylion on Queen West.
Restaurant Review: Chinese-Caribbean mashups at Patois
Patois’s Chinese-Caribbean mashups sure to please
Restaurant Review: The Food Dudes’ Rasa
By lindsaylow
I would follow chef Matt Blondin pretty much anywhere. When he was at Acadia (RIP), his cooking was sublime beyond words. I was sad when he decamped for Momofuko Daishō but I knew it wouldn’t last because an artiste like him doesn’t do corporate. At least not for long. And he didn’t. Chef landed at … Continued
Restaurant Review: Nodo, the Junction’s newest Italian spot is a must try
By lindsaylow
Nodo is what happened when the Junction got its mojo on. The buzz in this place is so loud (both metaphorically and actually) that good luck getting a table (no reservations, of course), and once you do, be prepared to shout. The food is Italian comfort food. It will not go up in lights on … Continued
Joanne Kates reviews DaiLo, College Street’s Asian fusion destination
By lindsaylow
When I was young, I bemoaned not being a beauty. It seemed the gorgeous girls had it so easy. Everything came their way, no sweat. But it turns out that while I was breaking sweat to make a life, some of the beauties I knew weren’t having it so good. Not long ago, I ran … Continued
Table Talk: Joanne Kates reviews The Carbon Bar, Queen East’s BBQ palace
By lindsaylow
When I want to think I’m cool, and if I’m hungry (which I usually am), I go to one of the (few) trendy restaurants where they understand that their bread is buttered just as well by aging gastronomes like me as it is by skinny young hipsters in four-inch heels. It’s no accident that The … Continued
Table Talk: Joanne Kates reviews Fat Pasha
By lindsaylow
Middle Eastern food has supplanted tacos as Toronto’s flavour du jour. Ezra’s Pound morphed into a hummuseria, the Khabouth/Harji duo opened Byblos, and now we have Fat Pasha from Anthony Rose (ex-Drake Hotel exec chef, owner of Rose and Sons and Big Crow). This happened because the Indian Rice Factory closed, and Mr. Rose was … Continued
Table Talk: Joanne Kates reviews Soos
By lindsaylow
I eat around. Familiarity with other parts of the world allows me to say with certitude that in Toronto we have the most choices in Asian food of any city in the world. Okay, so the Thai food is better in Thailand and the sushi is better in Japan. But outside of an Asian cuisine’s … Continued
Drink This: the Gladstone Hotel’s Blackberry G&T
The Gladstone has been a hotbed for culture in Toronto since before the west end was cool. Home to anything artsy under the sun, this month sees Becky Comber, a photo-based artist, set up camp in the hotel for the duration of the CONTACT Photography Festival.
Joanne Kates crowns Buca new top restaurant in Toronto for 2014
Canada’s leading food critic for over 30 years, Joanne Kates has compiled her 5th annual list of Toronto’s best restaurants—and this year there’s a new name in the top spot. Toronto’s first lady of food has named Rob Gentile’s Buca as the city’s best restaurant in her annual Kates Top 100 Toronto Restaurants list, which will be published in the May edition of Post City Magazines.
Table Talk: Joanne Kates reviews Playa Cabana Hacienda
By lindsaylow
One hates to be so negative. And repetitive. How often do you hear me whine because a fantastic chef had a great restaurant and then he (it’s pretty much always a guy) wanted to make more money because success went to his head, so he opened a second restaurant. And maybe more. Before you know … Continued