Midtown Mexican in a flash
This new Yonge and Eglinton restaurant opens this month, so we decide to head down to their Yorkville location to see what they have in store.
Category: Restaurants
GTA restaurants cook for a cause
Sassafraz, Globe Bistro and Starfish are just a few of the 77 GTA restaurants participating Wednesday night in a fundraiser for the Fife House, which provides housing and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Coffee connoisseurs rewarded for 'disloyalty'
Seven of Toronto’s top independent coffee shop owners banded together Tuesday to launch the Toronto Coffee Conspiracy, a local initiative that encourages Toronto’s coffee drinkers to buck the Starbucks trend by going indie.
The King W. spot where McEwan chows down
After cooking as much I have over the years, and working on new dishes all day, very often the last thing I want to do when I get home at night is cook again.
Toronto takes two spots on F&W top 100
Toronto’s Charlie’s Burgers, the mysterious cloak-and-dagger anti-restaurant and Bar Chef have been named two of the top 100 new food experiences in the world by Food & Wine magazine in their May 2010 issue.
T.O.'s top chefs heading north for festival
Michael Stadtländer, a local food luminary, and one of the Canada’s most celebrate chefs, has announced plans for his annual Wild Leek Festival.
Church St. resto to offer blind dates… literally
The folks at O.NOIR, Toronto’s dine-in-the-dark restaurant, have teamed up with a local matchmaking company to host Dating in the Dark, an event that brings together eligible Torontonians over food in total darkness.
Female sushi chefs get raw deal in T.O.
While male chefs seem to outnumber their female counterparts in most Toronto restaurants, the ratio in Japanese kitchens is likely the highest. The reasons why will no doubt surprise you.
WHAT’S T.O. REALLY EATING?
Packaged food comes labelled with all the nutritional info you need to make a healthy eating decision. But restaurant food? Not so much. Until now, that is. We had an accredited lab analyze our area’s most popular restaurant food for fat, calories, sodium and more, and the results may surprise you.
Toronto's best Easter Sunday brunches
Those who say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day clearly fail to embrace the point of weekends, and the serenity provided by a few extra hours of sleep.
Forest Hill foodies rejoice
Forest Hill fine dining fave Scaramouche has signed a new lease on their current location, putting to rest talk of the restaurant closing or moving to a new neighbourhood.
Downtown eatery can't skirt around bad service
The quirky wraparound shape of the Black Skirt’s floor plan gives this southern Italian eatery a homey, cozy feel. Too bad, then, about the stiff and serious attitudes of most of the staff, who seem only to stare and glare menacingly from the kitchen and from behind the open bar.