Yonge Street, where Toronto’s east meets west, is perhaps the perfect place for Aki Sushi. After all, the latest Deer Park addition offers a combination of traditional Japanese sushi with more westernized options like California rolls and teriyaki.
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is working to find a way forward with the neighbours who appealed its expansion plans to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The proceedings got put on hold until Oct. 7 after city council called on everyone to sit down to try to come up with a solution. Barry Patterson, director of communications for the CFC, is optimistic that the discussions will lead to a positive outcome.
Forest Hill sushi hotspot EDO played host Wednesday to Iron Chef Kimio Nonaga of Tokyo, who demonstrated his mastery of Japanese cuisine by whittling a 120-pound yellow fin tuna into bite-sized slabs of mouth-watering sashimi. Even cooler? He did it with a long samurai-style sword.
T.O.’s legendary designer Alfred Sung weighs in on the best blazers and bow ties in town — and picks his favourite tailored combos
Dufflet Rosenberg, patron saint of pastry, and Zane Caplansky, master of meat, search for T.O.’s best chicken pot pie
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The menu is blessedly brief and new each day, beginning in the loveliest of ways. Each diner receives two amuse bouches in ceramic spoons. Tonight the treats are salmon salad with capers and sirloin with whipped blue cheese. And… we are off!
My couch-hopping journey from therapist to therapist finally pays off
LITTLE ITALY LANDMARK Giancarlo’s Trattoria and Bar is going strong, so the owner has packed up the pasta and ventured north to St.Clair Avenue to open Prop.
Enoteca Sociale, while being undeniably Italian, offers anything and everything but pizza. It’s described as ‘food that nonna makes’, but this is one hip granny.
Enough transit talk and budget banter. It’s time to go out on a limb and find out just what the top five mayoral candidates are made of
While he’s yet to bring his show to T.O., celebrity chef, author and television star Anthony Bourdain is in town promoting his new book, Medium Raw. We caught up with Beast’s Scott Vivian, tasked with catering a VIP event for Bourdain, and asked him to list the top five Toronto restaurants he’d take the 54-year-old if given the chance.
