>I'm helping a friend of mine move up to Oberlin College in the >first week of August, and then we're taking a few days to drive >up to Toronto to visit. Are there any suggestions on good >restaurants in either of those two cities (any type of >cuisine), that are very fairly priced (we're both struggling >students)? Any help would be much appreciated. Your biggest problem in Toronto is the choice.... The Ouzeri (on the Danforth, near the Chelsea subway stop) is a lively Greek restaurant -- can get expensive if you become addicted to breaking the plates (something like $3/plate), but otherwise, a good meal won't break you. Bloor St, west of Spadina is Restaurant heaven. Il Fornello can cost a little or a lot depending on what you order -- they have made to order pizzas, as well as pasta and standard entrees. Great Ceasar salad, and a good antipasto. Aida's Falafel is really cheap (by Toronto standards), and Foodworks serves giant burgers etc for not too much money. If you don't mind spending a bit more, Zydeco (in Mirvish Village -- just off Bloor St., north of Bathurst) serves Cajun tapas, often with live bands playing (Southern Accent is the sister restaurant down the street, closer to Bloor, a little pricier though) -- if you like booze and spicy food, try the Cajun Martini.... On Harbord St, walk past Splendido (unless you're willing to splurge) and head for the Kensington Kitchen -- reasonably priced lunches, and they have a patio. The food varies -- I suppose it would be termed Natural Nouveau? If you like Sushi, our fave place is Nami, but, again, that can get expensive. A good substitute is Sono, on Yonge St. near Eglington (the Eglington subway stop is nearby). Sunday nights, Sono has a $25 all you can eat deal, including sushi and other japanese standards (tempura, teriyaki, etc). Unlike most all you can eat sushi, their's is actually decent, and they serve a variety (rather than just the boring old standards). You need to call in advance to reserve a seating (6-8 pm or 8-10 pm), otherwise you're stuck with the standard menu. One more place, and then I'll quit: Ole Mollaca. I think it's on Beverly?? (or another street beginning the with letter B that intersects with Beverley...). In any case the street is a few blocks south of College and a few blocks east of Spadina. Good food, good prices, and it's always empty for some reason (though I suppose that keeps the prices down...). Try the #9 soup -- seafood and lemongrass. Mmmm. On the same block is a decent place for Dim Sum that can also be really cheap. Kowloon -- or something like that. One place to avoid at mealtime -- Skydome. About the worst (least imaginative) baseball food in North America, at about the highest prices. Have a fun, and filling trip! Allison Sekuler U of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Restaurants in Cleveland or Toronto?
Food? Did you mention food? Well Toronto is ..... well just like any North American city ... the few well priced (read student budget) restaurants are as follows (geographically listed): Chinese: T.O. boasts one of (I think the, if you go by land area) china towns in north america... notorious for low prices and exotic fare... Great deep fried rice noodles w/beef and black bean sauce... Vermicelli singapore style.. and lemon chicken... Cheap restaurants line one of the oldest street in T.O., Spadina Ave. between dundas and college streets. Try Kom Jug Yuen for cheapest , dirtiest (don't eat in, take out), yet acceptably tasty... also many others of the same ilk on this road... for a little more $ try Peters Chung King... For the best in sechuan (sp?) try my fave... Spadina Garden... the best lemon chicken I've ever had... plus I'm biased for I'm bengali and it's the only place I've ever been where you can meet Chinese people who speak bengali. Kom Jug Yuen: dinner for two 20 to 30 dollars if you stay in, 30 if you takeout Peters and Spadina Garden add 10 to 15 dollars to you bill.... Greek Town: Tell cabby or drive to Danforth and chester ave and you will be in the heart of Greek village (complete with greek on the street signs)... great deals and interesting folk, Christinas is pricey but is very good food and fancy ass atmosphere.... Mr. Greek is the local favorite of reasonable prices (Souvlaki plate: 5.95 to 8.95)... many many others in this area... all relatively same in price and quantity. Indian: Indian Flavour restaurant at Atrium and Bay (shopping/office mall) is not bad... for really cheap and exotic... try Gerrard ST. and Coxwell (little india)... everything from south indian to north... Italian: cheap and great pizza and canneloni.... MAssimos on college st and major ave.. wicked basil pizza slices for 2.25. Don't know about the rest for pasta is so easy to make I whip it up at home... Finally, if you have any trouble finding the street corners (areas) I mentioned ask any subway attendent and they will be able to direct you with a free map.. (we call our subway (transit sys) the TTC... ask anyone and they'll direct you. Good luck, hope the trip goes well... I could keep going and list all the restaurants I've been to but I have to get back to SPSSx programming (Fuck!) Y'know, now that I think of it, Toronto is'nt that bad for restaurants... Joy Mitra, Ryerson Polytechnic Univ. From [email removed] Sun Jun 26 09:45:37 1994 To: [email removed] Subject: Re: Toronto.eats Reply-To: [email removed] (Robert N. Hartman) > >Toronto Life USED to have excellent restaurant reviews, but these fell on >the floor during a redesign of the magazine several years ago. > >When we visited Toronto a year ago, we ate nowhere other than the Pickle >Barrel chain (Bloomsbury Cafe, etc). The kids found hog heaven there, >with something for everyone (impossible with our 3 kids)! Alone, we >would have hit the ethnic neighborhoods. There are Chinese restaurants >where you don't have to order the 7-course duck in advance, for example. > >enjoy, >Rob Lake >[email removed] > > Toronto was great. I did not get out as much as I would have liked but it was enough to make my business trip enjoyable. The highlight was the Mohgul Restaurant. Excellent Indian food and reasonable prices. I believe it was on Elm very close to Yonge. It was right across the street from the Delta Chelsea. In fact I had dinner there twice. We also went to the Marche Movenpick. Eh, it was ok and it was a novelty but I liked the Movenpick in the Financial district better (it was either on Bay or University but I think University - we were there last year). The Marche is very noisy and you do not have a buffet option. Every station has preset food portions and prices. Thanks again for the Toronto Eats info. Bob.