First, don't worry about not having a car. It's easier to get around downtown Toronto without one. Toronto has gazillions of good restaurants, ranging from cheap ethnic places to very expensive star-chef places. Some in the vicinity of the Hilton (assuming you're at the downtown Hilton): The Amsterdam (a brewpub), on John St. near King. $50 for two. La Fenice Wine Bar, 319 King St. Or, if you want to spend *a lot* of money, La Fenice Restaurant (my mother and I blew $125 pretty quickly!). The Palmerston, 488 College St - you'll have to take a cab or streetcars, but it's the least expensive of the star-chef places, and quity excellent. Queen Mother Cafe, 208 Queen St - hip Queen West Laotian-Thai, lots of vegetarian, not expensive. Champion House, 480 Dundas W. - northern Szechuan Kom Jug Yuen, 371 Spadina Ave. - try anything in black bean sauce (their's is the best in town). Babur, 279 Dundas St. W. - excellent Indian, can be hard to get a seat at lunch. Yamase, 317 King St. W. - one of the better Japanese places in town. Chiado, 864 College St. - again a bit of a trip, but worth it for unusually good Portuguese food, great wine list (port too), beautiful surroundings, not badly priced either. Souz Dal, College west of Bathurst - hip new tapas bar. Sri Malaysia, Baldwin and McCaul (between Dundas and College) - great, inexpensive Malaysian, no atmosphere. Vanipha - 193 Augusta (in Kensington Market) - good Thai-Lao, try lunch on a Saturday and check out the Market. Ouzeri, 500 Danforth Ave. - worth the subway trip for a really fun Greek restaurant that even has decent food. Massimo's, Queen near Bathurst - good calzone, lovely decor. Bar Italia, 584 College St. - a bar with pool tables, hip clientele, and enormous, delicious sandwiches. Good espresso too, in the heart of Littly Italy (South). If you have any specific types of restaurants you're looking for, or any price ranges, celebrity-quotients, tradition-factors, etc., let me know! Stephanie Fysh
Toronto, Canada
Toronto Restaurants
Here's what I've captured from the net previously: Astoria Gardens -- Greek Danforth Ave BBQ Hut -- Indian BBQ Gerrard, West of Coxwell Boulevard Cafe -- Peruvian Harbord & Lippincott (serene Peruvian atmosphere) Champion House -- Chinese Chinatown Country Style -- Hungarian Bloor West Cuisine of India -- Indian Yonge nr North York Centre Golden Thai -- Thai east of Yonge, North of Adelaide (elegant place, inexpensive good food) Havana -- Cuban College St Indonesia -- Indonesian Yonge above Wellsely (downtown) Korona's -- Hungarian Bloor West (large portions, relatively inexpensive) Le Kashmir -- Indian Bloor West Lee's Garden -- Chinese Chinatown Ole Malacca -- Singapore St Clair West Poretta -- Italian Harbord & Robert (excellent, family run, not cheap) Queen of Sheba -- Ethiopian nr Bloor and Osslington Real Jerk -- Jamaican Dundas East? Satay Satay -- Thai Bloor West Thai Garden -- Thai Sheppard & Warden Young Lok -- Chinese Chinatown
Ellis C. wrote: >Here's what I've captured from the net previously: > Here are some comments and corrections to some of the places. >Astoria Gardens -- Greek > Danforth Ave Danforth Ave between Chester & Pape. Christina's is suppsoed to be good. Just about any of the greek restaurant in the same general area is good. >Champion House -- Chinese > Chinatown 480 Dundas St. W. (Mandarin & Szechuan dishes from Northern China) >Golden Thai -- Thai > east of Yonge, North of Adelaide > (elegant place, inexpensive good food) 105 church St. >Real Jerk -- Jamaican > Dundas East? Ther original is on the corner of Queen & Broadview. They also opened a second one closer to downtown on Richmond St W & Duncan (2 or 3 blocks west of University Ave). This one is billed as a nightclub & restaurant. Howard
To Annemarie and netnews.pgh.food: Grano is an absolute MUST. The restaurant and bakery is located on Youge Street (their phone number is in the Yellow Pages under restaurants or under the business section of the White Pages). Grano is like being in a restaurant in Florence or Venice. It's very authentic and must NOT be confused with what Americans think of as an Italian Restaurant in the States (with bland pastas served with Prego tomato sauce). Their bakery is out of this world with breads such as pesto bread with bits of fresh basil or a wonderful golden raisin bread (better than Breadworks!). If the weather is nice, please ask to be seated in their patio area. Enjoy yourselves and please let me know what you think if you go.
>We are going to be visiting Toronto next month and will be staying >in the Yonge St/King St. area. >We go a couple of times a year and are looking for some new >restaurants to try. We like casual, moderate price, seafood or Italian >or Chinese restaurants. Try Marche(sp?) in BCE Place. Every one loves the novelty. __________________________ [email removed] Murray Kline North York, Ontario, Canada __________________________
Someone wrote:
: Will be travelling to Toronto in a couple of weeks. Please post any good : dining experiences that cost less than $90 for two. Thanks.
: Michael Lonardo
>Well Michael, I would suggest a cozy place located on the outskirts of
Toronto, called the BLACK ANGUS. Its located on Bloor street and Kipling St. It's been rated as one of the best steak and prime rib houses in all of Toronto and it's quite the dining experience, right down to the home-baked bread and dill pickles before your salads. Also you can see you steaks been misquite grilled in front of you. It a true winner.
Samy DiTELLAMichael L. wrote: > >Will be travelling to Toronto in a couple of weeks. Please post any good >dining experiences that cost less than $90 for two. Thanks. > > >Michael Lonardo There is a great little restaurant near the SkyDome called the Red Tomato. I don't know the address, but I'm sure you could find it. It's quite trendy, and the coconut shrimp are excellent! Heather
There are a number of great restaurants in Toronto, and very affordable too! I have had excellent experiences as Opus, on Prince Arthur Avenue, as well as Yves Bistro also on Prince Arthur. Also, try a place called Palmerstons and Ouzerie (sp?) in The Danforth which is also the location of many other fine Greek restaurants. If you want to splurge my personal favorite in Toronto is North 44 Degrees.
Samy D. wrote: |> |> >Well Michael, I would suggest a cozy place located on the outskirts of |> Toronto, called the BLACK ANGUS. Its located on Bloor street and Kipling |> St. It's been rated as one of the best steak and prime rib houses in all |> of Toronto and it's quite the dining experience, right down to the |> home-baked bread and dill pickles before your salads. Also you can see |> you steaks been misquite grilled in front of you. It a true winner. I'll second his recommendation of the Black Angus. I just happened upon the place when I was in Toronto several years ago, and it was absolutely the best steak I have ever eaten. I long for a return trip just to visit them again. I told my brother about this place (he travels frequently on business), and he makes a stop every time he goes to Toronto. You can't miss with this place...
John T. wrote: >There are a number of great restaurants in Toronto, and very affordable >too! > >I have had excellent experiences as Opus, on Prince Arthur Avenue, as well >as Yves Bistro also on Prince Arthur. Also, try a place called >Palmerstons and Ouzerie (sp?) in The Danforth which is also the location >of many other fine Greek restaurants. If you want to splurge my personal >favorite in Toronto is North 44 Degrees. > > I second the recommendation for Ouzeria (not sure of spelling, either). Ate there a few years ago right after they opened, and it was awesome. The downside is the noise level, which is very high indeed. You can't go wrong at just about any Czech or Hungarian place. Almost seems the homier the better. Can't think of any names offhand. My all-time favorite is a place called Gaston or, most recently, Le Petit Gaston. This guy is a fricking genius, at least if you love French food, and he'll see to it that you go away very, very happy. With a drink, a bottle of wine and three courses, you'll drop about $110 Canadian, but *it is worth every penny!* Give it a shot!
Another good one is Barolo if you like Italian
'Thailand Paradise' at yonge and davenport has better food and more elegant atmosphere.
For terrific Mediterranean seafood, Joso's on Davenport. Reliably hot in Toronto today include Centro and North 44 on Yonge above Eglinton. For a little bit of Paris and a show, try Le Saint Tropez on King St. (about to open a Le Cage Aux Folles show). Nami on Adelaide for Japanese. For a European-style lunch where you pick up your own food at market stalls, try the Marche in B.C.E. Place at Yonge and Front, right downtown. Peking duck at Champion House on Dundas just east of Spadina, right in the middle of the old Chinatown. Thai at Young Thailand. Hot in town right now is Joe Dimagio's Wet Paint Cafe (nephew of same) but expensive and avoid the lobster pasta; it's $$$ and boring.
In article , David Kingsmill Someone wrote: Joso's on Davenport. Centro and North 44 > Le Saint Tropez Nami Marche > > Champion House Young Thailand. Joe Dimagio's Wet Paint Cafe My list includes: The Studio Cafe/ Four Seasons Hotel Messis Browne's Bistro Mildred Pierce The Left Bank Favoloso Linda
NNTP-Posting-Time: 7 Dec 1998 04:27:58 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:42503 Hi, you`ve picked a prime spot to stay in toronto,for great restaurants, pretty much 50 in a 10 blocks north or south, I suggest The Rebel House( A Traditional Ontario tavern) at 1068 Yonge St. ( Summerhill & Yonge) Ph#416-927-0704. Enjoy your stay in Toronto. Paul fitzgerld Chef De Partie Weston Harbour Castle Toronto
I don't have that much experience in Toronto but we ate at a top-notch steak house behind the theater that hosts Phantom of the Opera. I think it was "The Senator" or something similar. Across the street from the theater and up the street a bit is a very unusual "deli" that had really great breakfasts. Paul Someone wrote: > what are your favorite restaurants in toronto... > > a very special weekend ahead and and am searching for the very best... > > especially interested in ethnic restaurants... > > your response is very much appreciated! > > chef jeff > >
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:25:04 AST Organization: MPowered-Subscriber Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu rec.food.restaurants:49703 Golden Thai is an excellent Thai restaurant in Toronto. You would be able to find it in the phone book. I know it's downtown, but I forget the intersection. Someone wrote: > what are your favorite restaurants in toronto... > > a very special weekend ahead and and am searching for the very best... > > especially interested in ethnic restaurants... > > your response is very much appreciated! > > chef jeff > >
My husband and I had dinner in a Toronto restaurant called Canoe last fall. The food was excellent and the view of the city from the restaurant was great. We had a fabulous meal with wine for around $100-- which included the tip. We're returning to Toronto in June or July. Any suggestions for other great places to dine? Stephanie