The Harbourfront Centre played host to the Pan American Food Festival this past weekend (Sept 20-22). The event offered-up a variety of tastes, sights and sounds from over 40 countries. One of the standouts was the Ceviche Tacos ($5 each) from T.O. Ceviche Bar. There were multiple renditions of this dish from vendor to vendor,…
Category: Downtown
The City’s Best Soup (a list)
This Blog Post was originally written this past summer. Now that it’s minus a million degrees in Toronto, this updated list may prove more useful… On a hot summer day, a piping bowl of Soup may be the last thing on your mind. Not this guy! Luckily for me, there are lots of places to get great soup in this city (no matter the…
Sabai Sabai ~ 225 Church St. ~ 647-748-4225
I was recently asked to organize a double-date and had heard a lot of good things about Sabai Sabai… a much-needed new Thai restaurant on Church between Dundas and Queen. Arriving way too early, I sit at the bar and converse with the owner, Seng Luong, over a couple of Beer Lao. Now, I haven’t had one of…
A Salute to National Sandwich Day
It’s National Sandwich Day, people, and to honour such an important event, it’s fitting to give shout-outs to some of the best places in the city to celebrate. And though I have yet to find a sandwich as good as the Assorted Cold Cut Sub from the DeRosa Bakery (549 Wilson St.) in Hamilton, Toronto…
Buster’s Sea Cove (St. Lawrence Market) – 93 Front Street E – (416) 369-9048
Next time you’re at the St. Lawrence Market, you might notice that, like clockwork, a line starts to form at the south end of the building right before the lunch-hour rush. Don’t be afraid… embrace it… that, or show-up a bit earlier next time and join the queue for Buster’s Sea Cove: a Toronto institution. I remember…
Mangia & Bevi – 260 King St E. – (416) 203-1635
I ran into a friend this week (@ Dinosaur Jr.) who commented on how he hadn’t seen a new Toronto Food Blog post in about a month. My wife and I were in Barcelona at the beginning of the month, and I figured my next Blog post would be about the amazing food we had…
