Happy Halloween! We’ll be out trick-or-treating with the kiddos tonight… hoping to fill our boots full of South-East Asian #cheapeats. Recently, some out-of-towners asked us about the best Vietnamese food in the city. They were visiting from Calgary, which happens to have one heck of a Viet food scene. So this month, we thought we’d…
Category: Leslieville
#QueenEastEats
It’s the first day of September, and that means the summer is starting to wind down. Sigh! The Toronto Food Blog wanted to take a moment and celebrate some of the great patio eats on the Lower-Eastside of town. After all, it’s not hard to reason with patio season. Lucky for us, the Riverside &…
Animal Liberation Kitchen ~ 100 Broadview Ave~ (647) 232-9790
Animal Liberation Kitchen is the newest addition to the Riverside lunch scene. Tanja Spasic and her family have spent years operating as caterers while also selling their plant-based snacks at food festivals, events and farmer’s markets. Their new bricks & mortar spot at Queen & Broadview proves that vegan eats can also be cheap eats…..
Best of 2018
Happy New Year! 2018 was a fantastic year for the Toronto Food Blog, filled with great meals avec friends and family. We tried a number of wonderful restaurants for the very first time, many of which were worth writing home about. Here’s a recap of some of the finer moments from the past year… BREAKFAST…
Hastings Snack Bar ~ (5 Hastings Ave) ~ (647) 850-9260
Happy Canada Day! This long weekend always rekindles childhood memories of visiting my Granny’s house and enjoying a massive Polish meal, complete with all the fixins. Frequenting the Hastings Snack Bar brings me right back… Family run, Polish comforts with a throwback decor that feels just like home. This Mom-and-Pop-and-Daughter in the heart of Leslieville is…
Caribbean Sunset ~ 753A Queen St E ~ (416) 320-8967
Caribbean Sunset is one of the newest additions to the Riverside food scene. Owner Douglas Ling and head-chef Christopher Farquharson are churning out tropical favourites at all hours of the day, adding some much-needed variety and spice to the ‘hood. Mains range from $11 to $16 and come with your choice of any two sides….
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