Best Restaurants

Edulis

Give the house carte blanche and be treated to a meal unlike anything else in the city. The dinner tasting menu comes in two sizes:…

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Edulis

Takht-e Tavoos

There aren’t many downtown Persian restaurants, so on weekends, expect the long lines at Takht-e Tavoos to spill into the Little Portugal neighborhood. It’ll be…

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Takht-e Tavoos

Porchetta & Co

Check this sandwich shop’s Instagram to find out about their limited-edition sandwiches. Sometimes it’s a fried chicken sandwich or, if you’re lucky, soft shell crab,…

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Porchetta & Co

Lee

If Toronto has one celebrity chef, it is Susur Lee. The Hong Kong-born chef combines Eastern culinary traditions with French techniques at all of his…

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Lee

Tofu Village ‚ House of Soon Tofu

As the name suggests, the special here is soon tofu (soft tofu in a spicy, well seasoned broth). Other Koreatown restaurants offer the dish but…

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Tofu Village ‚ House of Soon Tofu

Bar Isabel

Dark and old-fashioned, this is the oddest-looking dining room in which you can find pintxos and foie gras-topped rib eye, but once you get used…

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Bar Isabel

Grand Electric

During the day, local families come for this Parkdale spot’s quick lunch of Baja fish tacos and guacamole. As night falls, the small restaurant transitions…

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Grand Electric

Bellwoods Brewery

There is no better place for day-drinking than on the Ossington-facing patio of Bellwoods Brewery, the epicenter of cool-people-watching and hoppy-beer-drinking. Beware, many of these…

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Bellwoods Brewery

The Black Hoof

The flagship of Jen Agg’s admirable collection of restaurants and bars, the Black Hoof is the place that catapulted charcuterie, offal, and Manhattans into the…

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The Black Hoof