Restaurants in Brantford

Daniel's Cheese and Deli supplements a selection of imported and locally sourced cheeses with a menu of housemade gourmet deli fare. The deli pros guide palates through a lineup of 10 different kinds of aged Canadian cheddars sliced thin to top off sandwiches or thick to provide a raft for river picnics. Helpful cheese experts can also help customers navigate an international collection of imported delicacies that include Spanish manchego, English stilton, and Swiss raclette. Patrons wrap mandibles around towering gourmet sandwiches such as a garlic-dip-slathered meatball sub or a grilled wrap stuffed with marinated steak strips. A collection of more than 16 healthy dips entice handmade chips to skinny-dip into mango-chipotle-garlic pools that boast low levels of both fat and cholesterol.

At Sea 2 Fork, sustainability is key. The chefs curate a list of suppliers known to harvest fish using sustainable methods—plucking fish from pristine waters without damaging their natural habitats and the other species that dwell there. They also keep meticulous tabs on where and when fish were caught. This effort ensures that diners can enjoy freshly caught salmon, mussels, and scallops while helping to maintain the diverse eco-system of the land's lakes, oceans, rivers, and gold fish bowls. Everything on the menu—from beer-battered cod to trout to Lake Erie pickerel—is free of antibiotics or hormones, so diners can rest assured they are nibbling on healthy morsels.

Further demonstrating their commitment to sustainability, Sea 2 Fork is a partner of Oceanwise. This nonprofit organization teams up with restaurants, markets, and suppliers to help them satisfy their patrons' bellies while keeping an eye on preserving aquatic life.

As its name implies, Veky’s International Cuisine serves up dishes from around the globe, including schnitzels, housemade stuffed sweet peppers, and Atlantic dill salmon. A bakery case of LaRocca cakes offers rich European chocolates and fresh fruits. The eatery’s 13-minute express lunch menu includes fresh meals guaranteed ready in less than 13 minutes or the staff will travel back in time to meet the deadline.

Blue Nile’s vibrant orange dining room hums with energy as the aromas of meat and spices waft in from the kitchen. Patterned tablecloths, flowers, and colourful art decorate the walls, just as colourful spreads of lentils, split peas, and collard greens decorate plates. Using a pancake-like bread called injera, guests scoop up earthy bites of Ethiopia’s national dish—a type of stewed chicken called doro wat—or other flavourful foods. They can can pair the hearty food with sips of a traditional pot of coffee known as jebena buna or with fruit juices such as mango or guava.

The cooks at Fresh Sandwich Shop elevate the simple combination of meat, cheese, and bread by making several of their ingredients in-house, from concocting their own sauces and vinaigrettes to curing their own salmon onsite. This attention to detail yields creations such as a club sandwich that combines pulled pork with bacon, chicken, caramelized onions, barbecue sauce, and roasted garlic mayonnaise, or the shaved striploin sandwich with provolone, red onion, roasted red peppers, and roasted-red-pepper sauce.

Though Fresh Sandwich Shop is an ideal spot to stop in for a quick bite, cup of organic coffee, or staring contest with an unwitting stranger, the eatery also caters meals. Patrons can build their own sandwiches from spreads of smoked ham, pulled pork, or veggies with all the fixings, and nosh on sides such as maple-glazed carrots or Guinness and aged-cheddar soup.

Restaurateur Ed Ho is turning Toronto into a city of locavores through the rustic cuisine of chef Dan Sanders and local ingredients, upholding the mantra of "Think global. Eat local." at both earth locations. Both locations take inspiration from harvests and hunts upon Ontario's bountiful land and lakes. After provincial ingredients are gathered, they are weaved into featured, seasonal dishes of fresh catches and dry-aged meats. The cuisine was called "out of this world" by Post City Magazine and earned earth a spot on Toronto Life's Top Places to Eat Now. The dishes are paired with selections from an extensive local wine list and branded earth wines, which were bottled by Cave Spring Cellars in Jordan.

Both earth locations immerse their guests in a setting that, like a fashion-forward lumberjack, is both rustic and chic. earth Bloor West decor was described by Toronto Life as a "sleek mixture of dark finishes (slate tiles) and organic elements (reclaimed barn boards), illuminated by stunning pendant lamps."