Restaurants in Toronto
Toronto Restaurant Guide
In Toronto, eating is more than nutrition for a body, it's all about nurturing mind and soul, too. It's how locals reconnect with friends after a long work week and it's a primary reason visitors plan their vacations, time and again, in this beautiful city. Toronto restaurants offer it all. World-renowned chefs, restaurants that draw folks in from around the world and of course, the service and commitment to quality that keep visitors and locals coming back for more, in many ways, is like a crossroads of global food favorites.
The Good Fork Brunch and Bistro serves brunch seven days a week. One can enjoy deep fried poached eggs, topped with romesco sauce and Parmesan along with warm flatbed and hand cut fries. This lovely bistro offers breakfast platters with a classic favorite: pancakes. With a warm and inviting atmosphere and affordable prices, it's no wonder it's a Toronto favorite.
Canoe, Oliver and Bonacini’s flagship restaurant, is a classic favorite. With recently completed renovations, it too has an inviting atmosphere and friendly wait staff. With global inspiration that defines its vast menu, there's a certain casualness about this restaurant that draws visitors in. It accommodates vegetarians and vegans as well, making it a versatile choice.
In Toronto, food is about far more than just a recipe - it's about exploring and considering new cultures and flavor combinations. Whether it's a "come as you are" relaxed dining atmosphere or a full-scale, reservation-driven Toronto restaurant, there's no end to the possibilities for residents and vacationers alike. It just doesn't get any better.
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Absolute Restaurant & Cafe-L.L.B.O
- Toronto
Menu includes marinara mussels, duck confit with sweet-potato mash, & wild sea scallops with red-beet risotto and citrus vinaigrette
Bite Me Bakery Toronto
- Toronto
The bakery’s founder teaches students to enhance cupcakes with brightly colored buttercream swirls and garnishes from sprinkles to bacon
Govinda's
- Yorkville
Crisp salads, Indian breads, rich curries, and other buffet dishes, served in an elegant dining hall with crimson draperies
Fortuna Ristorante
- Yorkville
Rich italian cream and spicy tomato sauces simmer around cuts of grilled chicken or spice up the layers of housemade pasta in lasagna
Momo's Restaurant
- Downtown Toronto
Chefs cobble together fresh ingredients in authentic Middle Eastern dishes such as eggplant baba gannouj, grilled rack of lamb & falafel
Green Basil
- The Beaches
Chefs employ family recipes to build Asian-fusion fare such as noodles, rice & satay for diners at sleek tables under back-lit wall art
La Bella Managua
- Dovercourt - Wallace Emerson
Nicaraguan chef prologues plates of black tiger shrimp & plantain empanadas with fresh seafood ceviches.
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
- Little Italy
Skilled chefs load up shareable, spongey bread with authentic Ethiopian cuisine
Planet Pizza-Toronto
- Downtown Toronto
Multi-grain & original crusts form foundations for 11 specialty pizzas with toppings such as shrimp, & four kinds of sauces slather wings
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A visitor could spend all day at Brunchworks Cafe. He’d shuffle in first thing in the morning and sip Nespresso coffee from India, Italy, or Brazil before curling up in a cozy armchair. As the sun rises higher, he’d jump-start his metabolism with a feast of breakfast foods that range from yogourt and granola to yorkville omelettes with smoked salmon. Six types of grilled cheese and nine types of poutine bridge the gap between brunch and lunch as the guest flips from atop the comfy chairs and miraculously lands seated at a glossy wooden table for a crispy salad topped with seasonal berries or one of 13 types of burger. He can stay through the evening, nursing a mango-and-banana smoothie before noshing on a personal pizza or quesadilla.
The chefs at Thai Breeze concoct a unique, housemade sauce for every dish that leaves their kitchen, joining complementary flavors such as mint sauce for grilled racks of lamb and a spicy basil sauce that permeates every nook of the eggplant stir-fry. The restaurant takes special pride in its vegetarian creations, using only fresh veggies and fruits. Chianti and merlot wines wash down balanced bites along with smoothies and bubble tea, which fuses coconut with the likes of green apple, honeydew, lychee, and taro—also known as the exact ingredients needed to build a rainbow at home.
According to Toronto.com, Smokeless Joe's takes its name from owner Joe Sacco's decision to ban smoking in his establishment the early 1990s. Although it's a no-brainer today, that policy was ahead of its time. In the same vein, the eatery's seafood and beer selection stands ahead of the curve with innovative recipes and unique ingredients. Fourteen styles of mussels take on a panoply of exotic flavours, such as Belgian-style mussels in a Belgian-wheat-beer broth, Greek-style with extra-virgin olive oil and feta, and island curry mussels with a fruity Barbados-style curry sauce and a knack for turning a coconut into a working radio. To wash it all down, BlogTO reports that Smokeless Joe's stocks 200 bottled beers plus another dozen on tap.
