Restaurants in Vaughan

Shoeless Joe’s beckons to passersby with aromas of tasty grill fare—roasted chicken, ribs, and burgers. Named for White Sox outfielder Joe Jackson, who famously made a home-run catch with a bare left foot, Shoeless Joe’s pays tribute to the world of sport, supplementing AAA sirloin steaks, thin-crust pizzas, and pasta dishes with regular broadcasts of baseball, hockey, football, and UFC fights. Guests can wash down their dinners with drafts or cocktails from the drink menu, which boasts classic concoctions as well as inventive creations tinged with ingredients such as maple syrup, blueberry puree, or bacon.

• For $10, you get $20 worth of deli fare and drinks. • For $45, you get $100 worth of catering services.

Coral hues and sedimentary stone walls surround patrons at Amaya’s Bread Bar, where the kitchen creates casually inventive Indian cuisine. Inside, a team of highly skilled and professionally trained chefs from India craft authentic dishes with a combination of authentic Indian herbs and spices. After walking between tied-back rose-and-gold curtains, parties alight at red and ochre tables and dine on starters such as beef-masala sliders and butter chicken poutine. Chartreuse plates host entrees of tamatar wali halibut seared in a garlicky tomato broth or curries such as the coastal-prawn curry, which swims in coconut milk amid spices of mustard seeds, curry leaves, and tamarind. Diners can choose to inside the dining room, where paintings hang on white walls, or sit out on the patio to catch a fresh breeze.

Mongolian Hot Pot brings the concept of hot-pot cooking to Toronto’s taste buds with a menu anchored in cauldron-based cuisine. Patrons gather around a pot full of simmering stock, dropping meats, veggies, seafood, and other edibles into the kettle, with delicious soups emerging from the bubbling eddies. Mongolian Hot Pot offers more than 60 items for its Super Set Dinner ($16.99 per person on weekdays and up to $18.99 per person on weekend evenings). Suggest a different profession for Little Bo Peep with premium lamb-shoulder slices, jolt awake your jaws with juicy tiger prawns, or savour spherical sustenance with the house meatball platter. Guests can opt for the free herbal soup base or upgrade to a spicy stock ($2), a vegetarian-friendly egg and parsley base ($0.99), or a sweet and sour tomato stock ($3.99). For those not hot on the hot pot, the eatery also offers dishes such as a three-cluster lamb skewer ($2.99). Cool the heat with a domestic or imported beer, available for impromptu toasts to the sun god Ra.

At Casa Manila, named the best Filipino restaurant in blogTO.com's Best of Toronto, the scents of saffron, coconut milk, and tamarind slip among rustling walls of potted plants. Grass-thatched windows and bamboo shoots hint at the fistfuls of veggies that accent braised meats, grilled king fish, and stews. The dishes all display the exotic style of Filipino fare, which combines Malay, Spanish, Southeast Asian, and Chinese influences. Warm-hued lights, draped in fabric printed with frolicking animals, illuminate the plates, and imported Sarsi, a Filipino root beer, bubbles alongside them. On the patio, umbrellas shelter diners from the hot sun and the sight of clouds being born.

The chefs at Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar are proud of the gourmet dishes that leave their kitchen, but they’re also proud of their main fuel source: charcoal made from Quebec maple. The aromatic wood is the secret to their tender filets and sirloins, each of which is rubbed with a signature blend of seasonings and finished with pristine crosshatch marks. Surf—including grilled salmon, mahi mahi, and Cuban lobster tail—joins turf inside a dining room clad in warm, cherry-red woodwork. In-house sommeliers stand ready to suggest the perfect pairing from a list of 6,000 bottles and single-serving barrels containing 900 kinds of wine. Alongside the Wine Spectator–acclaimed wine service, bartenders slake other thirsts with martinis and imported beers.