Restaurants in Etobicoke

Sky Restaurant hoists into the heavens a double-pronged menu of bar fare and hearty entrees, all the while outfitting its cozy sports-themed eatery with earthy wood accents, sports photography, and dartboards beckoning a friendly game. Grab a plate of their famous huge wings ($10 for one pound) or an order of original poutine ($10) and stay to catch the Maple Leafs zip across on one or all 15 plasma TVs. Football fanciers can stop by for the Monday night game, garnishing their gullets with beer-battered fish and frites ($12) or a Sky Burger ($14)—an eight-ounce beef patty paired with a two-ounce filet mignon. For soccer fans, Sky's subscription to the Setanta Sports network can help meet recommended viewing requirements of chiseled thighs and theatrical faux injuries.

For nearly 35 years, the seafood specialists at John's Fish N Chips have fed locals a menu of made-to-order Atlantic and Pacific catches. With cooking secrets earned by beating Poseidon at arm wrestling, chefs prepare ocean inhabitants including halibut, calamari, and orange roughy one of three ways: battered; grilled with butter, herbs, and spices; or breaded in a house-made breadcrumb blend. For à la carte diners, comestibles range from a comforting grilled cheese to six jumbo shrimp accompanied by seafood sauce. John's also dispenses imported and domestic wine and beer, allowing diners to refresh their palates between improvising nautically themed haikus.

Vintage One puts the power of winemaking into the hands of Toronto's toasters. With this offer, clients will have the opportunity to guide an Argentinean Malbec or Chilean Chardonnay into flavourful fruition. The process begins with a tour of Vintage One's 10,000-square-foot facility, followed by a one-on-one consultation with a Vintage One winemaker. From there, Vintage One clients can use a monthly production calendar to be as hands-on as they like throughout the entire two-month winemaking process, including fermentation, filtration, and stabilization, or they can just let the wine take its own course while they spend the interim traversing the globe on a falcon-guided vision quest. Once the wine is ready, Vintage One customers will choose a bottle and cork (an additional fee of about $1.25 a bottle, for a total of around $15) and may even opt to custom design a label (also for an additional fee) for the concoction, perhaps building off the imagery of their fire-breathing-eagle neck tattoos.

Frank Naworynski had a passion for food. He also had a passion for customer service, a trait that he made abundantly clear as the owner of Kipling Tire in Etobicoke. But when Frank opened his automobile-service shop in 1982, he probably had no idea that, someday, it would become a meeting place for both of his passions.

After Frank passed away, his sons, Jason and Justin, lifted inspiration from their dad’s list of favourite things and opened a restaurant connected to a car shop. Before, Kipling Tire featured a large room for customers to wait while their cars were getting repaired or psychoanalyzed. In June 2012, Jason and Justin transformed that space into a sleek, warmly decorated dining area, complete with chocolate-covered walls and tables. There, the Naworynski brothers honour their late father with artfully plated dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all while carrying on Frank’s knack for unabashed customer service.

Under the guidance of new management, Mirch Mandarin's kitchen squad uses specialty spices and ingredients to concoct dishes in the culinary traditions of North India, South India, and Hakka China. Recipes culled from the South Indian shores feature seafood and meats marinated in yogourt that are rendered succulent in a traditional clay oven. Diners can sample Hakka cuisine with specialty spices such as rare Kashmir chilies and a house-made mysore chutney. Reflecting a commitment to unite varied cultures, cuisines, and people, Mirch Mandarin also dishes up halal meals alongside a kids menu that caters to the special dietary needs of toddlers going through a growth spurt.

At Kingsway Fish & Chips, clients net fresh fish and homemade desserts prepared by four generations of family members from an eclectic menu. Fresh Alaskan halibut, hand-filleted in-house and bathed in a light English-style batter, joins forces with freshly chipped Ontario potatoes to fulfill a family recipe ($11.39; $10.39 with haddock). Six ounces of grilled rainbow trout lounges alongside a bed of rice or fries ($14.49), and seafood chowder and lobster bisque ($4.49–$5.49) keep stomachs as warm as Moby Dick's sauna. For dessert, butter tarts ($2.49) and old-fashioned rice pudding ($3.99) sweeten palates, and domestic and imported beer and wine keep diners hydrated between bites and comparisons of squid-calling technique. Large parties gather amid colourful booths, high-backed chairs, and walls sconces in the restaurant’s recently renovated, 110-seat space.