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11/01/10
e11even, the newest restaurant addition to the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment complex, is slated to open November 11. Executive chef Robert Bartley says the menu is based around "a collection of North American classics."
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10/29/10
Joy Bistro is about to be upgraded and in more ways than one. After 11 years in business, the brunch staple in the Queen Street East area has shut down for renovations.
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10/28/10
After sending their food critic to more than 200 restaurants across Canada, enRoute Magazine has named celebrated chef Michael Stadtländer's Haisai as the best new restaurant of 2010.
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10/28/10
After two years in the making, J.P. Challet and Jennifer Decorte's Ici Bistro has finally opened its doors but the restaurant is already booked up with reservations nearly two weeks in advance.
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10/27/10
MALBEC IS A variety of grape used to make wine, and although it is grown around the world, many identify it as an Argentinean classic. Perhaps this was the inspiration for Eduardo Marino, the chef who created the menu at Malbec Restaurant.
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10/25/10
After eight years as chef de cuisine at French-inspired eatery Auberge du Pommier, Jason Bangerter says he is enjoying getting to play with Luma’s menu: a touch of Thai here, some spices there and a new, seared-tuna twist on the classic salad niçoise.
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10/22/10
Packaged food comes labeled with all the nutritional info you need to make a healthy eating decision. But restaurant food? Not until
now. This month, we’ve tested popular barbeque-style foods:
churrasco chicken, ribs, pulled pork and even brisket. Click through for a
full run-down on each dish’s caloric and nutritional content.
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10/18/10
The storefront at 559 Bloor St. W. sits empty, but if everything goes smoothly, it will spring to life in January 2011 as Guu Izakaya’s second location.
“I guess I should say thanks to all Torontonians,” says Hyun Soo, general manager of Guu’s Church Street locale. “People like our food.”
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10/13/10
Uptown eatery Mezza Notte has decided to open a second location and bring their flair for Italian food to the 905.
They are joining other T.O.-based Italian restaurants including Grazie and Ferraro — both with new York Region restos.
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10/13/10
When Conrad Chen, co-owner of Cravings Asian Cuisine, had to start turning customers away during peak dinner hours,he knew he needed a bigger space. Enter 3323 Yonge St., a two-storey, Roman-style building with an oversized skylight, where Chen plans to open Up restaurant later this month.
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10/12/10
NFL, NHL AND MLB season means it’s prime time for the city’s top wing houses. Bistro on the
Avenue’s signature wings have been a neighbourhood staple for 26 years, and Duff’s won a loyal following
when it brought the Buffalo wing north of the border in ’98. Which wing man gets your vote?
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10/08/10
Patrons may have plenty of time to chat at the Copper Chimney while they wait for their dinner, but it will be worth it.
Indian food is “a time-taking cuisine,” says owner Sanjay Gufain. “We don’t take shortcuts, and you can taste the difference.”
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10/06/10
Malbec is staking its claim on Merton Street. The Italian restaurant, in the former location of Steve’s Steakhouse and Seafood, opened recently, and owner Francisco Bogado says the locals have been flooding in.
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10/05/10
Starting Thursday, a kiosk on the 300 level of the Air Canada Centre (ACC) will offer Chef Jamie Kennedy's locally-sourced, gourmet French fries. The fries, made from local Ontario yellow-flesh potatoes, will be sprinkled with two different kinds of sea salt and thyme.
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10/04/10
Salt opened last month, trying to skirt the moratorium on new establishments by using a combination of the location's existing grocery licence and a catering licence. But, it didn't last long.
The restaurant is now closed, perhaps temporarily, perhaps until the end of the City of Toronto's one-year moratorium on new restaurants and bars on the hot dining strip south of Dundas Street West.
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10/01/10
Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan has created a beautiful modern Italian space with Fabbrica, complete with huge, leather-appointed booth seating and rooms done in dark and light woods with gun metal blue appointments. The pizza isn’t as thin as Queen Margherita or Libretto and, at first, it makes you wonder because it doesn’t defy gravity the way pizza aficionados in Toronto are used to.
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