For anyone in the restaurant industry, this week the buzz is all about Maclean’s Magazine and their Canada’s Best Restaurants edition, in which a team of food critics led by Jacob Richler picked the Top 50 restaurants in the country. Richler knew what he was getting into – the first line of his introduction makes […]
Tag: Jamie Kennedy
Lucky Dip – Thursday, March 1st, 2012
In Toronto: Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Fionn MacCool’s (70 The Esplanade, plus others) will be offering an Irish-themed menu starting Monday, March 5th, running until April 29th. Look for colcannon pie, lamb stew, corned beef and cabbage and a prime rib burger with corned beef. You should go: Jamie Kennedy and Gilead […]
Lucky Dip – Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
In Toronto: The paper is down at Chantecler (1320 Queen Street West) and rumour has it that they’ll be opening on Thursday. The Queen West location of Chippy’s (893 Queen Street West) re-opens March 1st. Owner John Lee tells Steven Davey of NOW about some new items on the menu. There are no details available […]
Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote This Week – January 28th, 2012
Just opened – Pachuco Kung Hey Fat Choy! – Lee Celebrates Chinese New Year The Epicure’s Revue hosts Babette’s Feast Scaramouche brings back Lobsterlicious Splendido cooks up the love New food for you
Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote This Week – Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Win a dinner from Chef Kyle Deming and Sausage Partners The Group of 7 Chefs gets a little odd Restaurant news – Don Don Izakaya, Bohemian Gastropub, Come and Get It Coming Soon – Gusto 101 Mucho Burrito now open on Queen Street West Viva Italia at The Chef’s House
Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote This Week – December 3rd, 2011
Splendido does lunch, European style Restaurant closings Cast your vote for Toronto’s best restaurants The Rhino takes on the world Trevor offers lunch in December
Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote – Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Cafe Cinquecento splits LCBO hots a gala dinner and fine wine auction Rusholme Park Supper Club announces October events What’s on the Table returns for the 7th year to benefit The Stop Casey’s launches Fall menu
Shut Yo’ Mouth – Stuff I Wrote This Week – September 10th, 2011
In an effort to have this site be a place for all of my writing, I’m starting a new column that links to any other stuff I’ve written that has been published during the preceding week. I may try and go back and add older stuff, but much of it is time-sensitive, and thus not […]
Stirring the Pot with Chef Scott Vivian
Born in Montreal to an Italian father and an Indian mother, Chef Scott Vivian has always loved food. Chef Vivian has earned praise from Georgia to Colorado to Oregon before coming back to Canada. In 2006, he took on Toronto via Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar. A year later he was promoted to Chef de Cuisine […]
Cooking With Love at the Wine Bar
Wine Bar 9 Church Street 416-504-WINE It seems clichéd to start a piece about a new restaurant and roll out the “food = love” metaphors. But in the case of the Wine Bar, it seems apt, given that the principals involved are two couples who have saved what has become known as a landmark […]
Out Standing in a Field
Yeah, I know, but I’m coming up empty in the witty subject line department today. And for those of us who attended yesterday’s Feast of Fields event at the Kortright Centre in Vaughan, we not only stood around – in a field (badum bum), but the event lived up to the outstanding part as well. […]
The School’s Too Cool
When I toured the George Brown Centre for Hospitality and Tourism back in January to write about their Yes, Chef! fundraising program, there was only an inkling of what the renovated building would look like. There was still hoarding up outside the two street-front eco-labs; the railing that looked down onto the centre atrium was […]
Sunday Brunch – Peartree Restaurant
Peartree Restaurant 507 Parliament Street 416-962-8190 brunch for two with all taxes, tip and coffee: $30 Neighbourhood street festivals are generally not a good time to visit a restaurant for a review. Like other dining events, such as the seasonal ‘Licious series, the kitchen often isn’t at its best, forced to serve even more covers […]
Where Can I Find – Red Fife Flour?
The “Where Can I Find?” column is a new bi-weekly feature here at TasteTO starting this week. We’ll research and track down hard to find items and let you know where they’re available. Got a question for the “Where Can I Find” lady? Drop us a line. I see red fife flour showing up on […]
The Brewer’s Plate – Delicious Local Food – Plus Beer!
What does local food look like in April? When the larders are getting bare and the first bright shoots of asparagus and lettuce are still just a twinkle in the farmer’s eye? Would it even be possible to put on an event and feed 300+ people on local food at this time of the year? […]
Where Curly Fries Come From
At first, I was sure I must be dreaming. Pretty ladies stepped out of nowhere to hand me free samples of cheesecake, gelato, or cashews. There was beer, wine, and grilled kangaroo. Everywhere I turned there were displays of gorgeously decorated cakes. Chefs stood over hotplates cooking up dishes of pasta or rosti potatoes, free […]
Taking a Walk on the Green Carpet
Normally, the north building of St. Lawrence Market is the focus of local food only on Saturday mornings as farmers and food producers fill tables with all things edible and Torontonians descend upon the place in search of tasty treats. This past Tuesday evening, the market building was a bastion of local food again as […]
Sweet Treats on the Street
To say that the City’s Street Treats Fair was a resounding success would be a huge understatement. That line-up provoked a refrain of “Holy Shit!” from any number of people who entered Nathan Phillips Square from the north-east corner and were confronted with the throngs of people as they rounded the Peace Garden. Crowds were […]