Food
Avenue Bistro’s Adam Grant likes to tweak
For Adam Grant, it’s all about the little things – the tweaks and small changes. So, when the new owner of the former L’Avenue Bistro on Bayview Ave., Cindy Stiller, asked him to stay on …more
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Tao – Chinese Cuisine comes to Leaside
Noodles and rice with fragrant sauces, Chinese style…my ‘go to’ comfort foods. Must have something to do with my Chinese heritage. So imagine my excitement when the marquee, ‘Tao, northern Chinese cuisine’, went up at …more
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Popping a few Corks at Longo’s grocery-restaurant
A full-service restaurant inside a grocery store? This sounds like a match made in heaven, with myriad fresh and varied ingredients readily available for a menu. But grocery stores are not exactly known for being …more
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Outside the bento box at Fukui Sushi on Bayview
Reviewed by ANGELA BURLEY and JOHN BECH-HANSEN What better way to be greeted upon entering Fukui Sushi on a brisk January evening than by the smiling faces of three sushi chefs? We’ve actually been coming …more
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Beating the cold winter blues at Satay on the Road
The weather has turned cold, and snow is already piling up on the roads and the sidewalks. It’s hard for me to remember that just a few weeks ago I was roaming the bustling …more
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Date night at Val d’Isère
Saturday was our date night, so my boyfriend Paul and I decided to try out the “new” restaurant on Bayview Ave., Val d’Isère. While walking up the street the week before I had noticed a …more
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This seafood restaurant is making the right kind of waves
We recently decided to try one of the newer restaurants on Bayview, The Captain’s Boil, a franchise operation with locations in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. We knew little about it before dining there except that …more
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Turning half of a beer store into a tasty pizza place
When the Beer Store at Bayview and Eglinton closed in August 2014, many Leasiders probably took their empties to the LCBO on Laird and never came back. But as our latest group of dining critics …more
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Leonard’s Restaurant for sale after 42 years
The Filipopoulos family has put Leonard’s Restaurant and the building up for sale after 42 years on Laird Dr. Brothers’ Bill and George operated the restaurant until George died of cancer recently. Bill says he’s …more
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Authentic Mexican — when you finally get it
“Mexico Lindo on Bayview offers good authentic Mexican food at good prices…when you eventually get your food,” said Christine Ng-Chung, Vanderhoof Ave. “We waited 30 ignored minutes at the door and another 30 minutes at …more