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Fresh dish: Levetto opens its first Toronto location

January 19, 2015

Opening This week in casual, rustic-style Italian restaurant news, Levetto has opened its first Toronto location at 68 Sudbury (at Lisgar). Serving up house-made pasta...

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Happy to be solo

January 14, 2015

Basilio Pesce Pesce spent nearly a decade cooking under the Oliver and Bonacini umbrella as the sous chef at Canoe and then became the executive...

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Fine and Dandylion

January 14, 2015

DANDYLION: 1198 Queen West, 647-464-9100, open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday 5:30-10:30 pm, restaurantdandylion.com, @DandyLionTO For a while, the wild west of Toronto's dining scene...

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Fresh dish: Best bets for Winterlicious

January 12, 2015

OpeningTaking over the space in short-lived Ole Ole (and before that, Kultura) at 169 King East (at Jarvis) is the pizza place simply called One...

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Fresh dish: Best bets for Winterlicious

January 12, 2015

Opening Taking over the space in short-lived Olé Olé (and before that, Kultura) at 169 King East (at Jarvis) is the pizza place simply called...

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Restaurants that’ll do you some good

January 9, 2015

Kupfert & Kimkupfertandkim.com, @kupfertkimThe vegan takeout spot struck gold in the PATH as hundreds of desk jockeys lined up for quinoa bowls, smoothies and salads...

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Restaurants that’ll do you some good

January 9, 2015

Kupfert & Kim kupfertandkim.com, @kupfertkim The vegan takeout spot struck gold in the PATH as hundreds of desk jockeys lined up for quinoa bowls, smoothies...

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FRESH: 326 Bloor West, @freshonbloor 894 Queen West, @freshoncrawford 147 Spadina, @freshonspadina 90 Eglinton East, @freshoneglinton 416-599-4442, freshrestaurants.ca Fresh ingredients every month 4,980 pounds green...

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Fresh dish: Citta’s rustic Italian food comes to CityPlace

January 6, 2015

OpeningThe second location of $5 food emporium El Furniture Warehouse has opened in the former Everest restaurant at 232 Queen West (at McCaul), right across...

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Karon Liu’s top eateries

December 24, 2014

Last year, large spaces like Collette Grand Café and Montecito introduced a new category of fine dining, acclaimed and inventive places like The Grove, Ursa...

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Fresh dish: Touhenboku opens in the Distillery District

December 23, 2014

Opening If you’re one of the thousands milling about the Distillery District’s Christmas market, you’ll see that ramen shop Touhenboku has replaced what was previously...

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Classic Christmas desserts

December 17, 2014

BÛCHE DE NOËL This yule log cake (essentially a sponge cake shaped like a log) is popular in francophone countries so, of course, Nadège Patisserie...

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In defence of the fruitcake

December 17, 2014

Over the holidays, we're ready to embrace treats like gingerbread, sugar cookies and venti peppermint half-fat extra foam mocha lattes. Fruitcake, however, remains the punchline...