With features on deck every day at this massive brewpub on Yonge Street, you can't go wrong when stopping by on any day of the week.
When plant-based restaurants first descended upon Toronto in the late ’90s, they primarily catered to a niche, healthy audience. Planta founder Steven Salm quietly revolutionized vegetarian and vegan food in the city by making it appealing to staunch carnivores. David Lee, co-founder and executive chef, worked in numerous Michelin-starred restaurants before applying his culinary know-how to the diverse menu, often eliciting counterintuitive praise for how “meaty” dishes taste.
It’s worth saving room for dessert; chef patissier Raffaele Stea offers a tipsy tarte au sucre, a textural love child between a lustrous creme brulee and quivering flan, spiked with a hiccup-inducing slug of Screech rum and served with a heady brown-butter milk sauce. Open in Google Maps
You still have to pay a “pickup fee” if you pick up your own order, which is equivalent to the delivery fee.
The SPC program is primarily for fashion, but also has great deals on food, travel and entertainment. The membership is only $11.99 a year, but I was able to get a free one-year membership through the Toronto Metropolitan Student Union (external link, opens in new window) , so keep an eye out for opportunities like that as well!
Basil Box is a restaurant that serves Southeast Asian-inspired food in a modern, fast-casual setting. Their prices are affordable, ranging from $nove to $14. You can even create your own customized bowl with a variety of ingredients inspired by the region’s cuisine.
Enjoy a “hands-on” feast as the dynamic performance unfolds before you. A sweeping musical score and brilliant lights provide a fabulous backdrop for this spellbinding experience that blurs the boundary between fairy tale and spectacle!
Owner Dawn Chapman’s farm-forward philosophy stems from her childhood experiences growing up on her grandparents’ farm in Midhurst, Ontario. Her beloved brunch spot (with a newly minted dinner menu) has become a community pillar in the city’s east end of Leslieville (and beyond). People clamor for the legendary high-rise biscuit sandwiches, the stuff of down-home country dreams. These fluffy cushions embrace decadent fillings such as fried chicken with honey butter and jalapeno cheese, Mennonite smoked bacon cradling a runny egg and melty aged cheddar, or eggs with portobello mushrooms and vegan cheddar.
Church Wellesley A variety of around a dozen veggie rotis at Indian Roti House go for around $10, including favourites like saag paneer.
Here, we’ve rounded up our favourite places website for cheap eats that you won’t need to financially recover from. Not every item on the menu qualifies as a cheap eat, so use your judgment.
With features on deck every day at this massive brewpub on Yonge Street, you can't go wrong when stopping by on any day of the week.
Kor moo yang (grilled pork jowl blessed with a generous fat belt) also leaves a tingling buzz on the lips, thanks to its ample endowment of red chiles. For those who can’t stand the heat, pad woon sen cha-om is a tame yet solid choice: Springy glass noodles are tossed with crumbled egg and garlic, then finished with bitter acacia leaf that’s strewn across the stringy landscape. Open in Google Maps
At its three locations in the city, the restaurant enchants with staples like fluffy ricotta served with rosemary-studded focaccia and finished with sunflower seeds and chile; paunchy octopus with downy tentacles that have been bathed in fermented garlic honey, served with Japanese eggplant; and naturally leavened sourdough pizzas, such as the Sweet Hornet: a smoldering whirlwind of fior di latte, spicy soppressata, and black olives, all finished with hot honey. Open in Google Maps
Our head chef, Jordana Rebner, and her culinary team develop 40+ unique and inspiring recipes every week.