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06/12/13
Summer’s almost here, and that means that heavy desserts are the last thing Torontonians crave to round off a meal. Sorbet may be the easy go-to choice, but panna cotta — the traditional Italian dessert — is perfect for sweltering summer days: it’s light, and it even has a JLo-worthy jiggle. Here are six Hogtown joints that are putting their own spin on panna cotta.
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06/12/13
This past Monday, Valdez officially opened on King West. The highly anticipated restaurant is from chef Steve Gonzalez, a previous cheftestant on Top Chef Canada and formerly the chef de cuisine at Origin.
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06/12/13
In Montreal, Buonanotte has been a nightlife staple for over 20 years. A shining example of bacchanalian fun, the swanky Italian joint is the kind of place where, come a certain hour, tabletop dancing is seen as de rigueur. The Toronto chapter, which opened earlier this year, is slightly more demure, though it has been bringing in ready-to-party crowds since day one.
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06/11/13
Hailing from Calgary, Jelly Modern Doughnuts opened its first Toronto location on College St. last week — just in time for National Doughnut Day. Inspired by places like the Doughnut Plant in New York City, co-owner Rita Tripathy — along with her husband Murray Coleman and her sister Rosanne Tripathy — opened the first Jelly Modern shop in April 2011.
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06/11/13
Kensington Market’s Le Ti Colibri serves up grub from Guadeloupe and Martinique. The cheerful eatery — which recently expanded its menu — dishes out hard-to-find eats like Creole quiche, callaloo veggie fish and a rather addictive Creole sandwich known as the bokit ($9).
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06/10/13
Kensington Market in the summer is about as fun as Toronto gets. The last Sunday of every warm month they go 100 per cent pedestrian from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. But it’s always funky there. And nothing funkier than the new burger joint The Burgernator.
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06/10/13
There are few bars and restaurants in the city with a whisky list quite as robust as the one at SpiritHouse. And with a selection of new refreshing summer cocktails to go alongside the classics, there are at least a dozen great reasons to huddle into this Portland St. spot in the coming months.
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06/07/13
Weekly Restaurant Recap rounds up the week’s Toronto restaurant news. In this edition: a Mexican restaurant for the Distillery District, new digs for an interesting Kensington market food vendor, doughnuts for College Street and more.
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06/07/13
After bidding for 12 separate locations, Craft Dogs co-owners Brian Morin and Kathleen McGinn (previously of Beer Bistro) were getting worried that they would never find the ideal location for their nascent hot dog-focused restaurant. But they’ve finally set up shop — along with the former Beer Bistro sous, Craig “Krusty” Smith — in the spot formerly occupied by Pastabilities.
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06/07/13
Made from a field blend of old vines destined for port, this rugged red table wine is dense purple in colour with a nose of spicy blackberries; it’s a full-bodied, powerful wine — dry and fruity with earthy notes, firmly structured with ripe tannins. Ideal to accompany barbecued meats.
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