The restaurants that underwent January renovations have reopened and everyone who usually eat out only on rare occasions rushing frantically to make the most of Winterlicious — such is the first week of February in Toronto dining.
Just Opened
- The doors are open on Leslieville's crowd-funded international house of dumplings, My Little Dumplings.
- Cory Vitiello has decided that a second Flock is a better fit for the space at 97 Harbord St. than THR&Co. was. The health-conscious chicken roaster is now open.
Coming Soon
- Entice Culinary Lounge opens this week in the space at 1036 Queen W. that once housed the fashion boutique Jacflash.
- As Now Magazine reported, Dundas West will be home to the third Uncle Tetsu location by March if all goes to plan.
- Milagro's co-founder Arturo Anhalt is opening Torteria San Cosme is Kensington Market. The menu will be all tortas, no tacos.
- Toronto seems to be on the part of the craft beer curve where just about every new establishment is a big pub, owned by an even bigger group. At 390 seats, The Belfast Love by the Donnelly Group fits the bill.
Restaurant Coverage
- Eclairs are the hot pastry du jour and chef Marc Thuet and his wife Biana Zorich helped us pick the city's best for our taste test.
- Winterlicious, the week when Torontonians who never eat out, eat out is in full swing.
- This spring, the Donnelly Group is adding their name to the list of Vancouver restaurant groups with Toronto outposts when they open Belfast Love on King West.
- For her lunch pick this week, Karolyne Ellacott went with the winter grain bowl from Pusateri’s.
- This month's Food Crawl takes us beyond China for a Lunar New Year tour of Yonge and Sheppard.
Changes and Other News
- His restaurant, Porzia, closed late last year, but word came via Instagram that Basilio Pesce has landed a spot on the team at The Cheese Boutique.
- Jesse Vallins announced on Facebook that he is leaving The Saint after three years as head of the kitchen there. We reached out to Vallins, but no word yet on where he's headed next.
