Need recs for Ottawa with toddler
Hi there, We will be visiting Ottawa for the tulip festival and will have a toddler with us, therefore ruling out fine dining. Can anyone provide suggestions: - best pho - French cuisine (we can drive...
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Thanks for the report back! Glad to hear about Lola's -- I love them for breakfast/brunch, but have never eaten dinner there. Nice to know it's solid. Hope you have a chance to come back and try more...
View ArticleAny reasonably ok places to eat close to Brighton?
I'm thinking of going there in July for a few days but I've heard there is nada in the way of good food there. So not sure I'm ready to be there long if it's all fast food.
View ArticlePicea997 on a coupon
The May issue of Saveur(#156)has some good stuff on the art and science of pizza+recipes.
View ArticleMemphis Fire Barbeque Company - Stoneycreek
Ribs dry rub had way too much salt tonight.
View ArticleMorel alert!
Right. I won't tell even my closest friends. If I get a lot, I'll share. But never tell. Tonight wonderful sons surprised me at home for mothers day and made incredible gnocchi with morels (ok, my...
View Articlede Mello Palheta Coffee Roasters - Yonge/Eglington area
Ha, that's funny autopi. I couldn't tell you if there was music on or not, so I guess it wasn't too loud when I was there. Maybe an overzealous employee was trying to create some 'atmosphere'.
View ArticleNeed an extraordinary meal in Toronto - get creative!
That's interesting - their website is still up. Thanks for the head's up. Sadly, not surprising - has need a bit of a face lift (food-wise) for a while.
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I'm pretty sure Pusateri's cooks and bakes quite a bit of food themselves, in addittion to selling from others around town. Their "Ultimate Brownie" is incredible. As far as I've always understood,...
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Thanks for the update. I will give them another chance.
View ArticleThe Stockyards Smokehouse & Larder
Whats with the "unforeseen circumstances with our smoker" notice on their website. Ahhhhh !! Fire, Inspector problems, Maintenance ?
View ArticleFrozen Artichokes (GTA)
Marche Adonis on Eglinton in Mississauga has them--artichoke bottoms--just bought a bag yesterday.
View ArticleMarche Adonis coming to Mississauga?
Public transit, I don't know, but--heading west in the car on Eglinton, as you advised, I admit to cursing you a few times, Mr. Warrior... To be fair, there is very little specific information about...
View ArticleBen & Izzy's
They mentioned on twitter that they are replacing their smoker with a bigger one. They also said that they are going to focus on a particular meat on different days (if I recall correctly) to help with...
View ArticleHeading to Midland and area in February
Tried Explorer Cafe again when I was last up. Still pretty good (but casual). One item that was noteworthy - they served 'Lafontaine' Potatoes on 1 (at least) of the dishes, and they were superb....
View ArticleNeed an extraordinary meal in Toronto - get creative!
+1 for the Hashimoto idea, it's basically a private room as I understand it Kaji, which I love, for me wouldn't be special enough for some of the same reasons that Shoto also isn't (that said I had my...
View ArticleMarche Adonis coming to Mississauga?
Here in Montréal, they are opening a branch in the west end of the city centre! (Though I think the Acadie-Sauvé branch is still closer to where I live near marché Jean-Talon). Of course they have to...
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