Nota Bene
180 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
416.977.6400
(Photo from Nota Bene)
Nota Bene has been on my list of restaurants to visit since it opened about two years ago.  The place gets great reviews and received numerous “Best New Restaurant” accolades along the way.  Despite being a quick subway ride away the visit never happened.  A few of [...]

Buster Rhino’s Southern BBQ
7-2001 Thickson Road South
Whitby, ON
905-436-6986
Store Hours
Mon – Tues 10am – 4pm, Wed – Fri 10am – 8pm
Sat – Sun
CLOSED
I love BBQ.  My dream is to take a tour of the U.S. south and eats all sorts of BBQ and southern food in general.  Living in NYC we had some BBQ options [...]

Burger Shoppe Quality Meats
210 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, ON
416-850-1919
My girls and I were having our monthly book club meeting and decided to do “Restaurant Edition”.  Normally we do it at someone’s house but we figured we’d switch it up.  I compiled a shortlist of restaurants (including Delux and Czehoski’s) and we settled on BQM.  I remember hearing [...]

Last week I had the opportunity to attend my first Matchstick event which was a scotch tasting for the brand The Macallan.  Truth be told, I’m not a scotch drinker.  I’ve likely had it in some mixed drinks over the years but I’ve never been a scotch kind of gal.  But when I got the [...]

Caplansky’s Delicatessen
536 College Street
Toronto, ON
416=500-3852
(Photo via inqmnd)
It feels like I’ve been hearing about Caplansky’s for a minute.  Toronto has a lack of awesome smoked meat sandwiches, so when Zane Caplansky opened up moths ago Caplansky’s was on my list of places to try.
Over the summer it finally clued in that I should try this [...]

601 Christie Street
Toronto, ON, M6G 4C7
(Photo borrowed from Localism)
On Saturday I decided to venture over to Wychwood Barns to check out their farmers’ market.  Wychwood Barns is a very cool re-purposing of land in Toronto.  The barn was originally a repair shop for streetcars for the TTC but sat abandoned for years.  I feel like [...]

The Stockyards Smokehouse & Larder
699 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
416-658-9666
(Photo from Blog TO)
I’ve been hearing about Stockyards and their delicious BBQ for what feels like months.  Pretty much every person I’ve spoken to or review I read has had great things to say about it.  As a lover of BBQ I finally got my act [...]

Smoke’s Poutinerie
218 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1W7
416-599-CURD
Back in December I visited Smoke’s and had a pretty mixed review.  I thought it wasn’t bad overall but didn’t love the gravy.  In fact, I pretty much hated the gravy.  It was too herb-y and not meaty enough.  Gravy should be meaty and not taste exclusively of [...]

Il Gelatiere
647 Mount Pleasant Road
416-488-2663
(photo from BlogTO)
I love gelato.  I’ve been eating it for years but my consumption usually skyrockets while on vacation.  I spent two weeks in Italy a few years back and had gelato AT LEAST once a day… sometimes twice.  Of course it was amazing.  There is just something so much more [...]

Le Select Bistro
432 Wellington Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1E3
416-596-6405
(Photo via Le Select Bistro)
Le Select Bistro is one of those places that has been on my “Must visit” list for ages.  After doing study abroad in Paris I became a sucker for a French bistro.  Seriously.  Pass the steak frites please!
Le Select is just one of [...]