Since opening in 2009, Buca has shifted local parameters of Italian dining. Salume is now something made lovingly in house—and it’s no longer all about pork, but includes goat and lamb and sometimes even a local spin that extends to…

Now in its third regime, this quartercentury- old institution is for the first time being run by a locally bred chef-patron: Victor Barry, from Niagara-on-the-Lake. As expressed in his exuberantly rambling tasting menus, Barry’s idea of Canadian cooking is as…

In more ways than one, the 54th floor of a downtown Toronto office tower seems an odd choice for the setting of a restaurant conceived to showcase culinary Canadiana. But it works. Day and night the views of the lower…

With décor running more to modest than stylish, and only 30-odd seats spread over its twin main floor rooms, this restaurant appears to the uninitiated as your average neighbourhood bistro. But its foodie following borders on cultish. Part of the…

Tracking down a decent meal after 10pm in Toronto has traditionally been a problem. Or it was, until Max Rimaldi (the restaurateur who introduced Toronto to Neapolitan pizza), and celebrated local chef Grant van Gameren got together and opened Bar…

This spacious, sleek and modern restaurant, with its stylish long bar and lounge overlooking lively Queen Street West, is unusually flexible in the roles it can play. For it possesses that rare sort of casual sophistication that fulfils the needs…

Some large part of the enduring appeal of Scaramouche is attributable to the flawless service, which begins with complementary valet parking, and flows seamlessly through to the helpful maitre d’ at the reception desk, the knowledgeable waiter and the tiptop…

Mitsuhiro Kaji has been expertly slicing up fish on a grim stretch of The Queensway near Islington Avenue for nearly two decades. The locale seems odd for a fellow that everyone agrees has the best Japanese restaurant in town. But…