Book

Capital Dining 2011 – Now available

Here it is! The third edition of Capital Dining, fully updated for 2011, is now available in area book stores and specialty food shops, and through General Store Publishing House. The new edition includes 158 of my favourite restaurants, pubs, [read more]

Capital Dining, the third edition!

It’s coming. It’s coming. I’m closing in on being able to imagine the end! At least of the research phase of the book. Two lunches and a dinner every day takes a toll, but for you, I munch on. This [read more]

Four Cuisines Bistro closed

Number out of service has a gloomy ring. I’ll drive by later today to confirm, but preliminary forays reveal this eclectic little restaurant with the remarkably kind prices has closed. 

Whalesbone Oyster House

Bear in mind, as you read the review of the Whalesbone in CD on page 190, that chef Steve Vardy is no longer in charge.  Vardy moved to Newfoundland in 2007 (though has returned to open the latest installment of [read more]

Social review, page 157

Social stands, but Mitton is gone to Murray Street (see review, August 31/08) which makes the page 157 report, as it stands, moot-ish.  Restaurant e18hteen chef Matt Carmichael is now managing both kitchens.  

The Courtyard Restaurant

Review of The Courtyard as it appears in Capital Dining, on page 175, speaks mostly about the cuisine of chef Marc Lepine. He left shortly after the book went to print, and is now in the frantic floes of opening his [read more]

A’roma Meze

Will soon open a second location on Richmond Road in Westboro.  Stay tuned.