Levante Bistro & Lounge
For my last ‘Pick’ I told you about the Red Sea Café on beleaguered Holland Avenue – a worthy little place obscured from street view by fencing and heavy equipment and the other detritus of several months-worth of road-work. This [read more]
Oz Kafé
You needn’t be searching for a brain or a heart or courage to head to Oz. Simply seeking some solidly good, reasonably priced food, delivered by nice people in a fun place will set you on the right path. In [read more]
The Buzz Restaurant
It’s the name of a haircut. It’s also a sound. Or it’s the latest news, the top tittle-tattle, the current enthusiasm. It’s a happy, hummy sort of noise; the sound of industry, of communication. And, of course, a bit of [read more]
Trio
Trio is a high-octane Westboro favourite, tricky to find if you don’t know the neighbourhood well. It’s small, for one, and its black awning – which has ‘trio’ written in petite letters – is eclipsed at the moment by a [read more]
Fleur de Sel
Fleur de Sel is a vegetarian restaurant in Vieux-Hull that happens to serve wild boar. And last week, venison. Plus, shrimp, mussels, salmon, scallops and a bit of duck confit. But otherwise, vegetarian. Forgot to mention crêpes. Dessert crêpes filled [read more]
Infusion Bistro: CLOSED
The Glebe has a lot going for it. It’s a leafy downtown neighbourhood. There’s some great shopping. It’s real and full of life and there’s lots to do. But if you’re on the prowl for a solidly good little restaurant, [read more]
The Buzz
I have a soft spot for this space. It used to house a gem: a little restaurant called the Ironwood Café, before the Ironwood moved to the Somerset Village strip and then, shortly thereafter, closed for good. Post Ironwood, 374 [read more]
