Town
Back to business… But first, I must tell you how enormously grateful I am for the many expressions of support I’ve received over the past few days. In truth I’ve been gobsmacked by them. Thank you. Your notes of encouragement [read more]
Burnt Butter
I’ve returned to the increasingly-gentrified Hintonburg this week, to another new restaurant, this one just across the street from the new Back Lane Café reviewed two weeks ago (see October 13 column.) Burnt Butter has moved into the corner space [read more]
Flying Piggy’s Bistro Italiano
This Pig’s been flying over Bank Street, south of Heron Road, for more than a decade, set back a bit in a bunker-like, flat-roofed wooden construct that suggests cottage more than restaurant. But an eatery it has been, owned by [read more]
DiVino
Divino Wine Studio has shifted its focus from its earliest days as a high tech wine classroom and tasting bar that happened to have a kitchen, toward a more serious food destination (that happens to have a fabulous wine list.) [read more]
Caffé Ventuno
Caffe Ventuno is the dining room attached to Il Negozio Nicastro, the West Wellington deli and cheese shop. Open since 2004, ther e have been times of real strength in this Italian kitchen — chefs Michael Cummings (formerly of Cafe [read more]
Giovanni’s
Novelty is the critic’s best pal. What fun checking out the latest glossy restaurant with that crackerjack chef. Examining — or re-examining in this case — a restaurant like Giovanni’s seems dreary in comparison. At a restaurant well into its [read more]
Tavola
You could stumble upon this four-month-old restaurant, as I did, if it were lunchtime, you were hungry and you had business at the Bulk Barn on Merivale Road. Otherwise, you may never lay eyes on the place. Tavola is in [read more]
