What to Eat and See in Toronto & Montreal

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: RGUN
All the restaurants on the street perpendicular from Yonge infront of Zanzibar are fantastic! There is something for any type of food there and Ive eaten at most of them. Barbarians if you want steak/meat, Oro for Italien I think? THere are like 8 restaurants right in that block and they are all just incredible.

Barbarian is a terrible steakhouse.Go to Morton's if you got coin, Tulip if you don't.

 

[sdifox]

Lunch place : try Tokyo Grill located at Yonge and Wellesley. It's a little ramen place.
Spanish: Segovia has set menu lunch. It's near Yonge and Wellesley
cutlet sandwich : California Sandwich.
Sushi: Tokyo Sushi on St Joseph East of Bay. Great sushi

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: RGUN
All the restaurants on the street perpendicular from Yonge infront of Zanzibar are fantastic! There is something for any type of food there and Ive eaten at most of them. Barbarians if you want steak/meat, Oro for Italien I think? THere are like 8 restaurants right in that block and they are all just incredible.

Barbarian is a terrible steakhouse.Go to Morton's if you got coin, Tulip if you don't.

We've gone to a few different Morton's and they are indeed a very awesome steakhouse - in face to do it on the cheap you can belly up to the bar and get this really cool small steak sandwiches which are decently priced (at least in the States).

However as much as I love Morton's that is something we can do in any metro area in the States - would like to keep it as 'local' as possible.

Thanks for the other Sushi and Japanese places, though, I do appreciate it!

 

[DVad3r]

Originally posted by: m0mentary
no one mentioned Coras for breakfast? unless you're going for fancy.

http://www.chezcora.com/a/01-b...-histoire/index2-a.htm

That place is nothing special and is over-rated. The service is also terrible from personal experience and talking to others. Granted, it is a chain and there are many locations.

 

[DVad3r]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Lunch place : try Tokyo Grill located at Yonge and Wellesley. It's a little ramen place.
Spanish: Segovia has set menu lunch. It's near Yonge and Wellesley
cutlet sandwich : California Sandwich.
Sushi: Tokyo Sushi on St Joseph East of Bay. Great sushi

YES! California Sandwiches, totally forgot about that one. Bad ass veals and chicken sandwiches. The original location is actually in downtown too!

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: RGUN
All the restaurants on the street perpendicular from Yonge infront of Zanzibar are fantastic! There is something for any type of food there and Ive eaten at most of them. Barbarians if you want steak/meat, Oro for Italien I think? THere are like 8 restaurants right in that block and they are all just incredible.

Barbarian is a terrible steakhouse.Go to Morton's if you got coin, Tulip if you don't.

We've gone to a few different Morton's and they are indeed a very awesome steakhouse - in face to do it on the cheap you can belly up to the bar and get this really cool small steak sandwiches which are decently priced (at least in the States).

However as much as I love Morton's that is something we can do in any metro area in the States - would like to keep it as 'local' as possible.

Thanks for the other Sushi and Japanese places, though, I do appreciate it!

For Italian I recommend La Bruschetta

http://www.dine.to/labruschetta

You got a GPS right? 🙂

Is there any other cuisine you are particularly interested in?

Defiinitely go to St Lawrence market and get the Peameal Bacon Sandwich ( I prefer the first one on the right entrance of Front street)

At least you will finally taste Canadian Bacon 🙂

I actually don't know any Dim Sum place downtown that I would recommend. Don't really eat Dim Sum there and the ones I have been to are meh.


I am not even sure what the hell Toronto Local Food is...

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: RGUN
All the restaurants on the street perpendicular from Yonge infront of Zanzibar are fantastic! There is something for any type of food there and Ive eaten at most of them. Barbarians if you want steak/meat, Oro for Italien I think? THere are like 8 restaurants right in that block and they are all just incredible.

Barbarian is a terrible steakhouse.Go to Morton's if you got coin, Tulip if you don't.

We've gone to a few different Morton's and they are indeed a very awesome steakhouse - in face to do it on the cheap you can belly up to the bar and get this really cool small steak sandwiches which are decently priced (at least in the States).

However as much as I love Morton's that is something we can do in any metro area in the States - would like to keep it as 'local' as possible.

Thanks for the other Sushi and Japanese places, though, I do appreciate it!

For Italian I recommend La Bruschetta

http://www.dine.to/labruschetta

You got a GPS right? 🙂

Is there any other cuisine you are particularly interested in?

Defiinitely go to St Lawrence market and get the Peameal Bacon Sandwich ( I prefer the first one on the right entrance of Front street)

At least you will finally taste Canadian Bacon 🙂

I actually don't know any Dim Sum place downtown that I would recommend. Don't really eat Dim Sum there and the ones I have been to are meh.


I am not even sure what the hell Toronto Local Food is...

We are getting a GPS for a wedding gift. Additionally my Blackberry also has a GPS and works well with Google Maps - that has saved me a few times in Detroit. . . .

It never dawned on me that I can have "real" Canadian Bacon, how awesome is that??!!

I know that it can be sort of odd asking for 'local' food in that I have visited many of the largest metro areas in the States and there is a large degree of homogeneity in the cuisines. However I suppose my real point is that I don't want to eat at some chain restaurant in Toronto that I could just as well eat at in the States, know what I mean?

The girl and I are really into micro-brews so the idea of hitting up the Distillery District is great - and as I previously mentioned we may splurge on the CN Tower.

I am in the process of trying to find a place to stay in Montreal, but looks like the prices are a bit higher there than in Toronto.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Babbles

We are getting a GPS for a wedding gift. Additionally my Blackberry also has a GPS and works well with Google Maps - that has saved me a few times in Detroit. . . .

It never dawned on me that I can have "real" Canadian Bacon, how awesome is that??!!

I know that it can be sort of odd asking for 'local' food in that I have visited many of the largest metro areas in the States and there is a large degree of homogeneity in the cuisines. However I suppose my real point is that I don't want to eat at some chain restaurant in Toronto that I could just as well eat at in the States, know what I mean?

The girl and I are really into micro-brews so the idea of hitting up the Distillery District is great - and as I previously mentioned we may splurge on the CN Tower.

I am in the process of trying to find a place to stay in Montreal, but looks like the prices are a bit higher there than in Toronto.

Nothing like going to Hard Rock Cafe in Peking eh? 🙂

Can't help you on the beer front, not a drinker. But it's the Old Distillery District so don't get your hopes up 🙂

 

[Kntx]

Get drunk then go to Sneaky Dee's at 3am for nachos.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Babbles

We are getting a GPS for a wedding gift. Additionally my Blackberry also has a GPS and works well with Google Maps - that has saved me a few times in Detroit. . . .

It never dawned on me that I can have "real" Canadian Bacon, how awesome is that??!!

I know that it can be sort of odd asking for 'local' food in that I have visited many of the largest metro areas in the States and there is a large degree of homogeneity in the cuisines. However I suppose my real point is that I don't want to eat at some chain restaurant in Toronto that I could just as well eat at in the States, know what I mean?

The girl and I are really into micro-brews so the idea of hitting up the Distillery District is great - and as I previously mentioned we may splurge on the CN Tower.

I am in the process of trying to find a place to stay in Montreal, but looks like the prices are a bit higher there than in Toronto.

Nothing like going to Hard Rock Cafe in Peking eh? 🙂

Can't help you on the beer front, not a drinker. But it's the Old Distillery District so don't get your hopes up 🙂

I once was a major douche bag tourist and went to Hard Rock Cafe in Paris - really I wanted the t-shirt, but even that has a large degree of doucheness to it.

The second time I went to Europe the fiancee and I stayed in Prague for a week and went local as much as we could, i.e. found a great coffee joint off the beaten path to hang out at, found some bizarre noodle shop off of the tourist area, and so forth.

Anyhow. . . we are only going to be in Toronto for a couple of days so we aren't going to hit up that many places. We plan on spending a bit more time in Montreal, though, so if anybody has suggestions for there please let me know.

. . . may edit the topic title to reflect that.

 

[sdifox]

Croissant, Poutine and Montreal Smoke Meat sandwich comes to mind when you mention Montreal. Can't help you much on that since I don't know Montreal well. But apparently their sushi is killer.

 

[DVad3r]

Toronto doesn't have a local cuisine of it's own. Montreal does as mentioned above. Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world, we have everything and everyone here except for something original and our "own".

Oh and when in Montreal def check out "Schwartzes". They have original smoked meat sandwich. Not sure on the spelling of the name though, but ask around and everyone will tell you where it is 🙂