David Chang, the Michelin-starred New York chef whose Momofuku group of restaurants (not to mention his cookbook) has influenced a generation of restaurateurs, is going to be opening up shop in Toronto. That much we know. A few weeks ago, Chang announced that Toronto’s Momofuku branch—which he has said will be known as Momofuku Daisho—would [...]

“Pork belly is really popular,” says David Chau, co-founder of Banh Mi Boys, the well-received Asian fusion sandwich shop just west of Queen and Spadina. The fatty meat can be found in the steamed buns and banh mi (Vietnamese submarines), but Chau says there are requests for it to be placed on the tacos as [...]

Ed Pottinger’s uncle always told him that a knockdown is not a knockout, and he continues to live by those words. Pottinger is the owner of the much loved Riverside restaurant the Real Jerk, which was set to close today after almost 24 years. Not by choice though: the restaurant received an eviction notice Decemeber [...]

When Casa Mendoza closed its doors on New Year’s Day, a chapter of the city’s waterfront history ended. The last motel/restaurant to operate along the Lake Shore Boulevard strip on Humber Bay, it was demolished last week to make way, like its former neighbours, for condos. With it go memories of a row of businesses [...]

Sad news for many in the east end today: longtime hangout The Real Jerk has to close up shop soon. The building’s been sold, reports Global, and the new owners have asked The Real Jerk to vacate by the end of the month. Real Jerk proprieters are hoping to reopen elsewhere in Leslieville, and are [...]

Pub crawls unite a group of similarly-minded individuals toward a common goal: to get a sampling of a few bars in a city, perhaps try something new, all the while getting sufficiently obliterated. The foodie equivalent, the Toronto Dishcrawl, operates in the same way—only instead of becoming immovably inebriated, participants in Dishcrawl are amped to [...]

Fabarnak, the café in the Church Wellesley Village’s 519 Community Centre, reaches its first birthday next month, but executive chef Eric Wood says there are no plans yet to mark the milestone. There is plenty worth celebrating, however, as the small, charming space has racked up enthusiastic reviews and become a dining hot spot. Wood [...]

We all know that films can feed your mind, and your heart, and young tingly erotic zones, but you also need to eat. And whether you’re TIFF-ing hard this year, using up vacation days to cram in as many screenings as possible, or just want to treat some special lady or fella to a swanky [...]

"Shut it down!" Gordon Ramsay usually reserves his famous catchphrase for the chefs who foul up dinner service on Hell's Kitchen, but we'd like to propose another fitting application. After spending a few sanity-testing days evaluating Toronto's ego-driven, Flash-laden restaurant websites, borrowing his words seems like a good way to slap some sense into this city's restaurateurs.

Lemon-filled phyllo with blueberry compote and candied lemon, from Bernardin. Toronto food fanatics are always looking for a fine excuse for a feast. Lucky for us, non-profit FoodShare’s annual fundraiser, Recipe for Change, brings together local chefs and diners in an effort to promote the importance of food literacy for future generations. An organization focused [...]

A meal at Vegetarian Haven. Photo by Mariyah from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. If another municipality decided to woo our fair city of Toronto, then Montreal or some other pal would probably advise them that the way to our heart is through our collective stomach. Every year, Hogtown’s hungriest come out in full force to [...]

Momofuku’s fabled pork buns. Photo by Mikey V, licensed under Creative Commons. Late last week, the world learned that chef and restaurateur David Chang is planning to open two branches of his Momofuku dining empire in Toronto; both are expected in 2012, near University Avenue and Adelaide Street. These two restaurants (and another branch expected [...]