Foodie News

Keep up-to-date with the latest happenings around the Toronto foodie scene. Let us know if you have know something we don’t!

Lunch Ideas

Lunch hour is sacred. You work hard to deserve a good mid-day meal. Find out where the lunching nooks & crannies in Toronto can be found. Even sweeter if it comes under $10.

Restaurants

Over 7,000 dining establishments call Toronto its home. Mix them into Toronto’s diverse cultural melting pot, and you have a recipe for deliciousness! Check out where I’ve been!

Videos

Foodies love food porn. A picture is certainly worth a thousand wordy reviews. Now, string together many pictures and you get a video – food porn heaven!

Vince's Picks

So many choices but not sure where to begin? Why not try some of my restaurant picks and let me know if you like them!

Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: downtown

Video: Great Cooks On Eight
Thursday, 30 Apr, 2009 – 20:00 | Comments
Video: Great Cooks On Eight

When I was working in the heart of downtown, I often suggested my co-workers to hit up Great Cooks On Eight (on the 8th floor of The Bay Building) for lunch. Unfortunately, the price point was a little bit out of our range. I’ve always preached that the $10 limit is the merit of a cheap lunch. Unfortunately, Great Cooks On Eight does not make my list of cheap lunch ideas. But take a look at this video, you might get the idea to take cooking lessons or eat lunch there!

Plan your Mexican fiesta for Cinco de Mayo
Friday, 24 Apr, 2009 – 6:45 | Comments
Plan your Mexican fiesta for Cinco de Mayo

Mexico’s reputation may have been severely tarnished by the recent swine flu pandemic. But if you’re still wondering where to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and fulfill your cravings for Mexican food, here are some suggestions! …

Toronto Initiates Tougher Food Safety Measures
Friday, 17 Apr, 2009 – 7:58 | Comments
Toronto Initiates Tougher Food Safety Measures

In perhaps a reaction to the recent high profile shut-downs of Chinatown and Kensington restaurants. Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health will be recommending measures to curb food illness outbreaks on Monday, April 20, 2009. The …

Burrito Boyz Put Toronto On The Map With Its Halibut Burrito
Saturday, 11 Apr, 2009 – 15:56 | Comments
Burrito Boyz Put Toronto On The Map With Its Halibut Burrito

Forget for a moment the ugly split that tore asunder the original Burrito Boyz franchise into a marketing war between Boyz and Bandidos. Those were business decisions, arguments that matter not to us foodies. As …

Korean Tofu Stew, A Good Idea That’s Finally Catching On
Saturday, 11 Apr, 2009 – 15:46 | Comments
Korean Tofu Stew, A Good Idea That’s Finally Catching On

For the longest time in Toronto, Korean BBQ became synonymous with Korean cuisine. It still holds a large popularity among the younger crowd. This is not a bad thing, since it may be the only time you see teens and young adults actually cook. But it’s a colossal mistake to only know of Korean food as such …

Ravisoups, not your average soup nazi
Saturday, 11 Apr, 2009 – 15:31 | Comments
Ravisoups, not your average soup nazi

At some point in the last decade, soup became an acceptable main course. Feeling perplexed like me as to when such permission was given? Conspiracy theories aside, soup’s acceptance probably attained critical mass when NBC …

Video: Good Eats Toronto – Terroni
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2009 – 9:16 | Comments
Video: Good Eats Toronto – Terroni

Woot! I found a nice Vimeo video video channel today. “Acquired Taste” is the brainchild of an up-and-coming videographer, Chuck Ortiz. I did not need much convincing to tell me that I should feature his …