Originally Posted by Lornag
This is a cross post from the Toronto forum (which so far has generated no responses)
I've been in Honduras for six months, and am going to and from Italy via Toronto at the end of July.
I'm looking for a good restaurant in the beaches area --or a little further afield---for a Saturday night dinner. Nothing latin american or Italian please!
Somewhere with good food and wine, possibly Canadian cottage draft beer, maybe with a bit of a "Canadian summer" bent in the menu. Oh and should be ok with kids as my exceptionally well behaved toddler will be with us.
thanks,
Lorna
You are asking for a lot in a little place. I will recommend the following:
Whitlocks (already mentioned) food is good, wine is good, atmosphere is great, if you are there for dinner on the weekend they have a strolling minstral that your little one will love. Built in a turn of the century grocery store.
Spiaggio: At the far east end of the beach, although the name suggests Italian, the menu is varied and the atmosphere is a little quieter than Whitlocks. Never had a problem with our 4 year old. Food is fantasitc, open kitchen, with open front - they do a number of great specials each evening.
The Boardwalk Cafe: I haven't been here in awhile, but it is at the far west end of the Beach near the swimming pool on the boardwalk. It offers a full menu, I have a feeling it is Northern Italian in flair.
After that, there are two or three very good italian restaurants (Spaggatini, Il Fornelo, Nevada) a couple of good Sushi (Yummi Sushi) restaurants and three of four good PUB (Quigley's, Lion on the Beach) style restraunts.
ONE NOTE OF CAUTION!!!
If you are coming at the end of July, into the Beach, you will be right in the middle of the annual Beaches Jazz festival. They basically close Queen Street for the entire length of the Beach each night and have Jazz bands playing on each corner and in front of most restaurants.
It is a great time, and I would recommend anyone in the area to stop buy for it, you walk from corner to corner hearing different styles of Jazz music, sampling food from the restaurants' front doors. However, it is well attended, Friday night there could be over 1,000,000 people on the street (and no this is no exaggeration).
http://www.beachesjazz.com/home.html
The website below lists some of the phone numbers for the restraunts mentioned above if you are coming during the Jazz Festival get reservations or go to the Danforth for dinner.
http://beachestoronto.com/
Enjoy your stay.