I’m a big fan of Korean barbecue, and the Korean Grill House on Queen, west of University is good compromise of price and quality. As an added advantage, if it does happy to be a kids’ weekend for me, they both like that place as well. (ETA: And, they have squid.)
Of course, I only suggest a restaurant because you’re all such big WIMPS. The most snow we’ve had in Toronto in living memory and you want to eat indoors? Hmph. You should turn in your Canadian passports. Trust a foreigner to have to show you how it’s done.
I’ve been a regular reader of the dope for many years, but only after seeing this thread I thought I would sign up. Dopefest in Toronto would be very nice. Its a good thing to meet the people you enjoy reading online. Makes cyberspace and meatspace interact ina meaningful way.
That being said, my two cents are as such…
NO KOREAN BBQ. I cook. I love to cook. But I hate going to a restaurant, paying for the food and then having to cook it for myself and others. I can do that at home!
As for the other listing, they’re all pretty standard / franchise style restaurants. Is there anything in Kensington Market that would be more enjoyable? Much more Toronto?
Ooooh…if we’re talking about Kensington, I’d have to go with Supermarket. The only thing is, it would work better during the week. It gets pretty packed on weekends.
Well, I’d suggest that Tortilla Flats and C’est What? are hardly chain restaurants (or even run-of-the-mill). Since you disapprove of my choices, why don’t you suggest some alternatives? Are there some Kensington Market area restaurants that you have in mind?
Supermarket would work, although I think there are much better Asian-fusion restaurants around.
I guess that brings up the question of when we’re going to do this. If it’s going to be a weekday, I’m not free Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays (which is not very flexible of me, is it?). Weekends are better for me, although as I mentioned up-thread, it means a 50/50 chance that my kids will be along.
Why don’t we start a list to see how people like the choices?
I’ll include:[ul][]Korean Grill House ('cause I really do like it )[]Hot Box Cafe[]Jamie Kennedy’s Wine Bar (assuming reefrmad was serious)[]Torito[]Supermarket[]Kubo Radio (since I’d mentioned other Asian-fusion places, and this one is superb)[/ul]
Just a note before we get too excited about Toritos… one of the primary drivers for choosing a place in the past has been price (which is why most of the places I usually go to are not under consideration). Toritos is not in the same price league as most of the rest of the places we’ve discussed, so we may be excluding some people with such a choice.
Me, I’m an Anglo. Bland is my heritage, so I’m not familiar with most of these places, though I’d certainly be willing to try them. I’d prefer Asian to anything with cheese, though. How about Vietnamese?
Two more suggestions for places - http://toronto.ibegin.com/restaurants/yasis-place cheap, available for parties, still virtually unknown to hipsters. Disadvantage - it’s a little hard to get to
or http://rectorycafe.com/ , which is still open through the winter and very quiet these days. Not so inexpensive, though. We could all go for a swim…
To throw in a few other locations that are relatively group-friendly:
[ul]
[li]Saigon Sister[/li][li]Astoria[/li][li]Terroni (the new location on Adelaide)[/li][li]Hernando’s Hideaway[/li][li]Beer Bistro[/li][/ul]
)[]Hot Box Cafe[]Jamie Kennedy’s Wine Bar (assuming reefrmad was serious)[]Torito[]Supermarket[]Kubo Radio (since I’d mentioned other Asian-fusion places, and this one is superb)[/ul]