Dining Articles

Meat lovers and vegetarians welcome to Madras Palace

Off the Eaten Track

BY Lori Lockrey
February 8, 2007 02:35 PM This is the third restaurant in my quest to identify restaurants which you can be proud to take your guests.

Previous columns have listed Vincent's Spot and Zen. This week I have picked Madras Palace as having some of the best Indian food around.... more

Fresh, homemade food, great bread, highlights at local cafe

FoodnAround

BY Theresa Albert-Ratchford
September 7, 2006 12:53 PM Sun Caf�© Soleil is a hard name to say, I am not sure if one uses the French, English or both versions which feels a little goofy and redundant. But, this lovely new-ish treasure at 1985 Queen St. E. (416-686-3310) in anything but goofy and... more

Bluffers restaurant, Dogfish are well worth visiting

Off The Eaten Track

BY Lori Lockrey
August 11, 2006 12:42 PM Nothing calms me more than being near, or on the water as I was born under a Zodiac water sign. So when my friend called and excitedly told me she had purchased a sail boat she immediately became my best mate.

We agreed to meet at Bluffer's Park,... more

Buying local food rewarding and virtuous

Food'n'Around

BY THERESA ALBERT-RATCHFORD
July 27, 2006 12:33 PM Every year we spend time on Lake Huron, Ontario's West Coast, playing in the surf and sitting in the sun. This year we made it our challenge to live on the 100 Mile Diet. Driving past many of the farms along the Kitchener, Stratford, Seaforth route... more

Michelle's a perfect place in the Beach

Food'n'Around

BY Theresa Albert-Ratchford
June 1, 2006 12:11 PM I love to eat but there is nothing less tasty than my own words. Having railed against the quality of current Beach nosh I stumbled into the most perfect little place that has been open for a mere three weeks.

Michelle's Beach House (1955 Queen... more

Columnist running out of dining options

Food 'n' Around

BY THERESA ALBERT-RATCHFORD
May 18, 2006 12:01 PM I love my neighboUrhood for its access to a beautiful boardwalk, great schools, friendly neighbours, old trees, access to downtown and countless other reasons. I do find that I have to leave my block to get an excellent meal these days and I can't... more

Gio's features great food in casual atomsphere

Food 'n' Around

BY Theresa Albert-Ratchford
April 6, 2006 11:49 AM If you don't know it's a restaurant, you will think it is a big, ugly bank with a huge nose. This is the trademark of Gio Rana's Really Really Nice Restaurant that locals have come to know and love. On the northwest corner of Queen and Leslie... more

Tradition lives on at Village Tea Room

Off the Eaten Track

BY Lori Lockrey
February 14, 2006 11:17 AM Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, started the custom of afternoon tea to stave off her hunger until dinner. The ritual caught on, and she held her teas in Woburn Abbey, the ancestral home to earls and dukes in the Blue Drawing room.

High Tea... more