Queen West’s Filipino fusion restaurant, Lamesa Filipino Kitchen, recently made renovations to their space including a Tiki-style bar. I was lucky to be part of a group that was invited to sample their new menu including brunch, dinner and late-night menu items as well as cocktails from their new bartender.
What qualities make a great pub? To me, it’s having good food, an ample selection of drinks, in a place where you’d want to hangout with your friends often. When we were invited to Habits Gastropub, I had these three criteria in mind. So did Habits meet them? Read on to find out. Let’s start with the drinks; this is a pub after all. When you walk into Habits, the first thing you notice is the striking whisky wall, with…
Celebrating their one year anniversary on March 5th, Happy Hooker is throwing a week of specials including Wednesday with FREE fish and chips from 5pm until close along with $4 pints and drink specials. Other specials throughout the week include Buck-a-Shuck oysters on Tuesday and Friday. Click here for details.
Set in the middle of the entertainment district on Mercer Street next to Second City, there’s the hotspot rustic Italian restaurant called Buonanotte. With the original location in Montreal, Buonanotte focuses on good Italian cuisine set to a backdrop of an entertaining atmosphere where Fridays and Saturday nights make it a place to be with it’s own club scene. And it was the place to be at their big “UNO” party last week celebrating one year in Toronto. Great food…