This year had a number of interesting, food-related finds:
- Super-fantastic dim sum at Emerald Chinese in North York
- Much-improved dim sum at Sky Dragon on the corner of Dundas and Spadina. They also have an awesome view of Chinatown
- A suspicious lack of places to eat in tech park area of Markham
- Surprisingly good hamburgers at the GroundHog Pub on Bloor, near Sherbourne
- Messini - for amazing Greek food that always delights - the Danforth
- Nirvana - breakfast enlightenment - beautiful space, great and interesting breakfast
- Beerology beer tasting at the Craft Beer Festival and Summer BBQ at Hart House - We owe the huge variety of beer we have in Canada to the British occupation. Their soldiers were guaranteed a ration of 6 pints of beer a day. Rule Britannia! Hic. Also, got to try some amazing pulled pork sandwiches express delivered to us by my cousin Benjamin Kroetsch, who was working the food catering part.
- Pickled fiddleheads thanks to my father-in-law Jim Clark
- Alexa's homemade onion confit.
- Emerald Chinese, 30 Eglinton W, 905.890.9338
- Sky Dragon, 280 Spadina Ave, 416.408.4999
- GroundHog Pub, 401 Bloor St E, 416.975.1867
- Messini Authentic Gyros, 445 Danforth Ave., 416.778.4861
- Nirvana, 434 College St, 416.927.8885
Gerry Thorpe is the main go-to guy for CheapEats and visits over 80% of the restaurants recommended in both Toronto and Ottawa. Lex likes to think of him as her arm-candy, but is pretty sure he doesn't see it that way. Constantly prowling for new spots to eat in the Junction, Markham and Bay Street, Gerry often comes up with the most interesting finds.
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