The Globe and Mail - Food & Wine News

BARFLY: TORONTO

ALLISON DUNFIELD — Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

COMEDY BAR945 Bloor St. W. Toronto647-898-5324 www.comedybar.ca*****

The Terroni team's new trattoria? Bellissima!

Joanne Kates — Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

Put your squeamishness in check and live big at Osteria Ciceri e Tria

Despite a promising chef, Lakes's new bistro fare sinks

Joanne Kates — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

Quality is all over the map at this upscale restaurant

The underdog comes out on top

ALEXANDRA GILL — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

It was an odd discrepancy.Earlier this month, Cibo Trattoria in the Moda Hotel didn't receive any of the top prizes at the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. A few days later, I read that Food and Wine magazine has declared it one of the two best boutique hotel value restaurants in the world, right up there with the great Alain Senderens' communal-dining restaurant at the uber-hip Mama Shelter hotel in Paris.

It's the simplest fare that shines at Globe

Joanne Kates — Sat, 9 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Globe is at the forefront of the local food movement, with passion for provenance and lust for local

Going down-market? Get the diner vibe right

Alexandra Gill — Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

A pair of restos give the greasy spoon a go, but only authentic ingredients allow one to really shine