Cheap Eats Toronto restaurant guide blog

New Red Pen Updates

Here are the new Red Pen Updates:

Closed:

• Chennai Chef (page 52)
• El Camino Mexican Cafe (page 64)
• Indochine (page 82)
• La Lucciola (page 92)
• Musa (page 106)
• Thai Thani (page 146)
• Yung Sing Pastry (page 154)

For a complete list of all Red Pen Updates click here.

Red Pen Updates

Yes, it's time to grab your red pen and makes some marks in your copy of CheapEats Toronto.

Closed:

• Al's Fish & Chips (p.32)
• Amato (p.33)
• Ampeli Taverna (p.34)
• Angkor (p.34)
• Azerbayjan Restaurant (p.37)
• Bedford Ballroom (p.40)
• Bedford's Restaurant and Bar (p.40)
• Beijing House Restaurant (p.40)
• Bo De Duyen (p.43)
• Brittany Café Bakery (p.46)
• Café Du Marche (p.50)
• Canary Grill (p.51)
• Caribbean Dutchpot (p.51)

Timothy's - Gone.

Timothy's - Gone.
Originally uploaded by LexnGer.

A quick ride by Timothy's today showed that they are most definitely gone.
The folks behind the Butter Chicken Factory were just putting up their "Opening Soon" sign and said that after 5 weeks work, they'll be another 2 before they open.
Having seen restaurant project plans - estimated and actual - I suspect it might be a little longer than 2 weeks... but you never know.

Peter Street Deli - Gone

Peter Street Deli - Gone
Originally uploaded by LexnGer.

A long time favourite with both the lunch and late night crowd, the Peter Street Deli is gone and has been replaced by an Ali Baba's in what feels like the blink of an eye.

SK said: End of an era! I used to go there all the time when my office was on Peter.

She's not alone, while I've never been a fan the Peter Street Deli, we continually got recommendations for the Peter Street Deli as a good spot to get good food, cheap.

Another CheapEater commented that while it was a shame the Peter Street was gone (I'm not sure I agree), he was happy it wasn't replaced with yet another burrito joint (I do agree with that).

Get your Red Pen out and update your copy of CheapEats Toronto with both the closure of the Peter Street Deli and the new location of Ali Baba's.

What the WIFI?

When did Lettieri stop offering WIFI?

I dropped by the Yorkville location last week for a quick coffee and email check only to find there was no access.  So I asked and woman behind the counter told me if I sat near the window I might be able to pick something up. 

I was sure that all Lettieri locations had WIFI.  It was one of the great things about them.  Did I miss something?

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Mimi's No More

Mimi's No More

In a span of 3 days, I had 2 people tell me that Mimi's closed. Anna emailed to let me know and then I ran into Bob Blumer who told me about the obit he wrote for Now. (don't worry, Mimi herself is fine)

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Almost Ready - Lahore Tikka House

Almost Ready

Check it out! This is the new Lahore Tikka House finally unveiled, though not open yet.

As expected, it's huge. Two stories and a parking lot too.

I can't wait until they open for real. I wonder if they will still have the wonderful patio in the summer, or if those railing on the roof mean they'll have it up there.  I miss summer meals on their patio surrounded by twinkling lights and colourful billowing fabrics.

Grand's now the River Seafood House

Grand's Seafood is now River Seafood House with only slight changes that you could easily overlook if you aren't paying attention... or are a little hungover when you show up for dim sum.

Many of the same staff pushing the carts and frying the dim sum goodies. A few new paintings on the wall, no phoenix or dragons anymore. The Fry Station has moved slightly to allow for more space if you are waiting for a table, but that's the most obvious change.

There  slightly different dim sum line up, which often happens with a new chef or change in ownership, but nothing major and nothing shocking.  We got most of our standards: har gow, char sui bau, shrimp rolls, sticky rice, gai larn with oyster sauce.

We also tried a couple of the steamed seafood dumplings (which were a little too seafood-y, if you know what I mean, but that happens sometimes.) 

All in all, if you walked in and didn't notice the updated sign, you probably wouldn't notice that anything much had changed. 

We even ran into a couple of friends of CheapEats who were checking out the new name and possibly new kitchen. Care to share your thoughts?

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What's Up With Saigon Sister?

What's Up With Saigon Sister?

I was walking by today and saw this... no signs in the windows or doors to tell us what's happening. Anyone know the scoop?

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Living Well is now Arrabiata Trattoria

Living Well, on Yonge, south of Bloor is in the process of becoming Arrabiata Trattoria RestoBar. Arrabiata, 692 Yonge Street, is still being setup and since they haven't posted a menu (or opening date) we won't know for a while whether it is a CheapEat or not.

Red Pen: pg. 96 of CheapEats Toronto, Living Well - closed.

While it's sad to see this neighbourhood fixture go, it won't surprise our friends who went to Living Well for a very disappointing dinner during Pride.

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