Restaurant Comings & Goings

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/this-cult-favourite-sandwich-shop-is-giving-away-200-free-subs-on-saturday/

Two things have a serious choke hold on Toronto’s food scene: sentimentality and sandwiches. Grandma Loves You, a family-run sandwich counter, has built a mini empire on both. On February 21 at noon, the chain is opening its sixth location at King and Strachan, and to celebrate, they’re giving away a slew of sandwiches—210 of them, to be exact—after a stately ribbon-cutting ceremony.

 

[toonderly]

This morning I noticed a sign for Pho 128 has gone up above this location. Still brown paper and For Lease in the window.

Brown paper is down, pictures of food and a "coming soon" notice have been added to the windows.

 

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/mcdonalds-canada-drake-ovo-afters-meal-deal-blue-sprite/

For a few days now, the local Drizzerati have been buzzing—make that hooting—after posters teasing a collab between Drake’s OVO label and McDonald’s were plastered all over the city. “Night Owls Land Here” reads the cryptic tagline, sending speculation into overdrive: What ballers-only menu item might the Six God bestow on his loyal subjects? Was McDonald’s about to add Ace of Spades to its fountain drink offerings?

 

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/the-viral-7-eleven-japanese-egg-sandwich-is-coming-to-canada/

And while deli doomscrolling is always a fun pastime, we have some good news for Canada. The tamago, made with cage-free eggs, authentic Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise and fresh thick-cut shokupan (milk bread), will soon be available at 7-Eleven Canada for a modest $5. That’s less than the price of two beef-and-cheese taquitos.

 

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/pizzeria-libretto-bar-ossington/

When Pizzeria Libretto opened on Ossington way back in 2008, you had to fight for your life to get a table. Known for popularizing Neapolitan-style pizza in Toronto (hello, you sexy, soft, wood-fired crust, you), Libretto quickly expanded, opening three other locations. But, with the shifting economic winds and the neighbourhood’s changing vibes, executive chef and co-owner Rocco Agostino is taking his first-born baby in a different direction by rebranding the spot as Bar Libretto.

 

[artyboy123]

https://torontolife.com/food/liliana-italian-marvin-palomo-queen-west/

Name: Liliana
Contact: 1198 Queen St. W., lilianatoronto.com, @lilianarestaurant
Neighbourhood: Little Portugal
Previously: J’s Steak Frites
Owners: Marvin Palomo and Cole Diamond
Chef: Marvin Palomo (Vela)
Accessibility: Not fully accessible; washrooms down a flight of stairs

After a fire forced the closure of Vela last year, chef Marvin Palomo—and most of his kitchen team from the King West hotspot—landed at Liliana, Palomo’s new restaurant inside the cozy 30-seat room that previously housed Dandylion and J’s Steak Frites. “It’s special to be back doing this together again so soon,” Palomo says.

The restaurant is named for a late mentor who shaped Palomo’s approach to cooking during his postgraduate stint in Piedmont, Italy. The menu is Italian, but Palomo’s Filipino heritage and subsequent years spent working in Hong Kong kitchens pull it in other directions, with ingredients like miso, furikake and black sesame turning up in dish after dish.

 

[PL1]

https://torontolife.com/food/mcdonalds-canada-drake-ovo-afters-meal-deal-blue-sprite/

For a few days now, the local Drizzerati have been buzzing—make that hooting—after posters teasing a collab between Drake’s OVO label and McDonald’s were plastered all over the city. “Night Owls Land Here” reads the cryptic tagline, sending speculation into overdrive: What ballers-only menu item might the Six God bestow on his loyal subjects? Was McDonald’s about to add Ace of Spades to its fountain drink offerings?

Drake has poisoned his own brand