Can anyone recommend a good place for a light dinner in downtown for a visitor from New York? I'd like to be able to point him somewhere Toronto-style that's chic without being too pricy.
Yes. Head over to Queen and Bathurst area for your choice cuisine: French at the Rosebud ( http://www.therosebud.ca/ ). Italian at Terroni. Tex-Mex at La Hacienda. Czehoski: http://www.czehoski.com/
Or head to Ossington and Queen area for Toronto's latest trendy restaurant strip: Amazing pizza at Pizzeria Libretto, gorgeous French cuisine at Union, and the latest designer restaurant opening soon: Bohmer.
All these restaurants are within a 10 minute cab ride of downtown Bay Street area, and all these restaurants are much more affordable than Bay Street area joints.