Preparing For The Cousins
Tonight we are having a handful of Ger’s cousins over for dinner. Initially I thought we were hosting a pasta making class, now it has turned into a 5 course Italian meal. Luckily, one of the cousins is a chef, because otherwise these folks would be eating Skoobiedoos.Now, off to set up the living room as an Italian bistro… where did I leave those chianti bottles and that red & white checked fabric?
Your ‘Italian Feast’ looks wonderful!!
I’m visiting Toronto in august .
I’ve heard there are terrifico homestyle neighbourhood italian restaurants at reasonable prices in Little Italy.
I can’t finf any on the web… can you suggest any?
Many thanks, happy feasting>
NICK
Hey Nick,
my approach to Little Italy is to cruise the strip until something catches my eye. My favourites for that family feel have closed and I think more and more of those are moving as the prices of space in that neighbourhood increases. If you keep going West on College you will find a lot of family style Portuguese spots, which are our current Mediterranean fave.
I’ll do a little poll over on CETOblog.com and see what kind of recos we can get for you there.
I’m also a fan of 7 Numbers (locations on Eglinton & Danforth) and Gio Rana’s Really Really Nice Restaurant (on Queen East in Leslieville) which is also called “The Nose”. Similar menus, great service, price is a little over my standard CheapEats range.
Hang on… I’ll be back with more.
lex