With prices ranging from $4 to $16, you can indulge in signature dishes, snacks, desserts and classic favourites like potato and cheese perogies without breaking the bank. So come on in, grab a plate, and get ready for a culinary adventure.
Since 2009, this restaurant with a fast-casual counter has sent a couple thousand famed Portuguese chickens out the door each week. Owned by Carlos Martins and managed by his three sons, including Le Cordon Bleu graduate chef Steven Martins, this spot has all the markers of a family-owned restaurant operation. The family takes care to source ingredients directly from Portugal (such as fresh fish and seafood), and Papa Carlos makes the rounds glad-handing and toasting with guests like a local celebrity.
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From dumplings to burgers, these restaurants are dishing out delicious cheap eats of all kinds so that you can enjoy a night out without breaking the bank.
For every meal sold on the app, they also make a donation to a local charitable organization that helps feed the community, which is amazing!
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A post shared by The Wolff Girl (@erikawolfff) This popular eatery is a staple of Queen West and for good reason. The munchies are always tasty and the prices are right at just $5 for a classic grilled cheese, $4.
Now, you can hunker down at a table while you wait for your piping-hot fried bao to cool. You can get four of the crispy balls of heaven for under $10. Bite a hole in it first, suck out the delicious broth and then dig in.
Jerk King is a popular Caribbean restaurant located in downtown Toronto. The restaurant has a cozy and intimate atmosphere with dark wood accents and colourful decor. The menu features traditional Caribbean dishes, including jerk chicken, curry goat meal, and oxtail meat.
A lot of the food on the app is understandably on the higher price end (due to high ingredient costs), so with all the fees on top, it can get quite pricy!
Standout selections by head chef Joseph Ysmael include the Husband + Wife Beef, an addictive inferno of tripe and shank cuts bathed in chile oil and check here finished with peanuts; chewy silver needle noodles that sing with a backbone of soy sauce and overtures of earthy black mushrooms; gnawable lamb ribs perfumed with cumin; and a favorite, plump cubes of mapo tofu topped with salty nuggets of dry-aged beef, Sichuan peppercorn, and garlic chives. Save room for the soft-serve dessert: a swirly-twirly, soybean-based wonder that gets a bear hug of crushed cinder toffee and a drizzle of mature soy sauce caramel. Open in Google Maps
Many successful restaurants that populate the city today are helmed by chefs who got their start at this one. Since 1995, Canoe has showcased the provenance of Canadian ingredients from coast to coast. The fancy enterprise calls the 54th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre home, offering views of the skyline and demanding high prices to go with it. Executive chef Ron McKinlay (who worked alongside Tom Kitchin and Gordon Ramsay) leads the elaborate tasting and hyperseasonal menus. A portrait of copyright is framed in hedonistic creations like his intricate Pig’s Trotter: a compact porky cylinder stuffed with sweetbreads, lap cheong sausage, and wild shrimp from the North Atlantic, counterbalanced by a relief system of tangy pickled pears, salty spot prawn bisque, and grassy tarragon emulsion.
There’s a significant disparity in cost, reaffirming that dining out in Toronto is as much about budget as it is about taste.
It’s worth checking them out before choosing your dining destination. It could mean the difference between a full price meal and a delicious discount.